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What monitors would you suggest for my price range? Haha yeah I was impressed when I first got them. They are ok for general desktop listening but not well defined enough for mixing.

I mainly record acoustic music. I did have an art pro mpa preamp which I kind of regret getting rid of. Yes! I was meant to put new monitors in that list too. Currently I have m audio av 30s.

Mic, preamp, monitors or interface I currently use a presonus firestudio project and a Rode nt1a as my main means of recording. What would make more of a difference, mic, microphone preamp or a new interface altogether? I have a budget of around £700. I was initially leaning towards buying...

Ok cool I'll try and keep them relatively the same distances or thereabouts. One question about figure 8. If I'm pointing the vocal mic null at the guitar (90 degrees) isn't the rear of said figure 8 microphone picking up the sound from the rear of the mic too? Effectively picking up lots of...

I have a akg c414 for voice and nt12 for guitar. Should I still select figure 8 on the akg?

I have a couple of songs written on piano (vocals/yamaha electric piano) I want to film the performance live (no overdubs) I have a akg c414 and some other mics I could possibly use. I can also connect the piano via USB into my daw for use of addictive keys vst. How would everyone go about...

My upstairs room is an open plan living room/dining room. All my studio stuff is in the dining room half so there is plenty of space. I've read that larger rooms are better (the upstairs room being about 30 ft X 12ft) Yes laminate flooring haha! Why will foam panels do "little" ? I have a...

I have moved my studio from my basement into my living room as the basement is damp and not very inspiring! The living room is directly above the basement. The flooring is cheap wood effect stuff and is supported by wooden beams and I imagine a layer of 2inch mdf or something similar. Will...

I want to record the performance as a whole but want to use different mic distances. Is it common practice to move one of the recorded wavs back/forward so that there is less phase issues? Or doesn't it really matter ?

Do the microphones have to be similar distances from the performer to make sure there aren't any phase issues? If not then can we compensate for any phase issues by moving the WAV back a few notches so both sync up better? The reason being is that I want a fairly close up front vocal and more...

Should I avoid comparing my mastered tracks to music on Spotify and other streaming websites? I've read that they use heavy limiting/compression to even out the consistency from song to song and don't give a true represntation of the original master i.e making it louder! Is it better practice...

I have a completed song which consists of piano (addictive keys) and vocals. When I raise the threshold on the limiter to get the mix into 'commercial' ball park territory I end up with 6-7dbs of gain reduction on the loudest transients of my vocal. The vocal is maybe a bit louder than most...

Turn a mono track into rich stereo | BenVesco.com ? I'm a bit skeptical. Wouldn't it just sound phasey?

On his most recent albums (past 5 years) the vocal sounds as if he is singing right on the mic. However most vocal miking lessons/threads/videos suggest at least 6" to reduce the proximity effect (especially in home studio setups) Or are the vocals treated to heavy compression? My voice is...

arggh I'm gutted I can't watch these due to my countries restriction (UK)

I have a Rode NT1A but may hire a U87 for final vocal tracking Wouldn't fiber board be too reflective for the technique you suggested?

Fair point. I'll try out a few placements based on what I think will work best. I work varied shift patterns days/nights 12 hours. I have a whole album written (most of it has been written for quite a while now) I don't want to frustrate myself and get bogged down by spending too much time on...

The room doesn't sound echoey or tinny at all. More just a natural sound with minimal reverb. The flooring is laminate fake wood of some sort and I have a few rugs put down. The filter I'm using is indeed an sE one. Should I use this when tracking/recording acoustic guitar as well? It doesn't...

I'm soon going to be tracking the vocals for a project I've been working on. The room I use for recording is fairly large (35 ft X 20ft or thereabouts) I use a reflection filter most of the time as this seemsite to eliminate most or those nasty highs and room/kitchen noise. One half of the...

I have about £600 to play with. I'm not sure if anything would be a noticeable step up from what I already have ? The Babyface pro looks very nice. any other suggestions