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Will one on the kick one overhead through a pre-amp create a good sound? (I really don't want to get more than two mics, and I just want a pretty good quality sound like early John Bohnnam (Led Zeppelin) stuff.

I read something about X-Y placement of mics, what does this mean?

This is how I plan to record live (bass, guitar, drums)... Guitar on the left side of stage, guitar on the right, bass in center, drums in center. Put two mics, one about 6' up and the other 1' up off of the ground. Through a pre-amp into the 4-Track and record. Later I'll add vocals and lead...

I'm kind of embarrassed to ask this. I have a dynamic Kustom mic that I got with a cable for $40. I am thinking of getting a SM-57 but I am not good enough at recording or interested in recording an album, should I buy it? Will it really make that much difference?

I haven't tried this yet but would someone please tell me if this will work... Run my mic into a processor (reverb), into my 4-Track recorder. Run RCA plugs from the out on my 4-Track to the audio in on my Magnavox Hi-Fi Stereo VCR. Put a tape in both the 4-Track recorder and in the...

I read some things last night somewhere about mixing down to a VHS tape. I have a magnavox hifi stereo vcr, with audio in's and out's. Will this work? Do I just run the rca outs on my 4-Track to the VCR and press record, just like mixing down to a cassette deck? Do I run it through my VCR...

I am no where near concerned with getting signed yet, that is anywhere from 5-15 years down the road. I am an aspiring musician. I play with these three other guys and just got a recorder, in my nature, once I get started on something, I can give up until I know as much as I can. I always...

It depends a little on what kind of room you are recording in. In a big room, you need less reverb. In a small room, use more. I wouldn't recomend a lot of reverb on the toms, but hey, that's just my preference.

Which is more important? Playing live all over the place with self-promotion, or recording and sending demos out all over the place? How do professionals get big?

Well the thing is, our singer lives 200 miles away. When he comes here to visit, we play anywhere we can locally. We have best support for a band in the area because of how we play live. I just found out that there is a small recording studio in town and this spawned my interest in recording...

Well, right now we are an instrumental group but would gladly accept a good singer.

Could somebody give me tips for demo submission? Is submiting an entirely instrumental cassette a good idea? What will record companies laugh at or what will they seriously consider?

How would you go about sending your demos to a record company? Does it have to be a perfect recording or will they look at standard cassettes? I'm not interested in submitting anything yet but I'm just interested.

Does anybody have any Real Audio samples of your own recordings? If so could you post them or give me a link? Also, what would you recomend, put a mic on my amp and run sraight to the recorder, or run a line from the recording output to the recorder?

Thanks for the reply, I am recording hard rock. I play guitar, there is another guitarist, a bassist, and a drummer. I am just recording by myself right now, with drums (which are in a huge warehouse) and guitar, which is in my room. I am wanting to get a sound that sounds professional. Not...

Hey, I don't really know much at all about recording. I got a Tascam MF-P01 Portastudio and I am trying to learn how to record some stuff. I play guitar and I run my ESP through a Crybaby, a Stereo chorus, into a Mesa/Boogie DC-10 amp head through a Crate cabinet. I have two mic stands and a...

Hey, I just got a Tascam Mf-Po1 4-Track recorder, it doesn't have a mixer, I mic up my Mesa with a Kustom mic. I mix it down through my high quality stereo system. The end result is a lot of hiss. The sound is treble-distorted, what is my problem?

4-Track recording Hey, I just got a 4-Track recorder and I am trying to record some songs. I am just recording guitar and drums at this point. I play through a Mesa and use a Kustom mic about 2 feet away in the center of the cabinet. I turned it up pretty loud and the result was a distorted...