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I understand that. When I said "impression is everything", what I was getting at is that although the kick and snare are in the center, if you're standing there the room reflections will not be in the center. They will be all around you. If you want to widen the overall sound of something...

I think people are focusing on the drums because other than the bass--which is supposed to be in the middle--they are the only thing that isn't "wide". A good mastering job will have the potential to sound "wider", so you can't necessarily compare the absolute width of your mix to that of a...

Did you use a 2-mic ONLY setup for the recorderman technique? It sounds like you've got reinforcing mics on the snare and kick, and that those are making up the majority of your drum sound. Your crash is going right down the center, too. If this is the case, use your automation to bring the...

If you have a stereo delay plugin, you can apply a very short stereo delay separately to each channel (left and right) of the overheads. Be careful not to mix the delay signal too wet and test out the mix by playing it back in mono. If it's not very subtle, you'll end up with a very chorus-y...

Squier Classic Vibe and Vintage Modified series guitars. Perfectly serviceable. Look at Rondo Music, too. Those Agiles have a pretty good reputation. Having played a lot of inexpensive guitars, I must say I find it hard to believe that soldering joints just all ripped apart with no trauma...

Haha! That's as clear a response as I'd ever expect from a polite Englishman! Plywood seems like it would be (structurally) very useful for beater/campfire guitar bodies - much better than HPL anyway. Why would someone use HPL?

Muttley, What's your opinion about the durability of stratabond necks? I don't own one, but I imagine they'd be pretty stable and quite resistant to changes in temperature and humidity. Not carbon fiber stable, but more so than solid wood. What do you think?

miroslav, Look at the Squier '60s Custom-types in the Classic Vibe series: Squier® Guitars by Fender®: The Official Website The only spec it doesn't meet of yours is the fretboard material, which could be sourced for a reasonable price (and likely even from a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele -...

If you have something that has a good attack and a long but quiet tail (like a well-tuned drum or an acoustic guitar), I bet you can do it even without natural room reverb. If I were to try, I would copy the tracks that were going to be compressed or I'd run them to a separate buss. On the "to...

Don't change any of the variables. If you were going to mic a drum kit of standard size and configuration with a two-mic Recorderman setup, and you had to choose, which pair would you go with: 2 MXL 990 2 SM 57 This in some sense is a cheap condenser vs. well-used dynamic discussion, but it...

Why does everyone seem to think compression is only about making something loud? It can be useful in so many other ways, too. Smash some peaks on a single track without turning up the whole thing afterward. Use a slow attack and release to leave the peaks alone and fatten up a drum kit. Keep...

Looks like you can run the Apex 415 in a figure-8. It will take some work, but I think you should really look into mid/side micing if you want stereo. It might be your best bet for a good left-right balance given your microphone selection.

The entire VM series is built on the same idea. The front end of the amp is a DSP-based modeling amp. It's digital. The amp's power section is all tube. If dialed in, they can sound great - especially with clean tones. The effects are also DSP. If you have ever heard of a Marshall 3203...

The recorderman technique might not pan out to the sides nicely or evenly with vastly different mics. It's worth a try, though. Here are some other things I might try in your situation: Dynamic mic in front of the kick, condenser over the drummer's shoulder or overhead pointing at the snare...

I know this thread is a week old and the post I'm quoting is much older, but I'd like to answer this for anyone searching in the future. I agree that a cheap CD player isn't bad. But there is more to a CD player than just reading data and D/A conversion. CDs aren't linear in nature. The data...

Thanks for the compliment on holding out. I think it was a nice amp, but it got so hot you could cook an egg on it. I don't remember why I sold it, but I don't miss it all that much. It was a nice amp, but not for me.

Just to add, my, "This is crazy" comment was because yet another old thread has been resurrected here on the board. We must be running out of stuff to talk about! Also, nowadays if I were in a pinch I'd probably buy an MG. Most of the amps available now are light years ahead of the old ones...

I wouldn't say I regret not buying it because there are other gear things that I regret more, but I might be tempted to buy one should I come across another. I still occasionally want to get one of those mosfet heads. I'd like one with one of the little 2x12" slant cabs they made. It did...

This is crazy. I didn't buy the 5212. Instead I waited a couple of weeks and got a DSL401, which is by now long gone. I haven't forgotten looking at that amp, but I had forgotten posting about it. I don't like my language, either. Too abrasive.

So I admit that occasionally I like to play with limiters to push a mix. However, even when I do so, I still get a wave form that is visible (unlike these commercial mixes that look like bricks). So just to see how much it took, I made the attempt today to create a brick. I must say it...