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For the studio, I'd really recommend checking out the Reason Bambino. 8/2 watts that can sound pretty huge. Plus handy studio ins and outs. And their "stack mode" is about as classic guitar hard rockin as it gets. And it's "boutique" quality made in MO for a chunk less than $1K...

Thx, Tom. No doubt more kick. I cut it back a bit much last time trying to give more room for the upper end. Not sure what to try on the bass, as far as individual track treatment. Any thoughts?

i know this thread is basically done, but I took the advice here and did a test run to see how it might go, i.e. a little multicomp and limiting. Anyway here's what I got. Telephone (Single) mp3

so basically side chaining a signal to a clone of itself from the future? why not? I know the idea is "manual lookahead" but this would give you some other interesting possibilities, like pre-eq on just the key signal to take down certain hot spots more. what else?

There aren't any bumps or particular freq spikes. I teased those out per track as much as possible since I figured one of those against a master limiter could smash the whole mix. What I was talking about is probably something that a small, well placed bit of master EQ will tame. And a mastering...

Ha! Well, your goppin' is my gain. Cheers.

Good words as usual, SSG. Thanks. I'm pretty sure it's "anything we do is probably gonna mess it up" so off it goes. BTW, I'm borrowing some other good words of yours. Thanks for the sig material ;)

I'm prepping a batch of mixes to send to a mastering house and want to get a quick response from the pros here. We're happy with the mixes and have tweaked them to death. When we test them on various stereos, etc. they're all a bit upper-mid bright, but it's uniform across the tracks. Are we...

the only thing I've heard is that the open backs/ on ear phones have a more "open" sound. I know I prefer them to the full coverage closed ones for comfort, and that's all. And yes, if you use them for vocal tracking, you do have to watch for bleed since they let some of the sound out. Be...

Hi, CD. I can't say I've recorded anything metal, but here are a few things I keep in mind generally: re guitar: It's all about getting your sound, so if that sound is a recto stack balls out, then play it that way. Stack volume can be a bit tougher to deal with, but that's just about the...

Again, the "tube" preamps in this range are coloring tools. If money is prioritizing your purchases, I'd concentrate on getting your signal path right. I'm by no means a transparency purist, but shoot toward that + accuracy at first. In the end you'll never think it a waste of time or $$$. When...

good points all around, RM and MM. I just assumed daveBlue knew that was the case in the Presonus, et al price range. It is, BTW. You get mostly color and distortion. Sprinkle in when needed. But not real tube gain. That's why I mentioned checking out tube condensers, too.

Okay. Well, now we know who has the big boy toys. Cheap junk is relative when you don't have $1K/channel. I say explore what's out there. We all end up with our "go-to" pile of paper clips.

I went on a tube-pre frenzy and picked up a few including the Presonus. I'm still figuring out what's good for what, but here's what I found FWIW: Presonus Tube Pre: easy to pick one up cheap. It seems to stay on the subtle side with the color (added tube drive, because that's what these do)...

True, so they often don't hear what they actually captured until its too late. I know I used to set up a session and think "ok, track 3 will be male vocals" so I found the "Male Vocals" channel setup and tracked through it. Later I was pretty much stuck with those plug ins because the naked...

Exactly. I usually see it when they bounce down a group/bus because the PC's freaking out, lighting it up like fireworks and then moving on with a trashed submix.

+1 on the milk crate or just use a chair. or don't do it at all. sometimes the early reflections off the floor can thicken up a guitar. play around with mic position.

same as it ever was too true. as a guitar player I get the GAS bad but find more and more that the next great secret tone weapon I'm about to drop $$$ for is already sitting in my basement.

didn't really care back then when i started we didn't have any illusions about pro quality at home. They had the 2" 24 tracks at 30ips, and we had the 4 track cassette deck at 3.5ips or maybe a nice TEAC reel machine if we had $$$. it was nice, though because it made us work on songs and plan...

danelectro cool cat Not the newer small ones, but you can usually find the older ones for around $50 on ebay, etc. Lush, no frills analog chorus in a metal housing made like a mini bomb shelter. Also 18V for more headroom. For a different flavor, check out the Boss Digital Dimension pedal...