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Thanks guys! I'm not sweating the drums too much yet, 'cause I hope to replace them with real drums. But I get your point about overboardy overcompression! And I'll play around with the vocal echo, maybe use a tape echo plugin? I have to be careful not to overwork this and produce the life...

Thanks Turtle! I think I hear where you're going. I may do some experimenting along those lines.

DYNAMICS!!! Compression, Levelers, Limiters, Expanders. There would be no rock or pop music without these devices. Arguably as important as EQ, way more imporant than reverb.

Thanks for the replies. They are in the same housing, and even have the holes ready for the stereo link controls. They're just not there yet. I don't have much opportunity to pre-test, as the drummer will arrive with his kit. I like the idea of X-Y overheads, as it should do a better job of...

Thanks for the feedback, guys!! It's not lame, but my feelings for the Orangutan Toad in Chief cannot be adequately expressed without cursing. Is that lame? Drums are NI Studio Drummer, put through Rocket compressor (1176 emulator) with lots of compression and harmonic distortion. I'll...

Hey Guys! So, I have a buddy who is an electronics whiz. He is building his own studio, by DIYing his own gear. This may take forever to complete, so he's letting me "take care" of his gear in the meantime. He recently build a very well researched and assembled 1176 Rev D clone. This thing...

This is a very quick and dirty tune, but I'm liking it so far. I need to hone it further, but I don't want to over work it. http://www.toddejones.com/songs/Subliminal/DontUnderstand.mp3 Thanks in advance for your feedback!

Angry protest power pop. All me on the recording. Phony manually programmed drums, otherwise all real. Quick and dirty, and subject to re-arranging. Feedback welcomed! http://www.toddejones.com/songs/Subliminal/DontUnderstand.mp3 Lyrics: Got an orangutan toad with nuclear codes and I don't...

Yes, cube is the worst shape for a studio (well, a perfect sphere may be worse LOL).

Bus Stop is right about real acoustic treatment over foam. The good news is you can DIY acoustic treatment and save oodles. Start researching sources of Owens Corning 703 insulation near you, or the Johns Mansville equivalent. It's used to insulate huge warehouse type buildings, so it'll be a...

at the risk of sounding defeatist - is it possible to ascertain your neighbor's general hours and work around their schedule? Alternatively, you could pay for them to go the movies. Sounds expensive, but possibly cheaper than a vocal booth or moving.

Those ceilings look kind of un-tall. That and the overall modest size may be compromising factors. You may need oodles of treatment to get it to sound okay.

The other reason for those of us with finite resources, is that we may not have oodles of nice mics, preamps and AD channels. Sometimes it's better to compromise on the number of tracks rather than pull questionable resources into play.

Good list, but I'd put the Lynx HiLo and Apogee Symphony I/O in the top category.

I usually record via a re-amping process. I set things up, turn the amp up very, very loud, hit record and leave the studio until the track is over. I reamp with lots of different mic positions and a Neumann U-89 as a room mic. I blend the resultant sounds instead of EQing.

Best bass DI I've heard is the Avalon U5. Even blew away my beloved Demeter.

There are some pretty cool three mic drum recording techniques, some adaptable to two mics. Hell, you can record drums with one mic if you have a good room and take the time to experiment. Look up "recorderman" and "Glyn Johns" and learn more about minimal micing techniques for drums. That's...

Allow me to split the difference in this debate: Mic up the kit with 3 or 4 mics, get everything perfect. Then, mic the toms and any other extra micings. During mix, optimize the minimal mic sound, gate or manually edit out tom tracks to only include tom parts, then pull in the extra mics...

I haven't put a mic on a tom in a long time. My philosophy is to use as few mics a possible, to give better control, to minimize phase issues and to maximize my limited boutique mics and preamps. Try micing your kit with just OHs and Kick mic and maybe not even a snare mic. If the drum does...

Also, are you sure the MBOX allows you to bypass its internal preamps? Many of these low end boxes allow you to connect an external preamp, but then put that signal through their internal preamps, thus causing more problems.