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That's a very good point actually... I never thought of using live music for training ears, not in that way anyways. I was already planning to attend more live shows, now I have an extra reason to! Cheers!

Thanks for all the help! I'm glad to know that DI works so well just for recording, as that's probably the only thing I'll use the bass for. I'll have a look at second hand basses around the internet and check out all your suggestions. Thanks again! Cheers!

Hello all, I have a rather vague question, or maybe rather an opening topic for a discussion here, about training the ears for mixing. What is the best way to train your ears, are there any forms of "exercises" or is it just something that can only be learned with time and experience...

Alright, thanks for all the answers everyone! It looks like I can't get much better than a Jazz Bass then. That's good news, I was always a fan of that bass, even though I'm not a bassist. I think I'll try to find a secondhand MIM, it should do the job just fine. Does anyone still have any...

You can get reasonable mixes from headphones, but even better mixes from reference headphones. But many things, such as panning, can get tricky when you later listen to the mix on speakers. My mixes end up far better if I primarily use speakers (monitors), and occasionally check the mix on...

Hello Folks, I hope you're all well. I'm going to invest into a electric bass guitar for my humble home studio. As I work on projects which vary in genre quite a bit, I would like to buy an electric bass guitar that does relatively well on most fronts, rather than really well in one particular...

Hello All, I'm looking into acoustically treating my room. I've already done reasonable research on the topic, but I think it's always good to see if you guys have any recommendations from your own experience, as I've come across some questions and also because acoustic foam companies might be...

Haha yup, true that! But that guy knows his stuff...

Thanks for the help guys! I've experimented with a number of things to diagnose the issue and I think I succeeded, the outcome is that iTunes is the one messing it all up... sigh apple, I thought you'd do better. But oh well. Turning down the volume control on the monitors does help to...

Hello All, I just bought my first pair of reference monitors for my humble home-studio. They're the M-Audio BX5. Of course, the main reason why I bought them is for mixing and mastering my music projects and so far I they have been acting very well. However, there's a problem when I listen to...

Thanks for that info too!!

It's all that's to it. All works fine! Thank you very much guitarplayr82, have a happy easter!

Hello all, I have encountered a problem with panning after sending the output of a track to a bus in Logic. It's strange, because I've done so in previous projects without problems and now it is there for a reason I cannot seem to find. The Problem: A recorded guitar track goes through EQ...

Alright, alright. Thanks a lot! I'll just see what suits which song best and what not. What about using modulation plugins such as tremolo/chorus etc. for this?

Thanks for the response guys! So if let's say I'm going to record a song with only guitar and vocals. I should just use two mics and pan them apart instead?

Hello all, I'm going to be recording acoustic guitar pretty soon and for some of the songs I would like to use the stereo technique, where I record the same chord progression/riff and maybe in some cases melody/solo at two different times and then pan the tracks separately, in extreme terms one...

I was thinking the same thing. I too have the Vic Firth headphones, I initially bought them for drumming, but now I also use them for recording and mixing purposes. Just like what guitarplayer said, they are loud and they do isolate very well. My drumset happens to be in a room which is probably...

I am not an expert on this, I am a beginner my self. But what helps me a lot is watching many different video tutorials on youtube. It helps me to get all the basics and some idea of things such as difference between mixing female and male vocals and such. Also, there are many videos on some...

Yeah I think it's down to my poor monitoring environment quite a lot and indeed, especially for a beginner like me, it's a try and try again process. Also, just as Grim said, I do start eq-ing just because it [I][should/I] be done. I should listen to my ears more... :)

Awesome read mindsound! I will use your recommendations from the blog in my upcoming mixes, it's all very helpful, especially for my eq issue... :rolleyes: I'll keep checking your blog for more updates!