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There is a difference between recording a live performance in stereo and attempting to create that sound in a studio. Any single sound source when recorded with mics placed out in front and far apart will give you a stereo recording. But with a single sound source, you might not think it is the...

Just because I don't think your idea will work doesn't mean I haven't answered your question. Draping leaves a lot of room for moving around if your attach in various places. The drape solution worked for me. A "cloud" is meant to be hung to allow sound to go up and behind and not return back...

I've been in the business for over 44 years. I've worked in most of the great studios in NYC as well as on the west coast and with most of the great mastering engineers who at the time were in their fifties, so yes. The greats are for the most part all dead. My point was that worrying about the...

Allow me to clear up for those who thought my answer was stupid. Let's go back to the real issue with the question and the reason I answered it this way. Mastering is an art. you can learn it, but only if you are willing to do the work. There are literally hundreds of great videos to help you...

Just because I don't think your idea will work doesn't mean I haven't answered your question. Draping leaves a lot of room for moving around if your attach in various places. The drape solution worked for me. A "cloud" is meant to be hung to allow sound to go up and behind and not return back...

I think your friends are being duped. There is no one out there charging bands for promotion who are getting anyone mega record deals. The record labels were the ones who used to pay for all the promotion and they recouped their costs out of the initial money when the album was successful. Often...

I saw that you mentioned adding a door. Let's go through the physics of sound first. You mentioned your girlfriend sleeping. Bass frequencies are the hardest to dampen. In a totally soundproof room, a hole 1/8" around will allow them to escape totally. The crates might be available and therefore...

Jimmy, First did you try the draped fabric? Second, having a ceiling height of only 7' is not an ideal room for either recording or mixing in the first place, but it seems to be what you have to work with. Third. I think I did mention that I have used the draped fabric and it works. You don't...

When ceiling clouds are too close they lose their effectiveness. I would salvage this problem by hanging these on the walls and then drape soft fabric from point to point about four feet between each attach point so they hang down about five inches. I used that in a concrete loft in NYC and it...

There is no way to "clean up" distortion in the digital signal just as there is no way in the analog. You can clean up minor electronic hiss or the occasionally click or pop but distortion; no. Just as you cannot remove reverb after the fact. I listened to the mix. I would simply shelve this as...

To understand what happens to a digital signal when you pull the output fader down (do you see where I'm going?) You need to understand tracking vs output. If you track too hot and get digital distortion (hash) pulling down the faders will not reduce the digital numbers by any factor at all...

Congratulations. You're a true professional. You are seeking help and willing to listen. I don't want to criticize but you asked for it. The best thing I can do is point you to Rick Rubin, a great producer and a great mentor who sat down with Johnny Cash in his living room and recorded every...

I got new for you. All the money and equipment will not replace good trained experienced ears. Stop trying. It is not working right now. Go back and really listen to those mixes you like. Start listening for what is different specifically. Now; and this is important. Go back to the individual...

Thank you for posting this. I'm sorry you felt that giving up was the only way. A really old black musician took me under his wing when I was only fifteen and this is one of the things he told me. Music is not a mistress, it is a lover. The frustration is from all the other things that come...

Run your track while running the drum machine and see if they aren't close enough. Forget auto detectors. Read what the guy said about musicians who don't know what the tempos are and then remember that the autodetector was wrong. Here's a tip. Every time you think of a sweep second hand, that...

Stop it, stop it, stop it. Don't you realize that loudness is not a product of volume? It is a product of frequencies. Heavy compression only squashes the frequencies and what you end up with is mush. Focus on the dominate frequencies of each instrument. First find the offending ones. Run the...

I always read the comments first. Everyone has good suggestions. One is on the money and that is that panning gives a false sense of space. Without a center speaker there is no isolation. The drums and bass just end up on both speakers mixed into the guitars. Here's your real problem and this is...

Without actually hearing the sound, I'm guessing it might be a ground loop. Try plugging your mic through different inserts (DI, Tube pre, etc.) and see if there is any difference. Try to isolate the cause. I do hope there is a ground plug in there somewhere at the wall; yes? Rod Norman Engineer

I think your problem is the i3 coprocessor. i have an i7. I don't think your laptop is up to the task. I never have any latency problems. Rod Norman Engineer

I worked with a blind guitarist for about a year. He had a 1941 Gibson acoustic. He wanted to try something, so we dropped the small diaphragm condenser mic into the sound hole. The finger sounds were gone and the guitar sounded amazing. It was full and rich with no feedback at all. Good luck...