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Has anyone ever tried micing the kick drum with an D112 and SM57? I'm recording my friend's band this weekend and will be renting a mic for the kick and bass cab. I'm gonna DI the bass on the initial recording (when they play together, live) and then overdub a second, mic'd, bass track. This way...

When's the last time any of you have seen an original Sennheiser e602 mic for sale? I've probably been looking once a day for almost a month and NOTHING! I guess when someone bought one back in the day they all dug it and no one wants to sell their's. Unless they're broke and need the money I'm...

I'm planning on buying a pair of studio monitors and I've been doing some research recently. I've narrowed it down to either the JBL LSR's or the Yamaha HS's. The dimensions of my room are: 21' (Length) x 15' (Width) x 8.75 (Height); my ceiling is made up of ceiling tiles. Is my room big enough...

I've been using the Glyn Johns Mic Technique for my drum kit with great results, but the snare is picking up too loud on the overheads. Is there a way to cut it's volume down? Is that what the duct tape on the drum skins is for? Thanks.

I lucked out big time the other night and found a decent amount of what seems to be acoustical treatment material. I took a couple pictures of the stuff in hopes that someone might recognize what it is and what it's used for. You can't really tell by the photo, but the inside is a hot pink...

I've been messing around with replacing kick recording with kick samples from the XPand 2 plugin in Pro Tools. I've noticed that you can choose between 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, etc. notes when adding the sample. What's the difference between these note types (I don't have much music theory)? I've been...

I've been messing around with tracking/mixing the drums. I'm curious how you guys setup your Drum Bus when mixing. At first I was sending the Main Outputs of all the drum tracks to a Stereo Aux. However, I've recently been sending all the drum tracks to the Stereo Aux track via the...

For the last hour I've been trying to record through with my Mackie 1202 - VLZ PRO Mixer's Preamp into my UA Apollo Interface. I have the Mic hooked up to a Mic Pre on the Mackie, then hooked up a cable from the Channel Insert to a Line input on my Apollo. The Mic is registering on the Mackie...

I have some nice recording hardware/software, but no acoustical treatment for my room. I just can't afford to buy any professional material. This obviously hurts both tracking and mixing aspects. I'm writing this post to see if there are any cheap alternatives to the expensive pro stuff. Even if...

I'm trying to.figure out the best setup for my equipment in my rehersal space. Its a recragular room. Any opinions on whether I should set everything up against the longer wall...Drums in the middle, bass n guitar amps on either side of drums and pa speakers on the outside. Or drums against the...

I have a rehearsal space roughly 21' x 15' x 8.75'. I'm recording my friend's band in the room. I haven't set anything up yet and I'm trying to figure out the best place to put the instruments. I can't figure out whether I want to put the amps by the drums or put 'em facing the corners w/ some...

I understand why carving EQ holes is important. I understand that cutting out a freq can be much more beneficial than just boosting. I understand that subtle changes go a long way. The issue I'm having is executing this process. What is a good dB level to sweep at? Am I listening for background...

I've been looking into buying a Keyboard/Pad MIDI Controller to for use both as a drum trigger and for virtual instruments. I'm on a tight budget, so I've limited my search to the Mini varieties. The two that seem like the best choices (to me) are the Akai MPK Mini MK2 and Novation Launchkey...

Not sure if I'm in the right place, but I couldn't find a "Mixer" section. Anyways, I have a Mackie 1202 VLZ-PRO Mixer. One of the mic-pres only outputs sound when the trim in completely maxed. Has anyone had an issue like this or any suggestions on what to look for? Thanks.

Is there an app, for mac, that can convert .mid to .midi? I found one, but it's windows only. Thanks.

I'm gonna be recording my friend's punk band; they wanna record live. All I have is one decent size rectangular room. I'm gonna put the amps in opposite corners, facing the walls. What type of material is good to put over the amps (to stop the sound from traveling as much)? I'm assuming a...

Hey, can anyone recommend a good site that has free plans on building studio racks? Thanks, -Adam

I'm about to setup my rehearsal room and i'm looking for some prepping advice. The room is basically a rectangle. The soundproofing is virtually non-existent, so it'd be WAY too expensive to start making soundproofing moves. Removing some of the undesirable frequencies would be nice. I have a...

I'm selling my VDrums in favor of a Keyboard to play Virtual Drums. If I want to physically play the drums I have a Pearl kit my friend gave me. Anyways, now to my question.... I'm looking for recommendations on a keyboard to buy to perform the above task. I don't really care if it's full size...

I wanna record some demos and I'm looking for some suggestions on a microphone to use for recording drums, using a one mic technique. I've read that a Shure SM-1 works well for this, but they can be kind of pricey. Right now my mic locker consists of a Sm57 and two MCA SPL1's. I'd like to get...