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  1. JG96

    Mixing Tips For My Bands Song

    Heres an updated mix:
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    Mixing Tips For My Bands Song

    My band has been playing this song for a while and we recorded it recently. Could I get some advice on what to do to make it sound better? Btw the song starts at 15 seconds or so.
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    Can you understand what he is saying

    My friend made this song and I feel like he could eq it to make the lyrics easier to understand.
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    Mixing mediocre sounding drums

    My drummer is really good but on recordings he never sounds great. He does not have a very expensive set but he has upgraded it a lot. He has a Tama swingstar drumset with sabain cymbals. He has upgraded the snares on his snare drum and replaced all the drum heads with evans. He has also stuffed...
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    Mastering Yourself?

    Do you master your own recordings or send them somewhere to be mastered? If you do send them somewhere please specify
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    Drum recording, tell me witch mics would sound best with each drum.

    I want to record with my band again some time soon. On the last album the drums sounded a bit weak. this is my mic locker: Neumann KMi 84 Sennheiser md421 Akg D12 E Shure sm81 X2 Akg D707E X2 I was thinking an akg d707 on rack toms and the 421 on floor tom the d112 on bass drum the neumann on...
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    Soo excited! First album out tomorrow!

    My band is distributing our music via tunecore onto itunes. it will be on itunes in a matter of hours and Im really excited. Im guessing the first month or so we will sell a lot of copies and then it will dry out. the only reason i think so is because my town is tiny and thus our fan base is...
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    Is the sennheiser MD421 a good mic for vocals?

    http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MD421 I own one of these and my band is going to start putting together a real studio as our setup for the first album was difficult to say the least. Should i use this mic for vocals or just get something different for vocals. Would something basic like a...
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    JBL control 1 plus?

    I am upgrading my studio, our first album came out very nicely. we recorded from an 8 track mixer to a 2 channel recorder. It came out sounding good, very raw. But it was impossible to fix mistakes or change the mix. I am planning on getting a tascam us-1641 so my band can keep recording live. I...
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    I am wondering how to get an online fan-base

    My band has recently finished recording our first album and we intend on selling it online soon. We live in a very small town (8,000) I am curious how others advertise there music to complete strangers online without being another obnoxious spammer, thanks for your help and please check us out...
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    Just Finished recording an album with my band.

    We have one track up, its has some funny lyrics. Tell me how like it as far as sound quality/the mix and the music it self. http://primatehouse.bandcamp.com/
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    Hanging overheads?

    Hello everyone, My band is probably going to start recording in only a few weeks. Just wondering is it okay to hang overheads by the cables on hooks? I was wondering this because There is really no other way for my band to do it at least for now. They will most likely move a little but will this...
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    Ribbon mic trouble

    :( I have a pair of bayerdynamic M260 ribbon microphones both of these have torn foil. I opened both of these up today because I heard a ratting sound. I quickly fixed this but then noticed that that was only the tip of the iceberg. The Foil element is spit down the middle in both of em. can I...
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    Live Recording and Overdubs

    Hey everyone, my band has an option to use a studio running an 003 rack and a nice iMac there are some nice mica there. The only problem is the live room is tiny. Woul it sound good to over dub live recordings and then delete the origianal track or would it be to sterile. Has anyone used this...
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    Some Nice Tracks

    Want some opinions most of these were recorded on one or two tracks. How do you guys like em? http://primatehouse.bandcamp.com/
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    BandCamp.com????

    Seems pretty cool might want to put my band on here if they are ok with the idea. it would be a good way for people to listen to some of our home recordings before we go to tune core. If you do use this site could you tell me some of the pros and cons?
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    One track Recording

    Hi Everyone! I am pretty new to recording and i need a bit of help. All of my bands recordings so far were done on the built in mic of a old computer :eek: not good sound quality at all. I do have some nice microphones though but the console used to record with them was sold a while ago. I was...
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    DIY sub kick

    i wana build a subkick kinda design i dont wana spend that much i have a 8 inch speaker from a broken amp. how would i go about building this? has anyone here done this before?
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    Am I forgetting anything

    Hi everyone I really have nothing to do today so im posting a new thread. I want to know if im forgetting any eqipment for recording my band: drums, bass, vocals, lead guitar, and rhythm guitar. we have: 2 akg d707s (old multipurpose mics) 2 shure instrument mics im not sure what kind though an...
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    good recording mics for under 100 bucks

    Im Basically making a grocery list of everything I need for my studio, Im trying to find some nice mics for vocals. I prefer ones that don't use phantom my interface can only give phantom on 4 channels each, and all my recording mics are dynamic. Does phantom power break dynamics? if you have a...
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