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The 3630 is not a very good compressor. It's more of a glorified limiter cuz, as stated above, it muddies up the sound. For an affordable & decent sounding compressor, go after the dbx 1066 or 266XL, or the Behringer Autocom. If you are using an analog drum kit, at least stick a compressor on...

Ok, I have a few applications that required a midi PU. So I got a GK-3...now for the brain. I am looking at the Roland GR-20 and the YAmaha G50. The reason is that my wife is the keyboardist and is armed with an Ensoniq SQ1+, a Korg Triton, and a Roland A Juno 1. I have all of the synth...

IMO, Al DiMeola is by far the most uncelebrated guitarist out there.

I've seen a few references about the guitar sounding out of tune when the intonation was set. That can be for two reasons: 1) Your string height was off. When setting the intonation, always fret the string at the 12th fret instead of using the harmonic. The string tends to bend a bit when it...

i'll DL the manual tonight and refamiliarize myself with the patch grid and post an answer for ya if no one else has :)

Mustaine will use anything from Crate to vintage Marshall. What scares me si I know this and Megedeth is not even in my top 20 favorite bands lol.

crates actually CAN produce a good sound. Megadeth used them on most of their latter albums. Try the above advice on mic placement. Also put a 31 band EQ in your effects chain. Crates have a problem on the bottom end. Either you will have to bost them via post recording processing or by...

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He probably remembers LP's, but he doesn't remember when DJ's actually could do their job without having a suscribed playlist in front of them as well as a huge book of corporate standards. Dynamics....here's a good example. John Lennon's Imagine. THough I am not a fanatic of the song, it has...

The art of mixing/mastering (seemingly) has been lost lol. Just master it to the loudest level possible. Then hope the listener isn't an audiophile with their room set to a flat response at 0db cuz you'll probably blow up their speakers LOL! There are quieter parts in the songs we record, but...

all I know about this band is that I lost any and all interest in them after crew chiefing a stage they played at a festival a couple of years back. We had a total of 10 double 18 bins to cover the lot the stage was at. That was more than enough for a 5k capacity lot. Incubus wouldn't dream of...

6db That number is killing me. I remember when people complained that vinyl had no dynamic range, and nowadays everything is squashed into a mere 6db of dynamic range on final. Everything is compressed to the quietest part of the song, clamped down like hell, and set to a high output so every...

as stated, placement is importnat as well as having a good kick sound beforehand. I'd have to look at my compressor (I'm not in the studio now) but I have it set for a pretty tight compression on the kick and have the gate set to help keep out bleedover. I also have an EQ sidechained. I use an...

I'm a bit outdated, but the finished product is what counts ;) I use Cakewalk Pro 8.04 for recording, SoundForge 6, and CD Architect. I use all outboard gear except for some post process EQ and a few simple effects (verb, dly, etc). The reason for Cakewalk is due to the fact I use an Antex...

AlChuck had the answer I was gonna give. It's not a full duplex card. Also, a PII 350 is going to start straining for resources if you plan on doing more than a few tracks, especially since you are running Win2K on a platform that was designed for Win 95/98 OS's.

Dunno if Palmer has simulation. I record direct. More out of necessity than preference. I use an ADA Micrcab II. I was wary at first cuz the first time I played through one I thought they were a bit noisy. Turns out it musta been the system I was playing through. I'm very pleased with the...

Got bored, did a search for Conklin and pulled up this old thread..... I play two of these guitars. Granted, they are extended range instruments, but that's Bill Conklin's field of choice. By and large, they are the best sounding and best playing guitars I have ever owned. They are pricey, but...

What we do is tab it out using PowerTab (it's free). Usually, just the primary guitar and the bass. It takes time, but I do not have a MIDI pickup on any of my guitars. The upswing is that, on playback, PowerTab gives a metronome click. This is extremely helpful if your song changes time...

it's called an insedious brain fart....so now i get to ask the "everyone knew that - [i]din't they?[/b]" question: I have mastered a song. BUT - I need to put a track separator into it as the first 2:34 is an intro...kind of like Boston's Foreplay/Longtime. I use Cakewalk Pro 8.04 (i know...

Few things I can add from doing the interior of my studio: 1) When measuring the sheetrock to cut out the hole for a light, be sure you have your bearings straight as to which side will be left and which will be right. Otherwise, you hol dwill be in the opposite corner of the sheet it needs to...