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eBay I got a great ex-school horner one with nice wooden base. about £30 if I remember correctly.

Hey, you should go on over to the analogue only forum for the best advice with this machine, they are very helpful. I don't know much but it looks like just a stereo tape machine so no multitracking? anyway I think most people would use it as a mastering (end stage) tape. so mix from whatever...

If you have a graphics card like mine that has (i dont know the names) an older 'analogue' out and a newer 'digital' out you can also run 2 monitors off it. I used to, but I thought it a bit of a gimmick really, it didnt help much. try it though, it looks cool.

Once you have a good mixdown (don't use too much compression) then it is time to master it. On a home system this basically means EQ, overall Compression, Limiting and Volume. Import a track from a similar commercial CD on the next stereo track and compare. I find using a plugin that shows the...

people put the best electric guitars in the world through amps, distort them and compress them. well this is a different arguement I think. I think we probably agree on most of it. I think of it as a creative effect it can be used with varying degrees of success. I think everything has been...

hey I wasn't calling you old. I agree that voices with alot of character dont suit this technique. I don't really agree that its a talent thing, though obviously some people do use it to hide things. but I wouldnt. it does work better on 'plainer' voices, it doesnt work better on 'crapper'...

Well I think the original poster is recording himself, so hes not recording a session. Double tracking is a very good effect used well (ok it may be used by amateur producers to hide less than perfect performance), I would obviously not use it on Nat King Cole, or Bob Dylan for that matter...

haha hmmm i know a lot of people who would dissagree with that. its a manual effect basically. its like saying people who use reverb are hiding their shakey voices.

reading this it sounds like people are confusing 'double tracking' vocals and 'vocal takes'. it is a common technique to 'double track' vocals, but you need to sing them twice as close a performance as you can. do not just copy and paste this just creates the same effect as turning the volume...

I never use them unless i miss hit. I used to try and use them every hit when I played in a punky style band but now I hate them. I really dissagree that every rock drummer rimshots every hit, that is just not true. rimshots sound great in jazz, african style etc as accents. but every fucking...

isopropyl for cleaning vinyl? I bought a cheap set for vinyl care, and the liquid leaves a residue which clogs the needle. would iso be safe or would it melt it?

Thanks, that seems like a good choice after looking at reviews. Thanks for introducing me, I think I will order one.

Hi, is there anyone here with a good knowledge of turntables? I have dusted down my dads old Sony PS-T22 and bought a new stylus for it but I suspect the old cartridges and stylus's are inferior to todays? What makes/models combinations of cartridge and stylus would you recommend? Cheers.

apparently some plug-ins work better on audio files with higher bit rates and sample rates. i don't know if it matters but i don't think many professional recording studios will be recording at cd quality. even though most people only listen to sub-cd quality mp3s nowadays. its best to have the...

sounds like you need a little mixer with at least 4 ins and outs to me.

is he joking? i mean has someone just created this profile for a joke? buy the music, don't f-in steal it, and if you steal it at least get a decent quality download ffs.

yes cd is 16bit 44.1kHz. also make sure your cd burner isn't normalizing the volumes. import and mix at as high quality as you like, 48kHz at 24bit should normally be enough, as someone else said export as stereo interleaved.

yes i suppose you are right, i have recorded true stereo vocals before. it was a guitar and vocal take in one, two mics, room ambience. but yeah you couldnt tell it was stereo by the vocals though. it does sound different from the mono, but if it was only vox you probably couldnt tell. agreed.

there are plenty of songs in existance with stero vocals. double track vox panned is one example, backing vocals is another. also putting a mono into a stereo channel so that stereo effects can be used is another. delayed vox is quite often panned. i don't want to name songs but there are...

hehe very funny thread, but seriously it looks like you have some timing issues, probably tech based rather than performance. is your first vocal a little off time with the music? if so it is a latency issue. if it is in, and only your double track out, i am guessing that you are monitoring...