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I am recording a band that will be borrowing a very expensive Mesa Boogie for their guitar tracks. However, because they don't want to have to keep the amp here longer than it needs to be I figured I could just track the guitars DI and reamp them the day they get the amp. I am using the AUX...

If you used a mixer to mix down the two inputs they could be recorded on one track. However, the level you mix at can never be changed again.

Yes. Find the bad frequencies and cut them. Adding good ones just makes everything messy.

What are these crappy Nady mic's you speak of? I would recommend doing less. Putting SM58's on the rack toms will do nothing but add noise. Worry about your OH's first. With a good stereo image these will be responsible for most of your sound. Then definitely put the 52 on the kick and a 57...

I have the Behringer HA400, and for $20 it's a steal. It's seems kind of quiet though, however the sound quality is great.

Have you read any descriptions for this product? This is the second sentence in the description at the Behringer website (which most retailers pasted into their description) "It lets you move real faders and turn real knobs to control all the virtual gear in Cubase, Cakewalk, Logic Audio and...

I run Vista and I don't have any problems, but I can understand why people do. XP is cheaper anyways.

My advice: Don't buy anything but Cakewalk Music Creator 3 (or 4) for about $30. You can even download it. Or just get a free multitrack recording software like kristal. Work with what you have. Use your line-in on your soundcard and mix down the drums into a stereo mix. Then dub over bass...

They are CAD CM217's and yes, I know I need to upgrade! However my problem is the boxy sound my room gives the kit, so even the most expensive mic's will not sound to hot. It's not something the mic is doing. When I put the mic's too close to the cymbal it makes them sound trashy. I have never...

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I am using two cardioid small-diaphragm condenser microphones I got out of a cheap CAD drum-mic kit. I had been using XY but I got no separation between left and right (which I'm assuming is the room) and have now switched to a spaced pair as close to the cymbals as I can get. The room is an...

Thanks guys, you are giving me some great advice. Is there anything creative I can do with the mattresses or are they useless and/or make my situation worse? Just for clarification there is only the drum set, nothing more.

What are you using that didn't sound good? Why don't you just plug your mic into the house speakers? Shure makes some pretty good live mic's but you should also look into Sennheiser as they make many great mic's that can be cheaper than the Shures.

Is there anywhere in the room I should place the kit that will be better than other places? Should it be facing a wall or away from it? Does it even matter?

The mixer will create a stereo mix that is sent into your computer. So this mix you make when you record is the mix your stuck with forever. Even the Behringer mixer you are looking at just sends a stereo mix into your PC. So, even though it is a 5-track mixer, it will record to only 1 track...

I run Cakewalk Home Studio 6XL on a vista PC :) It works great and I have absolutely no complaints about this software. However, depending on how many inputs you will be using simultaneously you may not even need HS6, I used to run Music Creator 3 (round $30) and only upgraded for more...

My "live room" does not sound good for drums. It is an old spare bedroom, I'm not kidding when I say the room is perfectly square. I have treated the walls with some foam panels and they make it sound a little better but I am afraid that it is the ceiling that is making my overheads pick up a...

Don't forget to invert phase if they are pointing up!

I would highly recommend using two overheads to get a stereo image. One overhead mic will force the entire drum mix into one spot, rendering all other mics completely useless. With a good pair of OH properly set up you will probably already have a pretty good drum sound. After that you can add...

Most mixers have a CD/TAPE output which are two RCA type jacks. There are adapter cables to turn that into a stereo (I think it's 3.5mm or 1/8th inch) connector that plugs into your line in. Thats what it looks like. The XENYX board I mentioned earlier comes with a USB interface, so you...