Search results

Studio Projects B1 ($120) and M-Audio DMP3 pre ($160)

Go with your original mic plan, and adjust from there using your ears. Use the 3:1 rule for spaced pair on the guitar mics, and check for phase issues. You may want to also try using just the N3 at the neck-body joint (rather than stereo). To get the best isolation (lack of bleed) between...

I think I would look hard at putting the desk on the left wall in your sketch (narrow end of room) in Room A or B, with speakers firing down the long dimension.

Hmm... the 7506s are supposed to be quite good for $100. In that price range, I like these: Audio-Technica ATH-M50 - great sound, comfortable, straight cord option (yea!) Sennheiser HD280 - flat response, comfortable I have the Ultrasone 450 too and they sound about like the HD280 but not as...

If you only need 2 analog inputs, I would recommend the Emu 0404 USB interface ($200). Excellent AD-DA conversion, good preamps, easy to use. I use it with Reaper - works great.

I have 5 bass traps on plant stands or rolling stands. Highly portable.

I have used these three cable testers with success: Ebtech Swizz Army 6-in-1 ($90-100) - the one Behringer "cloned" Whirlwind DCT-9 ($80) Velleman TTEST15 10-way ($50-80) The best (most versatile, most intuitive, best value) is the Velleman, IMO. The Ebtech is good for what it...

You can get the ATH-M50S (straight cord) for about $80 new on ebay. Then have $20 for the extension. Very good sound with comfortable fit and decent isolation for bleed control.

I built and used one of those PVC frame V-shaped thingies - it is really a reflection filter, not a soundbooth. They do a good job of minimizing early reflections of high frequencies that plague small rooms. However, they do nothing for the low frequencies. I used mine for a year, but now I...

Audiofire 12 is popular and has no preamps - must use external preamps. RME Fireface 400,800 are popular - they have bypassable preamps (using the TotalMix routing software that comes with them)

I have the Senn HD280s and the ATH-M50s. For a flat response for mixing, I prefer the HD280. The ATH-M50s sound gorgeous for listening, however, with more powerful bass response and sparkly highs, but I am not sure it is a flat response I am hearing. Both are very comfortable, more so that my...

Are you using cheap mic cables? That would be my first guess.

I liked mic 1 best, but not by a large margin. Mic 1 seemed more detailed and balanced across frequencies, where mic 2 seemed more mid-rangey. Mic 2 did seem to pick up more "woodiness" of the guitar, and I liked that, but overall, mic 1 was best to my ears.

The NT-1a is an Australian-made, very good mic for the money (reg. $229, I have seen it as low as $180 new) that gets good reviews. It has the lowest self-noise of any mic on the market (5 db). The only criticism I have read is that it can be a little harsh on some voices, especially when...

That interface lacks phantom power, best I can tell. Better get one with phantom power if you will be using condenser mics.

try deep bass traps in your bonus room That room looks similar to my bonus room, where I record/mix. I would highly recommend that you investigate deep bass traps at the front of the side walls (either side of the mix desk) -- i.e., bass traps to fill the space behind the knee wall under the...

Audio interface - check out the Emu 0404 USB ($200) WAV to MP3 - I use Acoustica's MP3 to Wave PLUS ($20 - it does WAV to MP3 very high quality)

+1 on the B1. Or an AT3035 if you can find one.

Your equipment has to convert the analog mic signal into digital for the computer - so you either need a USB mic -OR- a regular mic and an audio interface. An audio interface has A/D and D/A conversion -- A/D for recording input from the mic to computer, and D/A for playback from your computer...