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I shall remove you from my rolodex of leg breakers and insurance fire starters.

I have solved the original queston from 35 pages ago!!!! I opened up my computer and it has 4 case fans, a CPU heatsink fan and a PSU fan, so six total fans moving air I opened up my analog, EQ's, Compressors, Pres, channel strips, summing busses and none of them has any fans, no air movement...

Oh, I just noticed you said it was your guitarists and not your own other half that was the problem In the case where it's not your relationship that's different. I'd say arrange a little accident for her....I know a couple of guys who can help you out......

Well for starters I wouldn't make such a person my girlfriend let alone my wife!!!. It's hard enough trying to find time to work on music stuff as it is without people who are supposed to support you being monkeys and wrenches Hotness can forgive a lot of flaws in a woman in the short term, but...

Singers aren't necessarily born great, but what they usually do have in natural abundance is self confidence and a certain cockyness/swagger about their vocals It takes a lot to put yourself out there, as you are discovering. When you play an instrument you can, psychologically, put that...

Volume automation (Pre FX) sibliance is pretty obvious on a waveform, just draw in automation around the Esses to drop the volume at that point. Make it pre FX so it doesn't mess up other comps, eqs, reverbs, etc sounds far more natural than de-essing and doesn't leave nasty artifacts or...

I use a pair of these on my one watt Blackstar HT1 for to get that BIG SOUND

If I were in this particular situation I would consider taking those $400-$500 and finding a local studio to track and mix and just worry about getting the best performance possible

The more pertinent info would be what converters/audio interface are you using and how are they calibrated against 0 dbFS in Adobe If your converters are calibrated to 0VU = -20 dBFS then aiming for peaks of no more than -15 dBFS may be appropriate. If your converters are calibrated to 0VU = -9...

This is just my opinion but it seems that you are trying to listen with your eyes. Again my opinion but you should be setting the compressor (or anything else in the chain) with your ears based on what sounds good whether it be gain reduction, attack release levels or anything else. Check the...

As others have said, compress where needed And a good guide as to where is needed is do things poke out and/or disappear within the mix. Vocals are often candidate for compression just because of the nature of the voice and it's extremely wide dynamic range and, depending on the type of music...

I don't disagree with you and I wasn't attempting to be silly. I may even agree that if all you ever want to do is plug a mic into a computer then a USB mic could well be the right answer. It's just that things tend to snowball and when you want options a USB limits you and so far I haven't seen...

Until there is a universal standard where a USB mic will work everywhere I'm not interested and wouldn't recommend since where people start out is not often where they end up. Two years ago all I did was was plug into a computer, now however I need so much more If, for example I were to buy the...

By what standard are you classifying unacceptable? What is an acceptable number? you could simply look at the specs which should give you the noise floor of the gear (assuming it is working properly) and you ears are probably the best way to tell if the noise is unacceptable. Even then unless...

I don't hear anything too unusual here. Probably decent mic (your choice of LDC or dynamic), decent pre, decent compressor for tracking, more compression and fader riding to keep the vocal where you want it in the mix sing it how you want it to sound so maybe move up on the mic just a little...

Or maybe even the UA 6176 for a channel strip if you want more punchy up front vocals. UA LA-610 is wonderful but maybe a little too mellow, depending on the vocal style you are after Of course it's all a personal taste thing and both of these pieces are really, really good and I now regret...

Given that you are recording sound and assuming you are going to want that sound to be as good as is possible to do justice to the material, acoustics are about as important as it gets. Bass traps will be worth it if the room is not already treated, but you will have to trust your ears to say...

I have spent a lot but a good deal of that has been offset by the fact that a lot of stuff that I bought to try I was able to re sell for about the same, or in some cases more than I originally paid for it. (Hooray for ebay where some people are so addicted to the thrill of bidding they will buy...

I had an SM7B that I fought with and tried to love for about a year and a half. I never really got a vocal that thrilled me with it on my voice. Once or twice I got a nice result on guitar cabs that I ended up using In the end I decided I had bought into the hype (It's the Mic MJ used on...

Getting your amps off the floor can help along with some of the other stuff already mentioned amp stands or surprisingly THIS from Auralex, which is one of the few things they make that really make a useful difference (along with Mopads for monitors), can really open up the sound of the amp in...