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Thanks MS for the updates and the work in orchestrating this guy! Looking forward to learning...

Definitely interested in the HRM-10 or HM-10 whatever it's called. When are you planning on ordering?

Bump... Any updates?

Hey man, I'm not too experienced, but I could give a crack at it. I haven't mastered orchestral stuff though. You might want to PM whoever's running the new Mastering Contest, though. They might be interested to have some material.

Well, I don't have much of my early recordings (late 90's, Tascam 4-track cassette, using an SM57 for vocals, 3 SM57's on drums and an AT Pro 25 for kick through an old mono Shure mixer, and guitars straight into a Digitech RP20). I remember having some fun with backwards stuff though. Also, I...

Well, if anyone's still looking at Schecter, I like them. I played a few PRS's today (ugh) and a few Schecter's. Neither one was better, just different. I will say that the fit and finish on the Schecter was better than the PRS. They both sounded mediocre through the muddy amp I was using...

Well, most people would frown on me, but I do occasionally check one. Anytime I hear something weird and I can't figure out what's going on, I'll check to see if there's anything going on with the spectrum. For instance, I mixed out a song, and it kept sounding muddy and dark. Checked the...

A free plugin that does stereo/mono is the BLOCKFISH compressor. Yeah, it's probably not perfectly transparent, but for checking phase it works just fine. Just slap it on the master bus, and it'll automatically go to mono. Then you can hit the "stereo" button. I think by default it's in as...

Great advice. I dug up some old recording with nasty ring, and I found a narrow notch at the ringing frequency cleaned it up quite a bit. For the track down about 6 to 9 dB with a Q of about 8 did the trick. I also ran it through a bit of a short reverb then compression to fatten up the snare...

Bingo. But to clarify, actives are much easier to EQ because they have built-in amps and more control. You can easily adjust tweeter levels or high-pass frequencies. With passives, that becomes much more diffcult and can introduce more phase issues as you have to play around with impedance...

Well, I'll toss my hat into the ring. I have a Fender California strat. These are decent guitars with vintage style hardware and texmex pickups. I think they were a great value and they have held their value very well. Made in the U.S.A., sprayed in Mexico to avoid EPA regulations. I will...

Yeah, I think it has to do with the woofer being selected for better bass response and the tuning port tuned too high too "wow" people. It worked for me, but didn't last long. With the woofer having so much excursion and moving so much air, it's not hard to see how it doesn't have enough...

FWIW, I like to check in mono to see more of what it sounds like instead of what needs to be fixed. For example, if I can sum to mono and hear the vocals are kind of quiet, I'll listen in stereo and see if I think the same thing. Other times, I'll check multi-track recordings and stereo...

Sorry, my non-treated bedroom. I can't remember if they were bright or not...I thought that they were lacking midrange detail around 1k to 3k and had inflated bass...maybe somewhere around 80 to 100 Hz. It's on my big thread about ST6's. I know I'm not alone in my "too much bass" observation...

OH, that explains it! :o Well, if you're still shopping, take a look at M-Audio BX5's. You might be able to get some closeout or used monitors for around $200 USD. Also, Yorksville passives are supposed to be pretty good around that price, but you'd need an amp. I don't really know that...

Yeah, my take is that "fix it in the mix" applies to something that you know that you should fix now, but will instead wait until later down the recording chain. For instance, lets say you record a drum track, and you find that your overhead image is skewed to the left. You know that you...

I had some M1 actives in my room for a couple weeks. Returned them because they weren't as detailed as I would have liked. Also, the bass was kind of hyped. But they were very nice sounding and I could definitely mix on them. The only thing I'd recommend is to A/B on another system to make...

Jesus, you went with a V4 on a $200 CAD budget? Man, he must have cut you some deal. Lots of people rave about those monitors. They're a bit small for my tastes (more in power handling than frequency), but I did like them a lot in the store.

Yeah, I don't think the foam would do anything. Best bet is to build a foam/fiberglass baffle for the computer to shield it from the mic. But it's pricey and large. Another option is to go to Best Buy and get some Dynamat. Stick this on the inside of the case, and that'll help reduce the...

Alright, bit of an update. The speakers are working great. Mixes are going very smooth. I might kick that acoustic space switch back in. I'm finding that a lot of my mixes require almost no subtractive EQ. Maybe I got lucky during tracking, maybe I'm just getting used to the sound of raw...