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I'm just curious how people monitor their mic placement, especially on loud things like drums. I'd love to fiddle around with mic placement on loud sources, but I find it really hard to hear the differences until after I've recorded it, especially since I don't have a control room. I have a pair...

I recommend building yourself a "mac pro". There's some people on this forum who have done it and may be able to help you through it. I'm gearing up to build mine for about 800 in the coming months, and I'm really looking forward to having a dedicated studio tower without paying 2+ grand for it!

Converters just convert analog signal to digital and back again. Most instruments produce analog signals, such as a microphone, guitar, keyboard (although I suppose some of these also produce digital ones, and some start digital and output analog). A converter will take this analog signal and...

Firewire is a more common interface for converters, because it has a set speed across all the devices plugged into it. USB is actually faster, but when you start adding things like a mouse, printer, keyboard, etc. it slows down a lot. Neither of them "sound better", since the converter itself...

I'm waiting for it to come to my college store so I can get it mad discounted, but all the new features make me drool. Every single one of them is something I've pined for Logic to get, and pretty much everything on my list was hit. I don't think I have any desire to switch to a different DAW...

I was just about to gear up to make one of these, now I'll probably just follow your directions! Thanks!

As I posted in another forum, I'm a bit fed up with the lack of a cue-control/monitor management unit that suits my needs. So I was thinking of building one. Here's my current set up: Firepod: Outputs 1-2 - Main Mix Outputs 3-4 - Submix 1 Outputs 5-6 - Submix 2 And here's what I'm trying to...

Hahahahaha, I actually used to use Radioshack wireless intercoms at my old place :)

Thanks for the reply Shadow, I always appreciate a quick response :) I actually don't have a control room, I just have had drummers that have asked for their own mix and guitarists that have asked for their own mix when I'm recording live. I'd like talkback to pipe into those two different...

I'm taking a look at a lot of the monitor management units that are out on the market now (Samson C-Control, Presonus Central/Monitor Stations, Dangerous Music Monitor ST) and I don't really understand how these projects could ever fit in to a proper studio. I'm currently using the Samson...

I just started using Ultrabeat extensively, and I'm using it on my new album for most of my beats (it's downtempo electronica music). I was using Battery 3 before because I was using mostly sample based drums, but I'm trying to move more towards synthesized drums. Anything in particular you'd...

+1 for the HD-280s. I don't own a more expensive pair, so I can't really say they're "the best for the money" (since your budget is 200), but I swear by them, and I've worn them for hours and hours before I start to notice my hears getting tired.

It must be pandora, that's a pretty well mixed song. There's definitely a lot of compression on the drum, I hear some of that tactful pumping that you hear a lot in that noisy dance-rock, but the guitars and bass sound just as compressed as any other song. However, particularly on the...

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Thanks for the link Simman! Most of what I'm doing is going to be free or recycled stuff. The paint was free, as was most of the furniture I have down there. I don't plan on pouring more than 100 dollars or so into this "renovation", and it's mostly aesthetic stuff, with some acoustic stuff in...

I'm almost afraid to show the before, because last time I posted this picture, everyone turned into my mother and told me to clean :p. But here's a picture of what may basement started out as. I decided I don't use the turn-tables enough to warrant them taking up space (but hopefully when my...

I've been recording in my basement for some time now, and it's always sounded quite decent (surprisingly, considering I have all concrete walls and a low plaster ceiling!) but it's never felt quite like a "studio". Since I'm about to graduate university this September, I thought it was time to...

I got 1/2 watt resisters, should this be ok?

Thanks mate. I know that I'm supposed to run the positive from the speaker to the negative pin, and I know that pin 2 is hot and pin 3 is cold, but I don't know if hot is positive or negative. Also, I forgot to ask, do I need to worry about wattage rating? Thanks for all your help!

I'm sorry mate, I really appreciate the attempt, but I still don't follow. Can you break it down into laypersons terms for me? I attach one 470 ohm resistor to the + and attach it to the negative pin (which I can't remember is 2 or 3) and then do the same for the - to the positive pin, and then...