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My best recordings to date were made on a a tired old Teac 3340, bouncing bass, drums and rhythm guitar from 3 tracks to 1 and then overdubbing 1 electric guitar for lead, a lead vocal and a harmony. We used a Peavey PA head, all dynamic mics and the reverb that was in the PA head. I think it...

I have always liked live recordings more: The Who - Live at Leeds Joni Mitchell - Miles of Aisles Yes - Yessongs Neil Young's "Tonight's the Night" falls into your alcohol or something fueled category. Even though they are pretty wasted by the last few takes, it is honest and real. That...

+1!! It works great for recording and it makes my poor old Yorkville Combo come alive again. Great bass preamp bilco

Great thread; thanks Harvey!! bilco

Are your 2496 inputs +4 or -10? The RNP's line outputs are +4.

OK, 2 against the ADAT idea....... maybe I will get the laptop after all. Thanks, bilco

I want to record our band and other bands live. Although I have a Mac G4 with PT LE, I can't see dragging that whole desktop rig to every gig. So I need suggestions. I could get by with as few as 8 channels if I have to, but 12 to 16 would let me get better drum separation and the harmony...

Everyone loves to bash this mic. If it works for you, pay no attention to the naysayers. I like the SM57 a little better than an SM58. The SM57 with a pop screen through an RNP sounds better on my particular voice than anything else I have tried, up to some ~ $500ish sounding condensers and...

Which one of these has a natural EQ best suited for a kick in an acoustic based bands where the snare is played with brushes? Think "Fire and Rain" production. Thanks, bilco

I don't think Harvey thinks the T3 is a toy...... Frankly, if he thinks it's a good mic, that's all I need to know...... bilco

Sorry, missed that part somehow. I'll try them out on a guitar cab or on snare and tom. bilco

I love my SM81; if you can afford a pair, they are good workhorse mics. Cheaper, but almost as good, in my opinion, would be a pair of the MXL 603s. I did a mic comparison on my Martin and the MXL 603s came in a close 2nd to the SM81. The KSM 109 I tried was kind of brassy compared to the...

Get a 2nd MXL 603 for the guitar and record in X/Y stereo. That is a good mic. I borrowed one and it worked very well. I ended up buying an SM81 which is nice, but in retrospect, I should have bought a matched pair of the MXL 603s. Stereo acoustic guitar is awesome. bilco

I think Don McLean's "American Pie" was recorded that way. I remember reading about what they had to do to get separation, but I don't remember the details or where I read it. bilco

Is it time limited in any way or just a lighter version of Samplitude? I am really interested in trying it out. bilco

How many times do we have to tell you, the problem wasn't in the mic!! If he'd only had a GOOD preamp and converters, THEN we'd be talkin' a whole different page of history. The US Army just kept settling for those budget preamps....... I think they were Buffalinger....

A couple of things come to mind..... I love my wife and on some things she is my biggest fan and supporter, but she has hated several songs I've written and in some cases I just put them away, intending to never play them out live. Eventually I did play them and guess what? They get some of...

I'm not opposed to punching in at all and with PT LE, it's pretty easy to do. I just haven't done it. I am trying to engineer and sing at the same time. I have the vocal mic setup on the other side of the room, so I start the track recording and then run over to the mic behind the partition...

I can't believe the timing of your posts. It's like you've been reading my mail. I took the day off from work to lay down vocal tracks and took time to get the mic and room setup just right. I did about 4 takes of 4 different songs and they all just suck. It really makes me wonder why I...

I borrowed a 603S from a friend to record acoustic guitar before I bought an SM81. I think it is a great mic.