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I just bought an Alesis Nanocompressor to replace my crappy Presonus Bluemax 'Smart' (but noisey as heck)compressor. Anyway, I have never used compression during the mix-down and I have no clue on what settings to use. Can anyone give me some pointers? I'm mixing rock/alt stuff (voc, bass...

How do you sync up the mixer with the tracks on your PC? I'd like to do the same eventually. Right now I'm using my digital mult-tracker to mix down to my PC--stereo coaxial out of the multi-track and into the PC to create the wav. I can't tweak each individual track on the PC that way, but...

I feel your pain, Tofu. I own a Yamaha MT-50 4-track and in January, one of the tracks (the 4th one) started to loose its ability to over-dub. I started hearing 'ghosts' or shadows of previous recordings on the track every time I tried to record over it. I asked the same questions as Dom did...

I agree with RJ; no matter how much cool, affordable stuff you upgrade to, you'll never get the mix up to the quality of a professional studio (although as technology improves as it has, and becomes more affordable we may get closer. So it still doesn't make sence to get something from a...

Ahh...so that is where the drums come from. I use the old Alesis SR-16; doesn't sound too bad to the layperson, but anyone who is into recording can tell pretty easily. (but it does beat a moody, sometimes unreliable drummer). Thanks for the info...I can't wait to put some of my stuff up on...

Thanks for your response; I forgot to mention that Albert IS one hell of a signer too! Awesome voice. (didn't mean to neglect that by focusing on the technical quality of the recording). You guys, rock...any plans on touring 'cause if you hit NYC, let me know. Bill

Thanks Ryan, That's what I thought. I just converted one of my songs from wav to MP3 using MusicMatch jukebox that I got from MP3 (from your suggestion). From some of the other postings, I thought maybe they were talking about creating special mixes that sound better for MP3, but I guess they...

The vocals sound quality is amazing...do you think this is attributed more to the mic, or the compressor you use? If it's them mic, I may just replace my old sm57. Thanks--sounds great!

Cool stuff...very ambient and spacey. The only thing about the mix that I notice is that the drums -snare and crash could use a little more uuumph; maybe tweak a little more bass into the drums to even out the highs? What kind of gear are you using? I got some mixes that I'd like to post as...

Man, awesome guitar and the overall mix sounds pretty damn good. I wish I could get as much headroom in my recordings. How does one get that sence of 'space'. I find my stuff sounding all compacted together. Are you doing this all on PC or do you track on some other multi-tracker?

Can anyone fill me in on the 'right way' or best way to convert a final CD mix/master of a song to MP3? (Please don't tell me that one should mix a special mix just for the MP3 format--'cause I spend an entire afernoon just on mixing down and another day or two on mastering). Any help or...

I am debating about whether to buy Sonic Foundry's Noise Reduction plugin vs. using the much cheaper Cool Edit 96 built-in noise reduction feature. Is there any significant differences between the two or will Cool Edit do just about as good a job as Sonic Foundry? The price diff. is $50 vs...

I have had hiss problems with my home recordings and have been able to substantially eliminate the hiss using digital editing on my PC. This is a potentially expensive alternative, but if you can record from your VCR directly into a computer, or maybe just convert your CD track(s)that you've...

I've got the POD and man, it sounds pretty great. I know from using it that the left out is the dedicated left/mono. POD knows to convert the signal to mono when only one line is plugged into the left output. I believe you're best off just going one cable from the left out of the POD into one...

Can anyone help me with this compressor problem??? I have put together a low-end digital home studio: I've got the PreSonus, Bluemax compressor (a low-end, user-friendly compressor with generic presets for various instruments). I use it as an insert to my FD-8 (digital multi-tracker) when...

I bought a Fostex FD-8 about six months ago an I so far, I'm very impressed with it. I hooked up a Syjet 1.5 gig drive to it and it works pretty good. However, very occasionally, playback or record will skip or it will freeze up (like computers sometimes do). Other than these small problems...

I own and FD-8 as well. Spin, I agree with SN above. You must make certain that you set it to MON when tracking(not MON+L/R, or L/R). You set it to L/R when mixing down. I'm not sure when you'd use MON+L/R. Your panning sounds correct. Of course, make sure that the tracks you are plugged...

I was seduced by all the hype of the POD and bought it without really demoing it. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised. It delivers a really kick-ass direct sound. I primarily use the more modern amp settings like the EVH-like simulators or Mesa-boogie sounding amp settings and they...