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My original post is about something that very much does exist...how fit for purpose that is is debatable and what is being discussed. I'd imagine the 'only' answer being a dedicated studio / room would be the case if you record for your living...however the vast majority here record as a hobby...

Agreed...just don't wanna maim too many cats in achieving it. Once I've finished a song as best I can, I never go back so if a great song has a shite bass tone, thats just the way it will stay. I like the sound of that...cheap as and if I hadn't already gone for that DI box recommended earlier...

Quite possibly. I've only ever recorded in untreated family rooms so to have a room i can actually leave gear out overnight has me a little excited..I'm looking at all options that may improve the recordings so I'll have to see how the sound shapes up.

Ha ha...you'd be right there. We live in relative shoeboxes by comparison! Yeah,just the sort of idea I had. Is there any benefit to recording acoustic guitar in this ' dampened ' environment in your experiences?

The room my gear will be in is a decent sized double bedroom. As its gonna be a guest room at times I can't treat it as a permanent studio hence my need for a temporary recording solution. Room size is not necessarily the issue and I dont yet know how the room will be to record in as we haven't...

Really? Very few houses have a walk in wardrobe as such and most wardrobes aren't as tall or wide as an average person...so how would you expect to do a decent vocal performance in there whilst also doing what you need to on your DAW?

Ok...i had another thought that those tall folding exhibition stands curved around the mic with acoustic blankets draped over may also make a decent temporary treatment that isn't completely dry?

We'll soon be moving house and will finally have a spare room so I can move past recording at the dining room table or on the sofa...sadly the spare room won't be a dedicated studio space but it is at least somewhere I can camp out in for the odd day here and there ?...I'm therefore looking for...

Thanks Gtoboy

Good read and I'm glad its not just my inexperience / ineptitude that is making this part of the recording process difficult! I'll keep experimenting ?

At that price it seems worth a shot...from brief reading I'm assuming I'd go line in and then xlr input out into the focusrites mic input?

I am using headphones...I have some phillips open backs and some Audio technica closed backs. I'm quite careful to keep levels around the 18db levels. Any particular suggestions for the bass specific di? Interesting stuff. I dont play bass live so don't have anything to compare with. I use...

I'm often struggling to get a decent bass tone on my songs. They often sound 'woofy' or 'flabby' The strings are in decent nick and I'm not quite sure where I'm going wrong. I record DI into a focusrite solo and have tried a couple of plug ins along with reapers own cockos compression preset...

Thanks for the listen and feedback stratomaster ?

Thats really well recorded and I like the song. A ton of hard panning but it works well and your vocal sounds great. Nice work. Mark

The vocals are rather buried and muddy in the mix. Guitar tone i quite like but it lacks dynamics, depth and sounds all in the middle. Do different takes panned either way and maybe drop an acoustic guitar low in the mix behind it.. Levels on it seem a bit up and down too so may benefit from...

Haha...well you'll have to excuse my ignorance then! I honestly wasn't sure as I often record my own babble when working through a potential vocal melody for new songs. Mark

Still hoping for a bit of feedback on the later mix for this...This'll be the last bump up as i've moved to master it and ready to move onto a new song. I've shortened the end and dropped the vocal level a wee bit. Mark Progeny Master 13 - 10 by Mountain Telegraphs | Free Listening on SoundCloud

I'm not entirely sure if the singing is in another language or if you're just babbling a melody cos you haven't written the lyrics yet? Either way, its got the making of a decent atmospheric piece, although the lead guitar is fairly uninspiring imo. Mark

Well recorded, balanced mix and very contemporary sounding. You've done a good job and you'll need the advice of someone more experienced than me to improve it. Mark