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Here's a test track. All done in garageband. Looped drums. Bass is my guitar pitch shifted down one octave. http://hue.dmusic.com/music/download/331484/.7816c5d1

Again, I think there is a large confusion as to what "Mastering" is. Mastering is not just about polishing a mix. A mix should be polished already before it ever gets to mastering. Granted, mastering may bring out the subtleties that the mixing engineer missed or was too inside the project to...

Just to clarify: compression causes a gain reduction beyond a set threshold. The amount of gain reduction is usually denoted by a ratio like 4:1 or 2:1. By reducing the gain beyond that threshold, it allows you to raise the overall level of the track or mix. Be carefull though. Too much...

Actually now that I've listened to that again it sounds like crap....LOL! Ha! Take that as a lesson how NOT to mix a tune. :p

Other things to consider. Panning and levels. The more you play with EQ, the more likely you are to mess up your tone. EQ is a tool. What do you use tools for? Right! To fix things. As they say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Sometimes messing with levels will do more for your mix than any...

It's not a bad thing but consider these plugins:G-amp lite, G-amp phat, Tubebaby, AO cap, crunchdude, Voxengo Boogex. All of these are free amp/cab emulator downloads in vst format. Just install or extract them into your vst folder. Don't think that because they're free they suck. They're not...

"Basic Mastering" that's an oxymoron. Mastering engineers have generally spent 20+years doing sound before they even endeavor to do mastering. It really is a specialized field which should be left to experienced MEs. As it has already been pointed out, you should try to perfect your sound in...

Just by the way: Hercules, (aka Turtle Beach) has a new multiple i/o(10 I think) "entry level interface". It looks cool. I don't know anything about it's specs though. http://www.etcetera.co.uk/products/HER010.shtml

Is there such a thing as best soundcard? I think that RME are definitely in the higher rankings. M-audio are a very good BUDGET card. EMU.....why is it people still have to use other asio drivers with these cards? I've read reviews, I mean Magazine reviews, where the reviewer had to use...

Many standard soundcards have preamps, albeit poor preamps. Most usb interfaces come with built in preamps but usually have the option of using a straight line in. There are also plenty interfaces, usually pci but also some firewire, which are strictly line level interfaces. Which means yes, you...

You can purchase PT Mpowered for them yes. You can use the midi dsp on your on board ac97 or SounBlaster card along with these cards. You'll need a usb controller or a game port to midi converter if you want to use a keyboard.

I cheat on drums. Betamonkey loops or lately Brickhouse Audio loops. I would Highly recomend brickhouse audio for anyone who doesn't have a drumset or drummer or the patience to program drums(me). Brickhouse just have great sounding loops and samples. Very warm tone. For the record Toker: it...

Thanks. The funny thing is that I used all budget gear. A Studio Projects B1, Behringer Ultragain 100 preamp, Delta 44 audio interface, Midiman keyboard. Some of the tunes like Hoax and Fire breathing Monster were done using two 10 watt practice amps mic'd in stereo with an sm 57 knock off. On...

Well, I must admit. None of my stuff is worth writing home about. I'll give the link anyway but don't expect too much. http://hue.dmusic.com

Hmmm. Someone just mouthed off at me for asking for a bad rep point. I don't get it. I thought I was doing them a favor.

DC offset http://www.bu.edu/webcentral/learning/av2/optimize-dcoffset.html

And to all those pirates: Should you ever get signed, may all your songs be illegally downloaded. May you never make money from you recorded material. May you gear be stolen by your neighbor. Well I suppose I could go on. I just want to give you all a reason to give me a bad rep point.

Alright! Well, let's get this ball rolling! One more bad rep. Can we get negatives here? Let's work on that.

Oh darn! I got a bad rep because I gave my opinion on pirated software. Boo hoo. Man some of you people are real petty. It's funny that someone will suggest that rep points mean nothing and then they go and use that same thing to try and shut someone up. Well fortunately I really could care...

Not better but different. I like the sound of the original. You can hear that they are using some prime gear. There's some nice warmth there. I like the drums in the original. That is not to say your mix doesn't sound good. Yours does sound like it was done with a pod though. That may not be...