Search results

The Direct-to-Disc issues from Sheffield sounded (and sound) fabulous, along with those from Nautilus and a couple of other labels. I still have mine, and for the most explosive dynamics you can put on an LP, nothing tops them. The Thelma Houston album "I've Got the Music in Me" was a go-to for...

-12 to -16 is about where my tracks peak for tracking; I leave plenty of headroom. At 24bit/48, just relax and "save room for later." If/when I run through my compressors when tracking, I decide how hot I want to go through them (they have tubes) and then the output into the recorder stays, as...

I don't play hard rock, so my amps are a Fender Rumble for my bass and a small Crate for my acoustic-electric guitar. My ribbon mics really sing when picking up cabinets. I don't need aggressive highs, rather a mellower sound, and the ribbon is sweet on the ears for that purpose. C.

What can work well is doing backing vox with SDCs, for sonic contrast with the lead done on a regular large-diaphragm mic. Position yourself (or whoever else sings backing) slightly off the smaller mic to create audio 'perspective' even as you track it. C.

I agree with Mick, if you are going to record, you need mixing monitors. Mix monitors are smaller, far more accurate speakers that will help you evaluate your mix with some degree of accuracy, both for when in your room, and for when you listen elsewhere. Otherwise you'll be fighting everything...

I have never heard of ITAM as a tape-recorder brand; here are a couple of quotes from other forums. The 8-track 1/2-inch appears to be the one you have. (Quotes): "I may be wrong about this but I recall it being the same machine that Soundcraft marketed for a while. It was not considered to be...

Hi Graham, You need to give as much information as you can to guide any prospective buyer. The less you tell people, the more gun-shy they are going to be about bidding (and rightly so.) Have you turned it on? If you have, does it smell, does any smoke come out anywhere? I am not kidding...

Can vouch for the Radials as being both very quiet and very well-made. I use: One of their passive 2-channels on my digital piano on the way to the pre-amp in's One of their active 2-channels to boost the sends from my DP24SD recorder to an outboard unit. The passive unit also excels as a...

I have never had mine apart, but I know what you are saying about the consistency of the pattern. For sound effects, using them on a T-bar at a 35 degree "fan", they do quite well to pick up, say, passing cars L-to-R or the ambience of a forest, with a solid frequency spread across the sound...

A nice look inside one of the two "London Meccas" of orchestral recording, AIR Lyndhurst, the other being Abbey Road, of course: C.

Rob, appreciate the review. I have a pair of the short Audio-Technica AT875 mics and for the money, they are quite versatile. Frequency-wise they need a bit of EQ air on top, but other than that, they work decently, and they are sturdy enough that you can just toss them in a bag. I had to have...

Hello NN I enjoyed "Get Out of My Head". Echoes of Kraftwerk in there, yet also with a more pronounced dance groove. Effective use of the voices, both precise and spooky-sounding. A detailed and good-sounding mix. Appreciate the listen, good luck with your album release. C.

No, It's a short, one-way arm with a toothed clutch, not a regular big boom: https://www.zzounds.com/item--MUP6112

If you aren't familiar with this little On-Stage arm yet, I highly recommend it for any number of tasks. The beauty of it is that the mechanism is spring-loaded and has "teeth", so when it is locked, it is LOCKED. No droopy friction nonsense here. Put it on top of a mic stand to get clearance...

No. 1:: Room Treatment. Without it, you are fighting everything. You can't hear for the room, usually from the low-mid mud and unwanted reflections. Treat the room instead of thinking "new gear" will improve things. Home-made treatment is fine, as long as it kills the problem frequencies. Even...

Personally, I think buying up in "many steps" is a waste of money. If you want to upgrade, save up a bit and move up the ladder enough to truly experience getting something better for your outlay. The payoff is in the recordings, as opposed to the possible mind games that sneak in if you have...

Hi Caldini, welcome to the forum If you want some feedback, post some examples of your music. C.

From when I got my first digital "studio box" (Tascam 788) both consciously and un-consciously that was my path: NO PC SETUP FOR RECORDING I wanted something intuitive that wouldn't get in my way, and I never wanted to get bogged down in plugins and 100-track decisions. I don't do hard rock...

Although not my usual genre: I like the pads/samples that flow in the background. The vocals need to be more compressed and 'in your face', both for the sake of the intelligibility and to ride above the background mix. (The frequencies of voice vs background may be overlapping too much.) The...

Not an Ampex man myself, so this is perhaps a long shot: https://www.4starelectronics.com/mfgs/Ampex-Distributors.html Maybe you know of them already; I just happened across them and thought I would pass it on (hope they are still in business). C.