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I'm in a rehearsal space that has paper thin walls. There're bands on two different sides of the walls. On side is just a straight wall; the other has a wooden shelf blocking the wall. I don't have the cash to make things 100% soundproof, but there must be a cash efficient way to block out a...

Not sure if I'm posting this in the right spot, but here it goes anyways.. I just got a rehearsal room, it's in the shape of a rectangle. I'm not looking for acoustical treatment info, just placement suggestions. I.e. Are PA speakers supposed to face away or towards the drums, or is it personal...

I'm looking at audio interfaces to work w PT 11. I really want the UA Apollo Twin, but it only has 2 mic pres, which is too limiting. The Foscurite Saffire 40 has 8 mic pres and gets decent reviews, although I've seen a lot that call its mic pres boring. Anyone have any suggestions on other...

Anyone have their MCA SP1 Mocs modded? There's the Michael Joly and Microphone Parts mods. How do these compare to the Jim Williams mod? I don't have much experience w a solder gun, but the mic parts diy mod is $150 cheaper, and I have a pair I wanna mod. Thanks, Adam

'm using Pro Tools 8.0.5 LE w/ a MBox 2 on a Mac running Snow Leopard, 10.6.8. I'm having problems with the MBox 2 being recognized by both Pro Tools and the Mac itself. I have all the latest drivers and firmware installed. When launching Pro Tools it says that the hardware can't be located. In...

I just did some 24bit recordings (used to do 16bit) and the difference is amazing! I feel like an idiot for not going 24bit in the past. Anyways, I'm wondering if it's worth recording at a higher Hz than 44.1? I've read that Hz don't convert down as well as bits, when formatting back to CD...

I'm mixing a recording for a friend's punk band with Pro Tools 7.3 LE. I have 3 drum tracks to work with.. one MCA SP1 was placed a few inches from the kit, at tom level, one SM-57 on the snare and one SM-57 close mic'd to the (closed) kick. Unfortunately, the kit they had was pretty much...