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Here's my setup now: I record with an SM58 running through a little Behringer mixer and run the tape out into my M-Audio Audiophile 2496 sound card. I'd like to upgrade my sound but have limited funds. I was thinking of getting a condenser mic, but a music store salesman said I'd see more...

Hey guys, I could use some advice for recording on a shoestring. :) I'm looking for a really cheap pair of monitors, suitable for making demo recordings. I do NOT have a real studio, and don't need to do that quality of recording. I am a college student, and my budget is basically $100 plus...

I just self-published an album as cheaply as possible using my computer and mixer and some graphic design software for artwork, etc. It's called "The Lost Son and Other Stories." The "Lost son" part is because the first 11 tracks are one continuous story, which is a retelling of the "prodigal...

I just self-published a CD of original songs as cheaply as possible using my computer and mixer and some graphic design software for artwork, etc. It's called "The Lost Son and Other Stories." The "Lost son" part is because the first 11 tracks are one continuous story, which is a retelling of...

I know how to copyright an album--fill out the form and send it to the Copyright office. However I'm putting up a website and I'd like to let people download new songs that I post on the web. I'm not going to pay to copyright each song before it hits the net, but I don't want to get them stolen...

So I've come up with another one of my harebrained ideas that, as many crappy movies have said, is so crazy it *just might work.* The last time was long ago, but it got a mention by Dragon, so I'm proud. (See https://homerecording.com/burn_cds.html) Anyway, I'm not so wonderful at EQing, but...

So there's obviously a big difference between a mono and a stereo song when you listen to it. But when you're dealing with individual tracks in a multitrack mix, how much does it matter? For instance, if I have a stereo track that has no panning on it, is that essentially the same thing as a...

Could some folks listen to this and tell me how to get better guitar sound? "http://www.arches.uga.edu/~nmlong/Nathan Long - Fun Tonight.mp3" (If the link doesn't work, type it in just like that and it should. If it still doesn't, type in all of it through nmlong (the ~ is above the tab on my...

I have a Shure SM-58 mic which seems to sound good on my voice. I have seen folks say an SM-57 should be used on a guitar. What is the actual difference in the two? My understanding was that the SM-57 essentially catches sound from straight above it whereas the 58 has a "rounder" field, which is...

I almost peed my pants when I saw someone advocate $1000 monitors to make sure you mixes sound good. I can't afford anything like that. Now I don't know anything about mixing yet, but see if this makes sense: the purpose of using monitors is to make sure you mix will sound good when you pop it...

I know this kind of thing gets asked a lot, but until there's a well-indexed FAQ... I am on a tight budget. I'm looking for a sound card in the $100 range to do multitrack recording. I know that's low but this will go on the credit card and I'm a college student. I want to use my little...

http://www.angelfire.com/ga4/thebigsquid/songs/songs.html Download "A Bitter Root," which right now is the only song up. This is the last song on an album which will tell the story of the prodigal son from a parable Jesus told. In this song the runaway son has finally come home after screwing...

So I'm about to buy a few new parts and basically have a new computer. I want to buy a motherboard/CPU combo, probably gonna do it off pricewatch.com, but some of the ones I like with Athlon chips say they come with sound built in. Is this likely to be a problem when I try to install a real...

People quit responding, so here's the last thing I wrote... :) ------ Grizzly, I appreciate the info, but could you give me a few words on the memory and stuff the page refers to? Do you think my problem is related to the virtual memory etc that it mentions? How? Like I said I have a lot of...

I've got a Ricoh CD-RW and a Compaq Presario 233mhz/160MB RAM (I added a bunch). I try to burn CDs of wavs or mp3s and find that it works if I only do a couple of songs, but four or more songs cause it to zonk and have write errors. I got the drive replaced and have the same problem. Any...

If you're thinking about buying a Gibson Les Paul (as I was), and if one of the reasons is because you like the way they look (as opposed to the way a Fender Squire or something looks), check out the Gibson Blues Hawk. It is shaped like a Les Paul but it is hollow bodied. It sounds great...

If any of you have kept up with me, I'm working on an ameateur CD this summer and mostly recording at my church. We had our first serious session yesterday. I happen to attend a large, friendly church. I realize most of you don't have the benefit of a huge, expensive sound system and a...