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When you smell the wood of your monitors I have the mics pretty close, I actually use clips for the snare and floor tom. I turned down the trim event further last night and it sounds much better. Angled them so they don't pick up the other drums very much which is good. The peaks just...

I use Sm 57 mics on my snare and toms and I don't know if I'm recording at too high a level, but I don't like the sound I get. What I get thru the overheads sounds like the actual drums. How close to the actual sound of the snare and tom does the 57 get? Or are you just trying to move some...

I agree that by the end of mixing, your objectivity is pretty much shot. I often play and sing everything and from experience, I try and get things done quick. Which I can rarely do successfully. With mastering, I'm always thinking that the majority of times, the mastering engineer is...

Don't get me wrong REM and the albums you mention are favorites of mine as well. My point is, that I'm pretty conservative with EQ when mixing and it seems to be a common complaint among those who record at home that commercial releases are louder and brighter sounding. Adding brightness...

doubling vocals I have a hard time with my own vocals and maybe its' just a subjective thing, but I have successfully done others. Male and female voices. Sometimes its the materials fault. But, overall, I think it's a subjective thing, because if you really listen, you can hear that a...

I'm mixing a song right now. I'm listening all over the house and in my car and have gotten the balances right. This is my lastest project since updating my studio. I'm really getting good results in that my recording sounds good on every system I test it on. By good I mean it sounds like...

I'm embarrassed to ask this but I travel a lot and I haven't had time to fiqure out what this program does. And....I'm so tired. I bought it thinking i could improve my cd copies. It seems to be a mastering program-it uses the word dithering and has a output level. That's really why I...

Thanks. I'll go home and try that.

Sound Forge and CD Architect I'm having the same problem with decreased volume in the finished CD using Sound Forge. Much more so that with a stand alone CD burner. I haven't finished evaluating CD architect, but I bought the software in the hopes I would not have that situation. I'm not...

Now that was a good reply. In practice, I already do that when setting levels but it's nice to have it so clearly and patiently explained. Thanks.

Any input on proper calibration of the meters of mixdown deck with the meters on a mixer?. I read somewhere that you could simulate a fairly good tone generator by hitting a certain note on a synthesizer. I can't remember now. My meters on my Mackie don't exactly match up with my HD-24. I...

Wave lab is expensive. 8th Street Music sells CDA for $175. I'm curious though, anyone actually worked with both cda and wavelab?

Thanks. I just might try that. How does it compare with Wave Lab?

I was thinking it may be the fault of the software. Anyone have good experience with Echo Mia and can you recommend software that will work well with it? (I even tried Roxio and though it records, you can't get the levels high enough). I initially want to replace my DAT and get my mixes to...

Best Buy and Amazon.com sell Magix if you want to look it up. You get a whole studio for 80 bucks. I have a Mackie board and an Alesis HD-24. I sometimes have songs played on the radio, but mainly I send stuff out to publishers. But I enjoy trying to make professional sounding records...

I don't have to use DAT. I'm assuming you said that the masterlink records in 24 bit. Which means a more realistic recording? I can't tell from your answer. I appreciate your response, but I'm more musician than engineer. I'm ready to learn if you will elaborate a little more. At this...

24 bit? as opposed to what? 16 bit? Is that what you get with a consumer CD burner?

I don't like the results that I've gotten transferring my recordings to CD using my computer. I have an echo mia for the input and I've tried some inexpensive software-Magix Audio Studio. I hear pops and slight changes in level. I think I want to go back to a stand alone unit. Before, I...

That about sums it up here I generally don't ask questions about things I know about. And if I misuse a term or a phrase, or express it in a way that a real engineer such as yourself wouldn't use, then continue to express yourself in the way you have or try to share some knowledge. Isn't...

I'm just a musician trying to be a better engineer I started the thread about recording amps, with dynamic mics and the HD-24. About how I was having a problem recording a good sound and wondering if it was the equipments fault. Actully, since then, I've been traveling-I travel a lot in my...