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The level controls on your various bits of gear are there to be used. "Gain Staging" can be a complicated thing to explain but basically you don't want any of the stages cranked up too high or too low. There's no single right way to do it, but in your position I'd: -Set the main fader and...

I'll just pass in one more scenario where the cable is at fault but the mic might be damaged... If you plug/unplug a microphone while phantom power is turned on, if the two pins carrying the phantom don't make contact at the same time, it CAN send a jolt of 48 volts on one leg only. It's rare...

I can't deny the talent that goes into creating Foley...but much as I try, I can't help laughing at some of their movements!

I fear I have to agree with Witzendoz. Back in the 1990s I had to buid a TV studio that was not too far from a train line and the only solution was the traditional "box within a box" construction with a floating floor. It worked perfectly but I still shudder when I think of the cost. The...

The trouble with "simplest to learn" is that a User Interface that one person loves can not make sense to another person. Since most of the major DAW suppliers allow you to download a free trial, I'd try a few and see what feels comfortable to you. The other thing is that you're finding Adobe...

I'd have to say that, before too much worrying about EQ, I'd seriously think about the choice of microphone. The SM58 is design for live stage use in situations where the stage is loud. It has a deliberate upper presence peak to help vocals cut through in a live situation but, all by itself in...

I spent years being forced to use Avid/Protools at work and, despite lots of experience and official training I never got to the stage of actually enjoying it. When I set up a home studio I went a different direction than Reaper (mainly because Reaper didn't exist then) but, in your shoes, I...

Reaper has a good choice of EQ and it's free to try as long as you want (and only around $70 if you decide to buy). You could download the trial, import your CD or MP3 files, run the EQ and then save a new copy and only pay money if you decide it's a useful tool to keep.

Yeah, could be your headphones. Since the headphone output on the 2i2 is quarter inch, I assume you have some kind of adaptor. Since the iPhone earbuds have a mic built in, the 3.5mm jack has an extra ring for that and it's quite possible the spacing of the contacts in your adaptor could be...

Another thing to check is the Direct Monitor switch on the 2i2 interface. In the "on" position you're listening to you mic directly--you need to be in off to hear playback.

Changing a 100mm motorised fader is rather more expensive than a can of DeOxit!

I'm afraid I'm with Rob and Alan on this. Yes, you can get away with WD40 most of the time--but it's not made for this purpose and it CAN leave a residue.

I'm old enough to recall when the capsules in the 57 and 58 were identical (same Shure part number) but they were changed to be slightly different quite a few years ago. However, the change is mainly to do with how they mount in the mic case/screens. The capsules are still based on the same...

Glad you listened to Arcaxis and ordered the DeoxIT...best spray I ever found in over 40 years of this sort of stuff. FYI, it's not just for patchfields...also great for faders going noisy or any other place that dust or corrosion is affecting things.

I see what you mean Dave, I took it as meaning he wanted a DAW that handled 32 bit FP audio. If the OP wants to run on a 32 bit operating system, then Audition is out of the running--it's been 64 bit only for a number of years--though if he could find an old copy of Audition 3 that would do...

Adobe Audition has been 32 bit floating point since before it was called Adobe Audition. I really like Audition for what I do but if you need MIDI then I agree Reaper is a good one to try out.

One other thought on this...the track you posted by Elle Carpenter is clearly recorded with lots of separate tracks and lots of close miking. I suspect it also has some MIDI instruments. Remember it's incredibly rare that the sound for music videos is recorded while they shoot the video. It's...

As an aside on this, I Googled "patch bay" and at least one of the results was a patch field using RCA/Phono connectors. I wonder if the guy who said plugging was bad for a patch bay was using one of those? :P

I suspect it depends a bit on what type of patch field you use. The ones I'm used to use old fashioned "B-Gauge" sockets and plugs. These are a hold over from the old days of telephone switchboards where patch cables were designed to be in and out of sockets hundreds of times a day. They also...

Patch cables oxidise more quickly when left plugged in than if they're pulled in and out frequently--the act of plugging serves to "rough up" the cable and the socket on the patch bay. I'm with boulder...time to get some contact spray cleaner on the sockets and insert/remove the cable a bunch...