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I've been looking at hard disk recorders for the purpose of recording my drums. With my current setup, it isn't going to be possible for me to run them into my interface (looking like it's going to be a MOTU 8pre) because I'm baically reduced to using my garage for the kit. Has anybody had any...

I love the cheesy metal lyrics :D The guitar sounds a little 'scratchy' (not really sure how to word what I mean) when it's solo'd (around the 30 second mark), it just seems a little thin to be standing on its own. Other than that I like it though, there's some interesting bass going on...

I had the same problem when I used Audacity. I also had issues where the second track I recorded would randomly drift out of sync with the first track, even though there were no timing issues when I recorded it. I spent hours going through my tracks and bringing it all in sync. Then I bought...

Fair enough, I wasn't sure if it was or not. Thanks.

Hi, probably a stupid question but here I go anyway... I've been looking at this product. Basically, the only room in my house where I'm able to place my drums is next to the house next door, so I'm looking into ways of reducing (if not isolating entirely, although I doubt I'll manage that...

Cool. They sound good. If I can get my drums to sound like that I'll be made up. What kit are you on? EDIT: Never mind. It's in the first post.

Did you use any samples or anything on the drums? They sound damn good.

I have a soft snare case and a cymbal bag, as well as a sports hold-all for my hardware. The rest of the shells I just put into the boot of my car, as they fit nice and snugly so don't move around. They've never been damaged yet.

I will admit I hated St. Anger before I saw Some Kind Of Monster. Watching that gave me a whole new perspective on the album. I can listen to it now, but I still have trouble getting past the drum sound. The songs are awesome live, but as a CD album it failed completely (for me, anyway).

I must admit I do like the sound of Load and Reload. I even like the songs, for the most part. What kind of Metallica fan am I?? :rolleyes:

Let's play a game of spot-the-newbie lol. I wasn't sure about the Mackie, but I'd kinda figured that would be the case. Which makes me slightly happy, because I really like the look of the MOTU ;) At the moment I'm on a bit of a fact-finding mission, so I'll probably end up aking lots of very...

Any thoughts on the Tascam FW-1082? It's a little more within my budget than the Mackie :rolleyes: Shame that there's only 4 XLR inputs (ideally I'd want 8 with the option to expand easily, but I can't ask everything for £400ish), but that wouldn't be a huge issue for me. Anybody used this?

Thanks, I'll look into them. Could be just what I'm after.

Which Mackie?

It's looking like being the 8pre. Has anybody ever used an outboard mixer with it? I much prefer mixing by hand, actually feeling the faders and being able to play with EQ without staring at a screen, over mixing on the computer. Any suggestions?

I realise that. I would never use it on a 'real' recording, but for the purpose of adding some clarity to the most basic of recordings - generally for demoing my ideas, just so I don't forget them - I've always had usable results. Obviously, though, I have no idea what its actual purpose is...

I've always used high- and low-pass filters to remove annoying 'hiss' and ambient noise picked up by mics when I've recorded with computer mics into a line-in on my soundcard or just recorded with the built-in mic on my laptop. When I was recording like that I was using Audacity, so I had to...

Russtopher, I'm just wondering about how you mix the two overheads with the Firebox? Have you got a hardware mixer running to it, or are you just using whatever software you're recording to?

I like the 'garbage can sound' for what I use the china for. I can definitely tell the difference, but I've got no use for a higher-end china. I definitely need to get myself a top-end ride, but at the moment my savings are going towards mics and a MOTU 8pre. The ride (and new snare :rolleyes:)...

Thanks, I'll look into that. I'm swinging more towards the MOTU (despite the £100 price increase over the Firepod), so I'll be needing that.