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This is sort of a risky technique but if he's way better in a live setting, then give him an SM58, held in his hand not on a stand, and give it a try that way. Sometimes when a performer feels bolted to one spot on the floor, the don't feel as expressive when they sing. The obvious downside to...

It depends on the terms of the inital agreement. If you're (hypothically) being paid to track the record and the mix engineer is being paid to MIX the record then he has no more right to tell you how to track than you to tell him how to mix. That said, you should probably have the discussion...

We're running Pro Tools TDM (2 Mix 24s, ADAT bridge, yada yada yada). I basically just feed Pro Tools to the head phone mix, plus the singer's mic. This takes up 3 channels on the board (2 for PT and 1 for the mic). The singer can hear her mic no matter if Pro Tools is playing, not playing...

We have quite a bit of gear in the studio that hardly ever gets used (ADATs, bazillions of compressors, effect boxes, etc.). We could scrap a great deal of it and get by just fine. We have a 64 channel Tascam board that is bascially a gigantic monitoring and routing tool (I record almost...

When I'm doing punches, the singer (or whatever) can hear the track and the mic all the way through (before, during, and after the punch). I bascially just tell them when they're going to start singing.

Put the tracks on a laptop. You can use a gazillion apps for playback. Looks way more professional and it's easier and more organized. If you're looking for something that is over-priced but work great for this sort of thing, take a look at the 360 Systems Instant Replay. It's a cool playback...

Personally I do not mix any differently for radio (or mp3 or whatever). Some people try to compensate for the broadcast compressors smashing the snot our of their track but I'm not sure there's much that can be done to help that.

Yep. You've pretty much got it figured out. You can mic your drum kit. Run each mic to a channel on your mixer, send the direct outs of those channels (or group them) into your 1814 inputs. Assign the inputs into your DAW, hit record, and you should see the seperate tracks being recorded. Keep...

Thanks for the info mshilarious! Regardless of what input (whether it's one or all) is assigned to the PC we get basically the same reading.

Hey Glen, thanks for the quick reply and suggestions! The noise falls off when I unplug the snake, the physical location has little to do with it, sadly. Just moving the box would have been a great solution. The PC has an 8 channel snake running from the patch bay to the Delta 1010 interface...

Sorry, I should have been more clear about the "noise floor" term. I am indeed talking about noise in the system, not acoustic noise in my room. Actually our live room is really quiet (assuming the studio next door isn't recording hip-hop). I have tried some of the stuff that Glen suggested...

We have 2 workstations in our studio. Mac running a Pro Tools TDM rig. The other is a PC running various apps (including Pro Tools M-Powered). The PC is the box in question. Recently I've noticed more noise is the system. When I hit record on the PC I'm seeing the meters jump up to about -66db...

Methinks direct monitor too.

If you wanna stay on the cheap, get a Presonus Faderport. I know it works for several DAWs (I dunno about Tracktion). it rocks. Good luck.

Agreed. Stuck.

It's difficult to apply formulas or "should and shouldn't" to situations like this. I don't necessarily use the same type of verb throughout the tracks. It just depends on what the song is asking for. As far as my "usual" chain, I tend to compress most vocals just a touch, and add a little...

Just out of curiosity, are the session file backups that PT creates corrupt too?

What are people willing to pay? That's the question. I don't think you can charge what a pro room charges but you don't have to low-ball yourself either. Maybe $50 per hour? Be careful charging by the project because clients will work the project to death and you'll end up making $4.17 per hour...

I was actually going to mention, in a way, that's the good news. Since it's "mixtape" style; sound quality is not the primary aspect. I think if it sounds a little more "street" it'll be okay. That said, try some eq on the track and comp the VOX. If that doesn't work, do like everyone else does...

Really? -40 seem sorta high but I don't ever record geeeeetar direct. Good to know in case I ever do. Thanks!