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Every once in a while, being drunk or really really tired will help me to be less cerebral about my approach to writing music (an ongoing struggle for me). It'll free me up a bit, help me not to be overly controlling or critical of my ideas before they even have a chance to escape my head. But...

We're not big--we just have a local following. And we'd most likely be lumped in the great, heaving mass that is "indie rock". Thanks for the info!

For what it's worth, I've been using a Mackie 1402VLZ for years now (since 1998), and I'm very happy with it. Personally I like the sound of the mic pres. It's rugged, sounds good (maybe not pro, but it's not the weakest link in my setup--my room is). If it broke I would look to replace it with...

I'm in the process of planning a brief tour in early August through Pennsylvania and Ohio. I was wondering if anyone from those areas knows of any good venues we could contact. If so, I'd really appreciate the info. And if you need info on NJ/NY venues, feel free to contact me.

I share this lust, MadMax, and it helps to read your post. I too need to be talked down every now and then. I can get so caught up with looking at/thinking about/chasing down gear that I stop writing music. Talk about putting the cart before the horse! Personally, I have to keep telling myself...

Gotcha. Are the leds easy to see? Do the button extensions function well? If the NCC-1701 doesn't obstruct anything I think I'll plunk down the money for it. Especially since I plan on getting a second RNC anyway.

I have one. I am an amateur, but I would recommend them to someone if I was asked for my opinion. I plan to buy another when funds allow. Does anyone who owns RNCs have them mounted in an NCC-1701? I'm thinking of getting one, but wondering if it's really worth $50...

Yeah, the drums in that clip did sound really good.

Yeah, we'd love to play these. But our friends don't host such parties (or those that do live in areas where the houses are really close together; the neighbors would call the cops). How do we get the word out that we're a band that would be willing to play parties--even for free? We've...

Mic the shell, not the head? Okay, I'll give this a shot. We usually track each instrument separately against a click track, so the room mic doesn't pose a problem. It's a limited setup admittedly, but we're working with what we have. What you explained about checking for phase problems answers...

Are you intent on doing this yourself? If so, how much are you willing to learn? If you're not intent on doing it yourself, and ultimately would rather concentrate just on singing, I think it would be best to look around for someone to record you. If you want to do it yourself, and if you...

My band is having a slight problem: We're based in Northern NJ (no, this in itself is not the problem :) )... in and around our town there's a pretty active music scene, lots of places to play, but they're all 21+. Most of our fans are in high school. Hell, two of our band members are in high...

I second that. Every question I've asked so far has yielded lots of helpful answers.

James: I knew about being able to use the inserts on the 1402 but I hadn't thought about using the aux outs. With only 8 tracks, though, we can only spare 2 for drums. At this point we don't have the luxury of tracking drums separately. Wesley/Farview: I was actually going to post a thread in...

This is another thing for us. We have only 1 RNC. I am going to purchase another when I can, but for now I tend to lightly compress a number of things during recording so I can free up the RNC for use during mixdown if need be.

This is my band's situation, and we compress during recording (just the snare). Our music tends to span a pretty wide dynamic range, so for us to keep things even I find it necessary to compress. We have a good drummer now--very even--so this works well. When I was drumming (out of sheer...

Thanks again all, for the advice and guidance. It was helpful and well-received. Here's the end result using the setup I initially described: http://www.rotarydial.com/artists/pointfive/sounds/pointfive-the_world_alive.mp3 It's by no means perfect, but I'm decently happy with it considering...

Thank you all for the feedback and advice. Whenever I ask a question here I always get really helpful responses. I really appreciate it! Now to answer some of your questions: reshp1: I positioned the 57 about 4-6" away from the beater, an inch or two to the right. The beater is felt/cloth (I'm...

I'm looking to purchase a kick mic. I've searched the board and read all the related posts I could find, and as a result of that research, and the budget I have (~$100), I've pretty much narrowed it to two choices. Either a CAD KBM412, or a Blue Kickball. (I'd most like to get an Audix D6 but I...

I use one for recording; I think of it as a 57. My impression is that it's the same mic, just with a different windscreen and slightly less narrow pattern. I'm a total amateur, so I'm probably very wrong, but if I run out of 57s I'll reach for my 58. I haven't run extensive side-by-side tests or...