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Oooohh, i've been waiting for someone to pick up the MXL 860 to hear their opinion of it. I saw the "Mic locker" set appear recently and the 860 was the one from the bunch that caught my eye. Did you get the set or just the ribbon? How are you finding it? Any clips you'd care to share? And i'd...

Tbh I'm just jumping to conclusions about what he's asking, but i think the OP was using examples as hypotheticals trying to route out why in a DAW mix the pre-fader level on any given track could be clipping but by turing the channel fader down he wasn't hearing any distorting because the main...

Awww, thanks man. I don't need all your money, just a large part of it every month would suffice. I like my subjects to see me as a benevolent and righteous overlord rather than a bloodthirsty and money grabbing dictator :D Seriously, i really do think i've had too much coffee today ;)

Pfft, only capitailising the first letter of every word and making new words up!? CAPITALISE ALL THE LETTERS, THEN IT MAKES YOU EVEN MORE AWESOME!!! AND WHEN IT'S CAPITALISED AND BIG YOU'RE THE BESTEST EVER!

I pretty much agree with this. The only thing i'd add is if you've got some money burning a hole in your pocket i'd be tempted to add a ribbon mic to that list. For things like acoustic guitars and electric guitar they're just ace! In fact i read an article the other day from the guy who...

Hey man, welcome to the boards. Sorry be a pain in the arse, but just to help everyone out what audio interface are you using/planning to use?

Maybe i'm wrong, so please correct me if i am, but i think what he's trying to ask is "is the audio distorting somewhere along the path?". For example, back in the analogue domain, if i had a track that the post fader meters said was nowhere near clipping, then inserted a compressor on that...

Thinking the same here. I had a look of recording hacks where the avantone ones are listed but didn't see anything about them being the same as any other mics (which recording hacks are usually very good at pointing out). Granted, they certainly look very, very similar but that's not really that...

:laughings::laughings::laughings: I laughed so hard i managed to spit tea everywhere! And Bobbsy, i couldn't agree more about sE mics. in terms of "Bang-for-buck" these are way up there on my list. In fact, i was keeping an eye on an old sE Mini on t'bay a week ago and at £25 with a day to go...

Massive Master - that is the best rant i've read on the internet in a very, very long time. And i don't like to use the word "rant" for it because it's not really; it's honest, it's passionate, and it shows you genuinely care, heart and soul, about what you do! I've always had a lot of respect...

lol, yeah i've seen moresound recommend C2000's on more than one occasion :) I'm gonna see if i can find someone locally who has one i can try whilst keeping an eye on evilbay just in case one should pop up. Oh, and don't get me wrong, the C3000b is far from being a "bad" mic. We have 3 at work...

This has caught my eye. I'm the first to admit that i'm also not a huge fan of the C3000b (they're ok but in the price range there are much better mics imo), and this is about the millionth time i've heard that the C2000 is awesome. I've usually been "yeah yeah, i don't like the C1000 or the...

Although i totally agree with JG96 about it being worth just picking up a decent dynamic mic to solve a lot of problems the MXL could cause, i'm also wondering why you want to use the MXL live. It's something i've thought about a couple of times because i have a couple of LDC's that really suit...

I'm a big BIG fan of vocal harmonies, even if they're only subtle in the mix. I usually find that a couple of harmony tracks on a chorus really helps to lift the vocals. There's a great track by Iron & Wine (I think the tracks "Passing Afternoon") where he adds a new harmony line every verse and...

Hey man, welcome to the boards. I've not used an iPad for audio properly (just played around with Garageband) so this suggestion is based purely on web reviews/your needs for midi. The Alesis IO dock Pro looks fantastic, although i don't know the $ price but in relation to UK £'s i'd guess at...

Maybe i'm wrong, but in my head Logic Express 8 doesn't have "Space Designer" which is Logic Pro's main convolution reverb and is pretty ace for a stock plugin. I was very lucky that work got me Altiverb 6 which is outstanding but every now and then i still go back to Space Designer as there's...

Don't forget the super hidden extra menu on a lot of the stock Logic plugins that make them even more awesome (especially the compressor)

Percussion, percussion, percussion! Everywhere! Bells, tamborines, shakey eggs, house keys, tapping a mic stand, anything that sounds cool and rhythmic. Also, i'm a sucker for the "old telephone" filter effect on drum or guitar breaks. I do like the occasional reverse reverb on the start of a...

I've always been intrigued by the ISK and RoXdon mics on said site but never known anyone who's used them. After reading this and then going through their websites and various other threads i'm even more intrigued. Let us know how you get on with it/post some clips if you can :)

The singer in our band still claims this is how he caught glandular fever :rolleyes: Maybe it's just me, but i really like metal pop filters. i bought a nylon one many years back and never had any problems with it, then tried sE's crazy "dual pop filter" that came free with one of their mics...