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Hello everyone. Sorry this is so long... I have a question about purchasing some digital equiptment, but im posting it here because I am only interested in hearing the opinions of those who primarily use analog equiptment. My setup is a hybrid, as I assume many of yours are. I also think analog...

Most decent headphones have a lot of bass response due to how close they are to you ears (Bass proximity effect applies to micing and monitoring, the closer your ear or mic is to the sound source, the more bass you pick up) This tends to make you think there is more bass in the mix than there...

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I've been away from this website for a while, and it is my source for recording news. have I missed anything? Have any companies stepped up to the plate yet? Any new news?

go digital- analog sucks and will be obsolete soon! just kidding- reel person is absolutely right. cassettes rock.

My ribon mic (reslo) has two wires (+ & - I assume) that go from the bottom of the mic to the part that houses the ribbon. One wire (the blue one) has disconnected. I would just re-soulder it but it is so short, that im sure it would just break again. What kind of wire would I use if I wanted...

depends on the mic I'd have to say. I bought a random ribbon mic (beatles style Reslo mic) without knowing anything about it. It has worked for about 10% of the time ive owned it, and when it did work, the bass proximity boost was out of control, making it nearly unusable for vocals. However, im...

Personaly, I LOVE dynamics. A sennheiser MD421 is an AMAZING all purpose mic. I have the AT 4040 as well and they are great , but i just find that dynamics are easier to use, you dont need a pop filter, phantom power etc. A good quality dynamic can be very, very sweet!

for years i recorded with an SM57, a $60 berhinger mixer and N-track. If you take your time and are smart with your EQ, you can get a pretty good sound.

I have 2 4040s and they sound a little different from each other. dont rule out individual variation in sound- listen before you buy.

This weekend I was supposed to record a band who had travelled three hours to record with me. As we were setting up, I realized (to my horror) that my tascam TSR-8 would not PLAY. it would FF and REW, no problem, but no PLAY (or record) It was horrible. The wheel to the close right of the...

I have a D112 and a MD421 and I use them both on kick depending on what im going for. for more click and accuracy, the MD421 is the best. 421 thru the hole and pointed at the beater sounds like Panteras bass drum. The D112 gives much more thump, less high end- i imagine its shure counterpart is...

you dont need that many mics- for drums, start with 2 or 3 mics. 1 or 2 sm57s ($80 each) and a D112 ($150 used) are a good start, very versitle. use a 57 as an overhead, and if you can afford another, use it on snare, D112 on kick. mic placement and EQ are much more important than having a...

Thanks guys- this has been really helpful. I DONT record with DBX on, but tried it during playback- the sound became muddy and volume levels became very uneven and almost sounded as if they were about to clip. Ill try some tracks with it on during recording. I have a TSR-8. Its really not very...

I am i the only one who never uses noise reduction? for some reason as soon as I press the DBX button on my tascam, my recording instantly sounds like shit! I'm sure there is something I should be doing differently if I wanted to use it , but i'm not sure what. has anyone else found this to be true?

Ive have heard people say "if you want your demo to sound professional, get it professionaly mastered" what exacly goes on in the mastering process besides changing track order, normalizing volume, EQ, and all the other things I could just as easily do on my computer? what equiptment is involved?

I have heard that the 57 and 58 are acually identical on the inside. is this true?

I want to get a mic as a gift for my GF who is a conceptual artist. She does a lot of sound pieces, recording sound effects and ambient noise. I was thinking about an omni mic- below $200, preferably a dynamic or a condenser that can run off a battery. Also something small would be nice. any...

I know this may sound stupid to some, but I got really great results with an SM57 running through a Korg FX box (w/very slight reverb) straight into my soundblasted live card. I got a bright, full, sound. The catch is that the guitar was a Larravie (sp?) w/ brand new strings, in a great room...

from my experiece, overheads and room mics are more important than putting a mic on each tom. kits tend to sell you a bunch of one thing, mostly for micing all your toms. I would get a 57, a kick mic (52 or D112) and a couple overhead condensers. I dont think you can get that combo of mics in a...