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    Mono To Stereo Tips

    Read this and thought it would be worth posting. Tech Tip - Turning Mono Monotony Into Stereo Seduction With Your DAW By Dennis Kambury There are times when a mono track just won't sit effectively in your mix, and you need it to be in glorious stereo. Simply duplicating that track and...
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    History Of Reamping

    Great article! http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/content/doc_id=98984/src=3NL5HB?c_lid=b1
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    PMC#12 is here!!!!!

    Ok, it's not. But just where the hell is it? I'm getting a bit anxious -X!!!! Anybody else feeling this? Or am I alone in the world? How are we ever going to learn to stop war, end hunger and pick up women without PMC#12?!?!?!?!
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    Vibraslap

    At least I think that's what it's called. Does anybody have one they can record and send to me? I need it for a project I'm doing and don't have one available. Just one slap is all. Thanks in advance!
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    Help!

    This song was mixed with compression on some tracks, Classic Compressor Mixdown setting across the buss and into the L1 to bring the level up and then normalized to -1. If I were to send this to be mastered I would drop the final buss though. I may add one more track, another rhythm guitar track...
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    DB Range Mystery

    Ok, I discovered something and am not sure what it is. I use GT 3 Pro and when I right click on a bus or channel meter a box pops up with a bunch of things in it. I checked the manual but there's not much detail so if anybody can add some insight to this I'd appreciate it. Here's what I got: 12...
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    Help with DVD Audio

    Ok, here's one for you. I have a project. This band was videotaped onto VHS and then converted to DVD. Now I have to take the audio from the DVD and 'fix' it so that it sounds decent. I don't have to put the audio BACK on the video. The goal is to put it on CD. The video was taken by the...
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    Mix For Aerosmith

    Found this and I AM NOT SPAMMING! I just thought it was kinda odd and who knows, maybe somebody might give it a shot. You can actually mix a song by Aerosmith in a contest. http://www.aeroforceone.com/cm/index.cfm?ac=UMIXIT
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    Steve Stevens & Billy Idol

    They worked together back in Billy's early days and there's a great article/interview with Steve. In it he talks about studio recording technique, tech stuff, his guitars, amps, pedals, rigs, the difference between working in the studio and playing live, and so much more! Great quotes like...
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    How to get nominated for a Grammy...

    Good article. http://cdbaby.org/stories/03/12/29/2547596.html
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    Sound Effects Micing...

    I have a small portable digital recorder and I want to go out and about and record different sound effects. I'd like to get a decent mic without going broke that will pick up the sounds, especially directional. Anybody ever see that movie with John Revolting (Travolta) called Blowout? Something...
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    EQ Curve Article

    I got this in my email today and remembered somebody was asking about it so I thought it might do some good. Not trying to spark a debate, but comments welcome. Not spamming either but props at the end... WHAT IS AN EQUALIZATION CURVE? This is a really basic explanation, but one that worked...
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    New mix of a previously posted old classic

    Ok, I've remixed and just want to get your opinions and advice. I'm always a bit much on the bass guitar so beat me up on that if you want. I can take it. I WAS MARRIED FOR 20 YEARS!!!!! http://www.jeffsounds.com/jeffsongs/letter.mp3 Come on, Jake... give me the best you got. ;) Just go easy...
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    I need help...

    But I can't afford a shrink to try to explain to me just WHY or WHAT the reason is that I got into this music schtuff... Anyway, I've been puttering with this mix for a while now and it sounds fairly clean and balanced to me, BUT... I just can't get the background vox where I want them. I've...
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    Web Based Promotion Of Your Music

    Here's a link to a great article on alternatives to signing with a record company. Kind of interesting and it may have been posted here before but I just stumbled on it last night in another forum. http://www.harmony-central.com/Features/CaptureYourSpirit/
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    Recording acoustic guitar techniques

    This has probably been posted already but I stumbled on it last night in another forum. This is a very good article explaining different approaches to recording the acoustic and even has pictures and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what... oh, never mind. ;) Check it...
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    Did I accomplish what I was going for?

    Ok, I don't know why but I'm feeling really leary of posting this song. It's a song that I wrote about trying to write a song. I'll tell you up front that with the first two twin solo's I was going for a very haunting sound. Lots of verb. But if it's too much let me know. And any other...
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    Mixing With An Eye Toward Mastering

    I have a couple of songs that are of a certain 'mood' and I was wondering if I should try to create the mood during the mixing process or let the ME handle it. To be more specific, I have one song that I want to be rather haunting sounding, almost Floydish sounding, with lots of verb on the...
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    The way it SHOULD have been done.

    Ok, here's a song that I've putzed around with for years. Since the late 60's, the summer before you were born, I've been playing this song in this arrangement. This is the way it should have been done. Now I just have to refine the mix, with your help of course. Lady and gentlepeople, I give...
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    Am I Getting There?

    Ok, I've remixed, played with the EQ, drove myself crazy trying to second guess everything and hopefully this is a cleaner mix without so much harshness in the high end. I hope I'm a lot closer to 'good' than I was before. On my speakers it sounds good... to ME. Now I'd like your help/opinions...
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