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I've had this idea floating in my head for quite some time, but I didn't know how to go about it until I stumbled upon BorrowLenses.com. The idea was originally a community mic exchange, since I'm sure we can all relate to having been in a mic buying position where we really wanted to test out...

I've been sitting on this song for six years. I wrote it in my dorm room in 2004 on FLStudio 3.0! Last summer I redid it in Logic to make it a bit less...uh, crappy. However, all these years I haven't been able to come up with a melody or words I like. It's in verse/chorus, so it absolutely...

Hey guys! I'm about to start a new mix on an old project and had a great idea as I was thinking about it. I don't know about you, but I personally learn best by watching people do what they do and trying to emulate/recreate what they have done. I know this isn't the ideal way to mix, since we...

I just upgrade my interface from a Firepod to a Saffire Pro 26 (the older emerald coloured one) and I'm a little bummed out. I never had bit loss problems with my firepod, but now about every 20-30 minutes I start hearing clicks and pops in my speakers and if I'm recording something, it will...

I'm super pumped to announce that February Album Writing Month (FAWM) has began today! This will be my first time participating in the annual month of intentional creativity as the last two years I've wanted to do it I was too busy with school, but now I just have a lame job to deal with! If...

So I've put this song up on the MP3 Mixing boards before, and I was given a lot of great feedback, but unfortunately none of it really helped the matter at hand. I'm having a really hard time getting my mixes up to volume, even after I run it through some basic mastering (WaveBurner). I was...

I've been thinking a large part of my workflow that's slowed down is dialing in my EQs and Compressors on each channel. I was thinking of getting a behringer bcr2000 to use just for my plugins, but then I saw that the Focusrite Liquid Mix 16 was only 200 dollars. Putting aside the fact that I'm...

I've been mixing using the built in reverbs that came with Logic Pro, and they get the job done, but I'm struggling to find the right volume for my reverbs. The problem is, I don't like my verbs to be super noticable, so i'll keep them back in the mix, or find one that isn't so obvious, but then...

This is a song my friend wrote that we're recording for our mutual friend's wedding as a present. Here's my first mix and pseudo-master, any and all feedback is appreciated: http://benrosenbach.com/choons/SunnyDayLoveMast1.mp3 Also, if you take a listen to the original from her album, you'll...

So I'm borrowing an ST55 from a friend who's looking to sell it to me for 150. I already have two NT1a's that I'm very satisfied with and I feel like I don't really need another mediocre microphone, and the only gap I need to fill microphone wise is a good vocal mic. I like the NT1a on vocals...

While I'm not a super n00b, there is one things about recording that's always perplexed me, and that's phasing, particularly issues of phasing when recording a drumset. I've had a lot of problems in the past with phasing issues on my overheads, and I know that there's rules about how to set them...

I was wondering if anyone had any resources, preferably website, for reading schematics. I'd like to get into a lot more DIY stuff but I often find I'm held back because I don't know what one or two things on a schematic are and I don't know electronics well enough to fill in the gaps. Is there...

I'm having a hard time re-assigning my Alphatrack controller. For right now, all I want to do is change the FF and RWD buttons so they do the same as my . and , buttons do (That is Forward and Rewind, rather than Shuttle Forward and Shuttle Rewind). I went into the Controller Assignments to try...

I'm just curious how people monitor their mic placement, especially on loud things like drums. I'd love to fiddle around with mic placement on loud sources, but I find it really hard to hear the differences until after I've recorded it, especially since I don't have a control room. I have a pair...

As I posted in another forum, I'm a bit fed up with the lack of a cue-control/monitor management unit that suits my needs. So I was thinking of building one. Here's my current set up: Firepod: Outputs 1-2 - Main Mix Outputs 3-4 - Submix 1 Outputs 5-6 - Submix 2 And here's what I'm trying to...

I'm taking a look at a lot of the monitor management units that are out on the market now (Samson C-Control, Presonus Central/Monitor Stations, Dangerous Music Monitor ST) and I don't really understand how these projects could ever fit in to a proper studio. I'm currently using the Samson...

I've been recording in my basement for some time now, and it's always sounded quite decent (surprisingly, considering I have all concrete walls and a low plaster ceiling!) but it's never felt quite like a "studio". Since I'm about to graduate university this September, I thought it was time to...

I know this is a little douchy on my behalf, but I'm having trouble finding an attenuator tutorial that I can understand. I was hoping someone might be able to give me direct instructions on building the attenuator I need to lower the signal from a 7 inch Sub speaker that I'd like to turn into a...

Someone on craigslist is giving away two of these bookshelves and I was thinking of picking them up and turning them into abortion panels to either hang on the wall or to use as gobos depending on how heavy they are. Could I get away with stuffing them with R-19? What do you guys think, good...

I'm about to get ready to build a buttload of sound panels and clouds, mostly to help shape the sound of my room for recording, and maybe a few for mixing, but I'll get into bass traps later. I just wanted to make sure that using 6 1/2 inch R-19 would be sufficient to get the job done. I have a...