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ok, thanks for the reply. I guess I'm just really paranoid I'm limiting or compressing too much. The band keeps complaining how quiet our stuff is compared with other songs, so I think I'm always tempted to limit too much. I can hear the effects of the limiting when I do it some extreme...

Thanks for the reply. As for monitors, I don't really have very good ones, so I usually make mp3s and download it from my friend's computers to see how it sounds from various speakers. I'm starting to get the hang of compressing and eq'ing, however I'm not sure about hard limiting. How much...

Thanks for the information. I'll definitely try to EQ before compressing. It seems I have a lot of midrange in my mixes, so i'll try and boost the low and high ends a bit. I'm still not quite sure about how much to compress though. It seems to me that not too much compression should be put...

I have a few questions pertaining to mastering some songs my band has done. As this is for demo purposes, I don't feel we need to spend the money to send anything to a mastering house yet, but I would like to get the best sound possible. I've mixed one song down to a single waveform, and I...

Thanks for the replies. I guess I didn't mean quality, but if the software affected the sound in any way, which I guess it does, especially after using any eq or effects in the software.

I use Cool Edit Pro 2 to record my bands songs that we use as demos. One member thinks that using a higher-end software package will result in better results in quality. But I disagreed saying that the software just lets you manipulate the data in the computer. The sound card (we have an...

Again, thanks for the tips. As for midi, i don't have anything against it really, i just never really got into it - not to mention my sound card (delta 44) doesn't support it. I've been recording my band for only about 2 years so i'm still kinda new to the whole recording thing. And yes, i'd...

hey, Thanks for the respone. I think I'm going to go with the software sampler route. I tried out a little of Logic Audio Platinum at a friends house, and it seems like it is way beyond the scope of what I am trying to do. Is there a much more simplified program that just lets you...

Hey everyone, Being a newbie, i may come off ignorant asking this, but anywho, i was thinking about incorporating some sample type stuff into my band's music (we play rock music) such as cheesy nintendo-esque sounds - or possibly a techno/drum beat. How would this best be accomplished in a...

Thanks for all the replies thus far. Yeah, we 've been trying on and off to play to a click track, this was one of those off times. So maybe we should try a click track every time now. I'll try and work on the low end - our bass recording method isn't the best. I'll see if I can boost that a...

Hey everyone, I thought I'd try and cover this one Sesame Street song that Ernie once sung called "I'd Like to Visit the Moon." Some of you may remember it from the show. Anyway, I kinda made it a bit spiffier hopefully. The link is below: sQuirt - I'd Like to Visit the Moon (right click...

Thanks for the replies thus far. If anyone's interested, we record usually once at a time. We have 4 of the 14A Shure microphones which we use to mic the drumset (actually i think the drummer just recently bought 2 drum mics as well, not sure what kind) and all of those mics get plugged into...

Hey, I am working on upgrading my recording equipment as it is not the greatest set up. When recording demos for my band, I use a low end shure microphone (14A) and the bands built-in pre-amps in our PA head unit (it's a Crate PA6 i think). Anyway, I know that the head unit isn't the best...

Upon upgrading to CEP 2.0, I'm having some trouble recording with my delta 44 soundcard. When I used the older version, the device preferences allowed me to choose either "delta 44 1/2" or "delta 44 3/4." However, now i only have the option for "delta 44" which doesn't give me the ability to...

correct me if i'm wrong, but can't you just hold down the SHIFT key instead of the CTRL key, then right click and drag? If i understand your problem, this would be the way to go. Anything that you do to the track in the "waveform view" will affect both files - but you can change the volume...

Thanks for all the responses. I'm currently looking towards the expander route. Of course, this is still all very hypothetical for me right now.

hey there. I'm completely new to making synthesized or electronic sounds to replace live instruments. We've always just recorded all our tracks live. However, in the future I'd like to put some violins on of our songs. As I don't know any violionists or could hire a symphony, I'd like to do...

thanks for all the critiquing thus far. I'm still learning how to use the compression tool in CEP - as this is the only compression tool i have available to me right now. So if anybody has any tips on that, feel free to let me know. For example, what settings should i set to compress the...

woops, didn't see that last post there - but yeah any of those links should work. This was multi-tracked. We had the bass, drums, and a rhythm guitar play together to lay down the basic beats. The guitar playing is really for the bass and drums to get the full band feel i guess. I forget if...

sorry folks, you can just go to mp3.com/squirt and listen to the first one titled Anna. Thanks. hmm...or you can try directly downloading here .