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I uploaded an earlier version of this song about a week ago. It was a bit to harsh and not full enough. Since then I have tried using completely different mics and turning down the distortion a bit :D in hopes of capturing my tone better. http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9901502 Still...

I just got my first ribbon mic, a Nady RSM-4, with the intention of sticking it in front of my loud distorted amp. I was thinking of testing it a couple inches off the grill or maybe even right on the grill to see how it captures things. From the specs it should handle high SPLs but do I need a...

I am having all kinds of trouble mixing and I guess a big factor, besides inexperience, are my crappy Fostex 6301B monitor speakers and my room. Looking for suggestions of an upgrade. Willing to spend around $500 but will sell kidney if there are some super amazing monitors out there! Here is...

Here is another song I did with my friend as I learn to record, mix, master and just mess things up in general: http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=9861052 My last attempt was "brutal" as some put it. This song is a bit tamer than what I we would normally do so hopefully it will help in...

Hello everyone, I am learning how to mix and master as I go through trial and error, experimentation and from reading hundreds of post on this great forum! My friend and I are going for the simple DIY punk sound with no over-processed frills. Still needs some vocals and bass. Here is a quick...

I don't claim to know what I am doing, but does anyone compress or limit drum tracks before even beginning to mix? I use two room condenser mics on drums and notice that there are always large peaks in the wav files. I usually use a hard limiter to chop the tops off and then add a little...

Hello everyone, I didn't know where else to turn. Mike Ness from Social Distortion gets an amazing live sound. I found this photo of his rig and I was wondering what kind of mic that is. Neumann, Shure KSM or something else? It looks like a condenser mic? Thanks