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What is the difference of TDM and Native formats? I am not really sure, I have been looking around at effects plugs and some say that they are for TDM format, and Native? What are the difference of these formats?

I have been wondering, can you apply an effect to just a section of a track without applying it to the rest of the track. Say I highlight a portion of a guitar track or say I want to take the beginning of a song and make it sound as if it is coming through a radio or something, do I have to cut...

What do you guys use as your signal chain for mixing vocals? I am working on mostly metal bands recordings. Everyone seems to have different ways of doing things, I am currently working with a death metal vocalist and it is kind of challenging to get the results that I am wanting, ala the...

See I gate it because I have a shitty room, when I use a condensor it picks things up, a subtle little gate helps. I eq what I don't wanna hear next, I don't eq drastically, as you probably know, eq'ing isn't really to fix a problem just help with the solution. I compress afterwards, so it...

I am currently working with vocal tracking and mixing. Being relatively new to mixing, I have a good question that may benefit many. I focus many on metal bands, and vocals are probably the most important thing to me in a mix. I would like to have some tips on tracking and mixing metal vocals.

Yeah, my chain is like this, I have a gate to cut out some of the ambient room noise, I eq to cut some stuff I don't like, compress, then eq to boost alittle, then alittle delay and reverb.

I don't think it's the singer. It is hard to describe of course, it may be that it is just a muddy vocal track. I may up the vocal track I am describing to give you all a better idea of what I am talking about.

I'm not sure what the problem is, I have been working on some vocal tracking using a MXL 990. I have a pop filter up and the singer is about 6 inches from the mic, but for some reason there is this real heavy breath sound to the vocals. Is this something that I should eq out, or is there...

Here is my solution actually. This is my idea for a perfect setup. I am gonna get the echo layla 3g pci interface with a motu 8pre interface that I can use as either pre amp or a firewire interface, how's that for a slice of fried gold? Then I would kill two birds with one stone, not only...

I don't really worry about my computer, I have a killer computer for this purpose, and I do have a few usb interfaces for mobile tracking, I just want a pci for my home computer recording. I actually have a laptop with a dual core intel with 4 gb ram for my mobile, my desktop is a beast with an...

That's a good thing I suppose. That means I can go cheap with my pre's. I don't expect to get a 100k+ sound from a home studio, but if I can get close with a few hundred bucks, I will be happy.

So in a nutshell, my RME pci interface, and a focusrite octopre with its 24bit/96khz sample rate should be more than sufficient for what I need, what are your feelings about the ART Optotube 8 pre, the Behringer ADA8000, and the Presonus 8 pre, apart from the Behringer they are all in the same...

Ok so I am contemplating going with a pci interface. I am thinking about getting an RME 9632 I believe. It is a 24 bit/192 khz interface. The thing I was concerned about is that when you get an adat mic pre you can only get what the mic pre provides, in alot of cases only 24 bit/48 khz. So...

Thanks guys, you are always extremely helpful. I was originally thinking RME, but I have heard alot of good things about the echo, and i also was thinking about m-audio 1010 and E-mu 1616m. I am thinking that the Echo may be the way to go, considering it has a decent breakout box with it.

Im looking into getting a PCI interface for multitracking, any suggestions. Im not looking to spend a fortune, keep it under 800 if at all possible.

I am thinking about getting a pci sound card like a m-audio delta 1010, or rme card or something. I wanted to figure out how that all works, if I have the card with say just adat inputs, do i get a mic pre with digital out, like a art tube pre with adat to use as my mic pres?

Ok, so I did some more research on this, I am under the impression that if you have a pci interface set up, like a m-audio delta 1010, that you can basically take your mixer, and as long as it has the channel inserts for every channel, record all the tracks that are available on your mixer. Am...

I'm looking into going alittle bigger with my recording. I am not ready to just go out and get a full blow console but I am curious as to how pci interfaces work. If someone could explain how you use them, that would be extremely helpful. Also, what do you guys recommend for the best possible...

Yeah, I changed my mind, after reading into it. Your article is right, mixers with usb generally send the stereo mix only, how deceiving is that? Bastards, I am gonna just get a Focusrite Saffire pro 40 instead.

I am thinking about going analog. I wanna get an analog mixer with usb to use for an interface. I have been looking around at a few different mixers, they don't have nearly the sample rates that I would like, but times are tough and I don't wanna spend over 700 for one. It must have at least...