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It used to work just fine. Suddenly it doesn't. I've got one track. I set the locator arrows right and click export. It does that little processing thing...plopp! 100 %. The file shows up on the desktop but when I play it it's just silence. Any obvious mistakes I should look out for? I've...

So I'm a drummer, have been for 10 + years. The thing is, I've never owned a kit so the science of tuning and tweaking has been lost on me. Now to the problem. When I rehearse with my band, sometimes it's just impossible to get it to sound good. And I'm not talking about only the drums. The...

I'm trying to record a tambourine, and it's crazy. I can't figure out what to do. No matter how much I bring the level down when trackin, it peaks like crazy (visually). I'm using a condenser microphone and I'm guessing that might not be the way to go? I've got the tambouring faaar away from...

I'm planning to record a song that will have nothing but two acoustic guitar tracks and vocals. Everything I've read so far about mixing talks mostly about mixes with more elements. Can anyone give any good pointer to what I should think about to get it to sound ok (or better!)? I know it's a...

I feel like an idiot asking this, but who cares? If I want to learn I have to ask. I can't figure this out. About reverbs and other effects. Everywhere I read about how they put the reverb to the right or some other place while keeping the vocals in the middle (dry track). I can't figure out...

So I'm reading up on articles about mixing, and the more I read the more I want to try it out. The problem is, right now I have no option but to mix in headphones. I've got monitors but can't use them right now for various reasons. My question is: Would you recommend practising on...

What does one mean when they talk about effects as inserts or sends? For example: from an article via theprojectstudiohandbook.com they write about how you shouldn't add chorus on vocals as an insert. Is it possible to explain for a newbie? :)

From what I've read so far, when recording acoustic guitar, you usually get it to sit in a mix (with bass, drums and maybe something else) by taking away more bass than you would for a solo acoustic guitar. Does that apply to electric guitars too, generally? (not distorted metal guitar, but...

...what do you usually need to do to them to make them fit the mix? Are there any general tricks that you usually have to do except for compression? Typical things to make them sit?

Ok, so it's time for me to get into this :) When talking about "rolling off", is this something that you use a gate to do by setting it to listen mode, or is there other ways of doing it? If this is the common way to do it, can someone explain briefly what the difference is between rolling off...

Hi. I don't know if I'm missing something obvious here (like "yea! it's broken") or what, but I've been bugged for a while that I can't seem to get any levels out of my sm57 microhpone. I have the levels up to like 2 o' clock at least on my behringer mixer and the level in Cubase up way above...

So the "room" i have for a studio is veeeery small. I mean, I have to have the door open to be able to hold the guitar vertical. It's a walk in closet, and I know it's not the best place but it's the only place I've got. Anyway, to my question. I record on a laptop. I have a condenser mic and...

Hi! I just bought studio monitors today. They're cheap but I figured "better cheap monitors than trying to mix in cheap headphones". So...when trying to figure out how to connect these I started thinking about my setup and how maybe I haven't really set it up the best way I can. I just set...

I bought this microphone a year ago, and now I get incredibly low levels when recording. The setup is exactly the same, but no matter what I try I don't get near the levels I got before. I'm literally positioning it a centimeter from the guitar but it doesn't help. Did I simply abuse this...

Hey, I've got a quick and probably easy to answer question: What's the difference between a Shure 57 and a Shure 58 microphone? Thanks!

Hey! I just wanna ask what's the possibilities on recording on a laptop? What is needed to make it work at all? What are the disadvantages etc? I'm interested 'cause I record mostly accoustic guitar and vocals (and some other stuff) and always one track at a time and I would love to be able to...

Hey everyone! I'm still very new to all this home recording stuff but I have a question. I bought me a Sm57 mic 'cause everywhere it seems that everyone likes it to make a decent recording at home. So today I went with a friend who was gonna buy one for himself too. But at the store the guy...

Hey! I have made my first recording to attempt to learn a bit about mixing. It's just a piano and an accoustic guitar. I can't seem to get them to blend in a good way. It doesn't sound really bad or anything, I just need some tips on how to mix them together and tricks to make them sound more...

Hello everyone. I've got a Behringer UB802 mixer that I connect to the computers soundcard and I'm trying to record accoustic guitar through a Sm57 microphone. When I listen to through headphones everything sounds ok to me, and while recording (with headphones on) everything seems fine. But...

Hey! I'm (still) new to a lot of this stuff, and I'm wondering about compression. I use CubaseSX and any compressing I do I guess will be done in that. It's just that I don't understand how these things work. Can anyone help me explain the basics of compressing and how it actually works? When...