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This might not be the proper area for this question, sorry. I am having trouble with hearing protection. Even when my band plays quite, it is still loud enough to do hearing damage and give me that annoying ringing in my ears, especially those drums!i have tried using plain old ear plugs, and...

during our practices, we are having trouble with the lead and back up mics picking up all the other instruments. This is causing us a problem with volume, my guitar tone being colored, and not being able to put effects on the vocals without all the the instruments being effscted as well. I was...

I noticed that the vs 880ex optical outs are labeled 7,8. I am assuming this means that only tracks 7 and 8 are fed through the optical outs. I was a little upset by this, beings that I was hoping to go from my digital outs into my stand alone cd burner, without haveing to bounce everything down...

I am going to be purchasing an 880ex or 890 in the very near future, but am wondering about the difference in the converters(880 20bit, 890 24 bit.)Since I am mastering down to a phillips stand alone unit(16 bit), are the extra bits going to cause noise? Does anyone know if either the 880ex or...

I am getting ready to buy a vs 880ex, or possibly wait for the vs 890(24 bit) to come out, but am wondering about mastering to my phillips stand alone cd deck, that is at your standard 16 bit. I will be using the optical outputs/inputs, and have heard that going from higher bits causes extra...

I was thinking of buying a vs880ex on monday from musicians freind, but am now worried about the new 890. Is this a better machine? I thought that the 880ex would be perfect for me, but i am worried about paying for it, and then the price dropping major in three monthes. I really dont want to...

i just purchased a roland vs880ex today and am ready to start my solo project. I really am interested in the new rack mount antares auto tune. My voice is not bad, but i have always had a hard time staying in key when I am really inspired. I end up having to go back and re-record vocal sections...

I really want to buy an 880ex, but still have some questions that the music store guys cant answer for some reason(i dont think they really know how to use it!)My first question is about mastering cd,s. I have a philips stand alone recorder, that has digital ins(optical and coaxil) There is only...

does anyone know if the vs840ex is able to get the "mastering tool kit" offered on the 880 and 1680? Also, is it possible to move tracks between two seperate "songs" when recording with the 840? I currently use this technique with my 4 track minidisk, and it allows me to keep all my original...

Do people usually put more reverb onto an entire mix when mastering or dumping? I already have reverb on my guitars, vocals and drums, but have seen some recordists talking about effecting an intire mix at its final step.

I am doing a project with a lead vocal, and two backup vocals doing the harmonys. My question is, should I add individual reverb,delay and other effects to the vocals? Or should I mix all three together, and then add effects to the three mixed vocals? would it sound cleaner effecting the vocals...

I just got my new rhode nt1, and saw that the manual says to use a pop filter, but the closest store to me cant get one for about 8 days! soooo- I have heard that you can stretch panty hose over a coat hanger and get the same thing- is that true? Any other ideas? I really want to start...

unfortunatly, I cant afford monitors right now. so here is my thought-I have a pair of yamaha rh5ma headphones that are pretty good. What if I use these to listen to one of my favorite cd's, and then refrence that with my recordings to mix. If they both sound the same in the phones, will they...

I am looking for some thoughts on rather I should stick a compressor between my sm57 and recorder when I am micing my guitar cab. would this do anything for my guitar later on in the mix? such as give it more distinction in the mix, or give a more punchy tone? or, would I just be losing dynamics...

I just ordered a rhode nt1, and an art tube mp. I also have an alesis nano compressor. I am wondering what order I am going to go with these, compressor into pre amp, or pre int compressor. I have not yet tried anything, but I was recording vocals through an sm 57, and am reallly hoping that the...

I am recording a demo on a sony minidisk 4 trak, and being that I only have four traks, I am doing some stereo bouncing. here is the problem- I get all four tracks set up as far as faders, panning and eq, and record bounce down to two tracks. But know my two tracks are clipping and disttorting...

I am getting ready to buy either a rode nt1, c3000, or 4033. All of which require phantom power. currently I am recording into a sony minidisk that has 2 XLR inputs, with mic/line trim. Will these produce the power or do I need to buy a mic pre. I plan on buying a roland vs880 soon, is it the...

I am a guitar player teaching myself how to play slap bass, but I am constantly getting a large blister on my "pop" finger. I have to stop practicing for days at a time, and after one hour of playing again, theres the blister. I realize I am going to get blisters, but thought I would have a...

being fairly new at recording, some of these questions and problems may seem stupid, please be forgiving. heres my problem. When recording I am getting alot of the background noise comeing through my mic. I realize that I need some sort of noise gate. But what would best suit my needs? I...

I have a sony mdm minidisk recorder and a zoom 234 drum machine, and I know that they both are midi capable, but I know nothing about midi or where to get started. Instead of recording my drum tracks to two stereo tracks, I would like to get them to go in sync with the recorder at mix down and...