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You can make an XLR polarity flipping cable by wiring pin 2 to pin 3 and vice versa. But you can also just flip polarity in your DAW, or possibly on your mixer, if it has a polarity button. Also, it can sound good to not flip the polarity on the bottom mic. You should try both ways, and use...

Just got one of these little dealies today, pretty damn cool. Seems to work very well, it's a little limited (not a chromatic tuner), but for $15, it's very cool! http://www.planetwavestuners.com/index.php?option=com_tuner&task=tunerdetailpage&id=1

I'm a little late to this party, but as many times as I've heard 'APIs for drums', I'd strongly recommend taking another look at the Daking. For the price, it's a good deal, and they supposedly sound very close to the Trident A Range, upon which they are based. That's a name that'll come up on...

I think in most cases at the project studio level, the band self-produces. They may hire an engineer and studio, but they're calling all of the artistic shots, and the engineer is typically just saying "yeah, that sounded good" or "let's try it again." A producer (to me) is someone who manages...

I sometimes like to run a snare through a send with a distorion plug, or just try inserting an analogue saturation plug on the snare track. I like to use the Magneto plug-in that comes with Cubase SX, but I've heard good things about Tapehead, and a few others.

Thanks for the critique! I haven't made any changes to the mix since I posted it. I get that comment on a lot of my mixes at first. I play guitar, I love guitar, and I tend to mix it loud, especially at first! I did a few things on the vocals to try to give them a little more flavor and help...

In the end, that's what matters. What you or I consider 'quality' is in the end, irrelevant. It's the artist's record, and if to them the live feel trumps studio sound, then that's their call. You and I can sit around discussing this and that, but it's their record. If you hate it, tell them...

Thanks, I'll check that one out!

Too late, perhaps? This was fun, though!

It really depends on what you need/want in a system. From a cost of ownership perspective, the Onyx will lose value. In fact, I bought my 800r used for $750. In 3 years, it'll probably be selling for half that, or maybe a shade more (based on some other mid/lower end ADAT preamp interfaces). So...

Yeah, I did that in the garage, but we tracked the drums first, to avoid some of the problems with bleed (though I did have one guitar going, just for reference.) I think editing a doubled overhead is probably your best bet for getting some toms happening. I've had that problem when I had to...

I just came across this thread about 2 hours ago, so I downloaded the tracks and did a quick mix. If I spent a few more hours, I think it would be radio-ready! SuitcaseRecEntry.mp3 Cool song, love the ending!

I recently replaced one of those Behringer ADA8000s with a Mackie Onyx 800r, and I really like the Mackie. It has very good headroom, nice and punchy low end. It's not gonna give you that transformer sound like an API, but it does the opamp thing very well, much better than any other low/mid...

I updated my equipment list, just for you! It's on my FAQ page. Any suggestions for visuals? I work on location when recording, so there aren't any really cool studio shots...

Hi Ray, Thanks for the info, I wasn't trying to hide my equipment list, but I'm also not really trying to sell my 'gear' so to speak... The graphics are decidedly low impact, that's true! I made the logo myself, it's sort of indie/punk, but that was on purpose. I'm not really a web designer...

Good point! I actually sometimes have people copy a stick click or similar impulse to all of the tracks, so I can line them up that way. Or you could record a click to all 8 tracks, of course. I'll add that to my page, thanks! (And if I have a decent rough mix to work from, I can align the...

Yeah, that page is the old 'services' page. Here's the new one (which I'm trying to update): http://suitcaserecordings.com/MixServices.html I need to update the demo reel page, too. I added a jukebox which is on the front page... Chaos!

In the past, I've done some mixing for home recordists, but I'm feeling that this is a service I'd like to offer to more people. I'm trying to develop my 'pitch,' as it were, and so I'm hoping to get some feedback here. I'm not trying to get business from you all (yet!), but I'm hoping you...

I kinda like the rythm guitar, nice and raunchy! But, I think the drums need work, the snare is kinda all over the place, level wise, and the toms come in well in one spot, but are weak in the first fill. I'd try compressing the snare more, maybe add some saturation to it, get it up there...

Well, if they wanted the sound of them playing in a shed, they got it! I'd talk to them about it a bit, then either go for a trashy lo-fi sound, or retrack. If you didn't tell them it was a tough room, then you should do it again, no extra charge. I record in garages and the like all the...