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I usually just put an overall mix in the monitors to determine where I should focus my attention. What typically happens is that I back off on all instruments but the vocals and slowly build the other instruments around them, making slight cuts in the guitar lows to make more room for the bass...

I'm not sure I understand the question. Isn't ADAT essentially an AD/DA converter in the box with digital tape as its storage? Or was this only something that was available in later versions, like the ADAT XT? If the ADAT doesn't convert inside the unit, then disregard the following: If you...

That's the key here. It doesn't matter where you record. You need the experience to know what does and doesn't work in your environment and that won't come overnight. This is something you need to understand before you press the record button. If you think you will cut a commercial sounding...

Music theory is the theoretical basis for describing music. It comes in handy when arranging music for multiple instruments and in describing to someone else what you are doing and/or what you want others to do. The most important skill in music theory is ear training: learning how intervals...

Generally, you should only track with effects where the manipulation of the signal is necessary for the artist to perform properly - such as delay, flange, or distortion. There are some exceptions, but usually the person who applies the effect during tracking knows exactly what he is doing and...

Yes! Please sign me up! I want to give my computer herpes!!

I write the music first. The rhythm of the vocal melody is usually in my head before I write the lyrics for it.

"Turn that goddamn distortion off" Which is actually a step higher than what my parents told me. Mom: "I don't like that shit" Dad: "er... whatever"

Theoretically, a good mix will sound good on all systems it is played on, given the system's shortcomings. If you are getting studio monitors, this will help you in determining what needs to be done to your mixes to make them sound better. When I first started out, I was mixing on fairly...

Thanks for the clarification. I suspected those were the main points of confusion. I only use the computer as a multitracking unit for my analog mixer and I tend to forget that most people are probably mixing in the box.

Thanks :). We must live in the same jurisdiction, because when I said the same thing here , I was met with a near complete consensus that I am doing things completely wrong as far as gain staging is concerned. Could've been the same miscommunication issue, though. My mixer's trims are labeled...

Writing can have a big impact on chops. If you write a song or solo in a particular style as opposed to just sitting around riffing what you know, you will discover additional notes or places on the instrument that you never used before.

I put the faders at unity on my analog mixer, get the trims to where they register as close to peak as possible (without listening to the mix, just watching the meter at the loudest peak of the wave form), then pull all the faders down before I even start mixing. Then I turn on my speakers and...

Yeah but do you listen to it obsessively? Sometimes I spend months listening exclusively to one artist or a group of artists in one style, not intentionally, but because I tend listen to styles of music until I get sick of it and then I move on. When I pick up the guitar after such an...

Also, before riding the faders you should put a strip of masking tape next to the fader and pencil in the level(s) on the tape that the fader should move. This especially comes in handy when you have to shift dynamics between a number of channels at different times.

Guild is by far my favorite. I prefer it over my vintage Martin.

Put the guitar down and emerse yourself in different styles. Once your brain is saturated with these different styles, your approach to your instrument will be noticeably different.

Are all the kick hits distorted? If not then you could copy the undistorted kicks and use them as replacements to the distorted ones, matching up the volumes as close as possible (short of clipping of course) to simulate the velocity of the kicks. A bit more tedious but you'd have the original...

That's okay. You have beeze for an avatar. Everyone will think he said it.

Not at all. It is often preferable to "ride the faders" than risk messing up the sound with compression.