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    Trash Can

    Sounds good!
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    Footprints Under The Pumpkin

    The mix sounds good on my system. I don't hear anything out of balance.
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    90s Indie Rock Type Song

    Thanks, guys! Monitors sure help. Need to check the bass in headphones after reading Bull's comment. I forgot to check headphones now that I have the monitors!
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    90s Indie Rock Type Song

    All good!
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    Gig Letter?

    Can anyone share the letter they use to get gigs? My band is trying to do this, but we have no idea what to write and are bad at selling ourselves. Thanks!
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    Monitor Cables

    Hey guys. I am using Yamaha HS5 because I'm in a small room. They're great, btw. But my main question is can I use TS cables with these? The manual says: Balanced connections: These effectively cancel noise picked up from external sources. Balanced connections allow for longer cable runs that...
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    Small Rooms -- Which is Better?

    Hey all, I purchased a house. Unfortunately I live in a super expensive area so it's a very small house. The master bedroom isn't an option. So there are two spare rooms, so these are my options. My options for a music room are: 1. 12.6 x 9 2. 11.5 x 9.6 Which of these rooms do you think...
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    Shure 548s Unidyne IV

    Hey guys, I came into this mic from a guy locally on CL. I paid $50. Can you tell me about it? It's in excellent condition and sounds amazing (more dry and focused than SM57 or even the 545SD Unidyne III (which to my understanding is the predecessor of the SM57). Where does the 548 UniDyne IV...
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    Waves Plugin Sale

    Right now they're $29 and you can get them for $26 if you use coupon YNY23.
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    What does the "S" mean on Shure mics

    Say it has a model number like 500 and S is at the end. 500s What does the S stand for? Thanks!
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    Removing crack from a snare

    Hey all. I really don't like the "crack" in sampled snares. They sound abrasive. Is there any precedent of an engineer lowering the crack? All I can find online are articles how to increase it. I don't want to make my mix objectively bad by lowering it (i.e. everyone wants to hear the crack...
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    Built a Guitar

    Hey guys. I stepped away from recording for a while and built a guitar (except for the raw body and neck). Here it is: Imgur: The magic of the Internet The sunburst is hand rubbed using water dyes, and the finish is shellac (flakes mixed with everclear) since I needed safe products in my small...
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    My friend wants to learn drums

    But she doesn't want to learn all the "boring" stuff like rudiments and stuff. She's more into learning songs. I want to encourage her to play and just learn songs, but I know the fundamentals are really important. Any ideas how to approach this?
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    Monitor Recommendation for Small Space

    Hey guys. I finally bought a house, but it's a small one (where I live is super expensive) with only a 11x10 spare room for recording. Can you recommend the best set of small monitors? Something very high quality in terms of the audio frequency range and sound quality, but also somewhat compact...
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    Noiseless Pickups

    hey guys. I'm going to be playing live soon, and I worry about noise since I play all single coil guitars and venues are all different. What are my best options? I've read that noiseless pickups suck tone. Is there truth to this? What would the logic be? Seems they're just wired with a dummy...
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    Fret Level Question

    I'm happy to say that after 4hrs of clamps, a little heat, and nudging the truss rod to the max (not sure it's working, but I did it anyway), it appears dead on! Ignore the purple fingers (I was eating blueberries right before testing). I realize there's no reference shot, but it was about a...
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    Stupid Question re pickups

    Hey guys. I don't like my stock Jazzmaster pickups, so I bought some SD Antiquities (version 1) used. I took both out of the box to look at them, and then when I went to put them back I realized I have no idea which is the neck and which is the bridge. How would I figure this out? Thanks!
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    Capacitors and Resistors?

    Can you guys point me to the best place to buy capacitors and resistors? Like J quality/5% tolerance or higher. And maybe a kit that has an assortment of values. I'm doing some modifications tone/volume knobs and swapping some pickups -- just started getting into this so I'm a newb and not sure...
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    Fret Level Question

    A friend of mine has a crappy guitar that he asked me to set up. I did so, but after putting the truss rod and action where it should be, there is a lot of buzz. It has dead frets (about 4 are high and causing this). He asked if I can level them. I told him I've never done it, but I kinda know...
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    Bass Audible on Laptop Speakers

    Hey guys. Any tips on how to make bass audible on laptop speakers? My mix sounds good, except there is no bass on the laptop. From what I read online, they say to boost around 1k. That didn't work, either. Any other tips? Thanks!
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