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i second the post on carl saff. we just had our project mastered with him, it ended up being $200 for six songs--he charges by minute of music mastered rather than by the hour. he did three passes for us, and considering the mix we gave him was already quashed by an overzealous mixing...

the general consesus seems to be save up and buy better from the beginning, but since that's not always possible, i'm wondering how many of the veterans in this community have old, 'cheap' gear that you find a use for, despite owning newer, more expensive stuff. how many of you have nice...

thanks for the response. sounds like the problem i'm having is with the mic then... i guess i'll give sennheiser a buzz... thanks!

hey gang, i've read a lot of conflicting threads about how turning phantom power on and off at different points in the setup process can damage mics--both dynamic and condenser. i can't find a thread that's dedicated to the subject, so i thought i'd start one. my process is to connect all...

sennheiser e865. actually, i didn't touch it once, i just sang into it. and we didn't record anything. the last mic i recorded into was a akg solidtube. but the engineer wouldn't let me touch that either. i washed my hands and everything, but nope. no touching.

thanks for the answers. the tranzport looks perfect but, as you pointed out, expensive. i have more questions about setting up a midi controller, but i'll post those in the midi section--or maybe the answer's already there. thanks again!

hey gang, is there such a thing as a remote trigger record/stop pedal or the like for pc computer interfaces? i haven't had any luck with search engines here or at the various online stores out there, but i'd be real happy to hear that i'm stupid and what i'm looking for is right under my nose...

this just made me think of another question, or maybe a better way to phrase the original question in this thread: is it more realistic to think that you can do usable or even very good tracking in a home-recording situation than it is to think you can do good mixing in a home-recording...

i think this discussion would benefit from some distinction in terminology, each in two parts. i qualify the below statements by mentioning that i understand and agree that they are, like almost everything, my humble opinion. here we go: distinction one: playing in time verus playing...

thanks again, i haven't had an opportunity to put everyone's suggestions to the test, but i'm pretty confident from studying neutrik's diagrams that the previous owner flipped the cards from front to back which is causing my issues (as several have suggested). sweetnubs--i'm using ts connectors...

thanks for the replies, i haven't been back to my practice space/recording playground to try out the options... i'm most inclined to think that littledog's suggestion is the solution--i got the patchbay used and haven't tried opening it up, but i have tried the following configurations: mixer...

okay, i've spent an hour or so reading posts and instruction manuals, and i think i have a basic grasp of how patch bays should work. i have a neutrik 48 plug patch bay that i'm trying to use to route the outputs from my mixer into the inputs on my delta 1010. here are my issues: 1) i can't...

i moved. i plugged in my delta 1010. it doesn't work anymore. crap. i've checked out all the obvious stuff (computer is on, the outlet definitely works, it's definitely the same power supply i had before i moved, etc.) and i'm hoping that replacing the power supply will fix all my life's...

hey-yo, i was just listening back and forth between recordings i've done over the years (both of them) of vocals on various mics and found that i seem to be happier with the way my voice sounds through my trusty (and cheap) ev pl77b battery-powered sdc than it does through the three ldc's i've...

i got sucked into the ampeg thing at an early age. i learned how to play bass through a '65 ampeg b-15s that had survived a flood in a prison. oozed charisma. my first guitarist played through a reissue jet--the 'superjet', which sounded beautiful but died young. we tracked guitars through...

one really (since i only ever play bass). a musicman stingray 5. and i follow the never-mess-with-the-eq-on-anything-once-it's-set-where-it-belongs school of thought as well. i've got a danelectro six-string bass that i never play, and my girlfriend has a danelectro guitar that i noodle...

a baritone guitar is essentially in between guitar and bass -- they're usually short-scale bass length necks, but tuned a 5th or a 4th below a regular guitar. most seven-string guitars add a low b to the bottom of guitar (it's like the low b on a 5-string bass, but an octave higher.) Baritone...

thanks for the responses everyone. i've decided to return the MR-3000 monkey/baboon recorder i just purchased from musician's friend and continue paying for the talents of a skilled engineer. i've had some serious frustration with members of my band, which is part of what sparked this...

hello, hypothetical question: would it be possible to set up, say, an electronic drum pad so that each strike would trigger one in a series of pre-programmed midi notes or events? So, if i programmed a simple melody: A, G, D, A, i could get the drum pad to play A on the first strike, G on...

hello, so i've been hacking away at this whole recording thing more because i'm a dork and i like buying shiny expensive stuff than because i ever hope to become anything approaching a sound engineer. i'm a distrusting musician--i just want to know enough so that i can spot the difference...