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Innovation is difficult and risky. Copy-catting is easy. Somewhere between the two is just plain old influence, which is really what keeps music alive. I love being influenced by great musicians and producers. But I'm just a basement hack. It's not my profession. Maybe if it was then I would be...

I don't know much about plugging an acoustic into a Fender amp. I plugged mine into my Marshall once. As you might have guessed, it didn't sound very good. Kind of like a Marshall, but with a lot of mud. But this wasn't an acoustic guitar kind of amp. I'd try tracking two track at the same...

If you could post a sample of your recorded electronic drums, then you could probably find some advice that is both helpful and specific. I'm not sure what you mean by "high-pitched". Sometimes samples for an electronic drum kit are processed in the interest of selling the product. EQ...

I tried something similar in an untreated room once (a little carpet still counts as untreated...). As soon as I got loud, there was this low-mid-range frequency that started bouncing around the room. Having the microphone in the corner (and close to two walls) just picked it up even more. I...

My preferred method of bass recording is three tracks- DI, microphone on the amp, and a microphone on the bass itself. The DI gives a thick low-end. The amp gives punch and mid-range presence. And the microphone on the bass picks up the finger noise, scraping, pick noise. I mix that bass...

If you have a lousy monitoring system, then you'll never be sure where any problem with your mix is. Maybe the room, maybe the mix, maybe the level of the mix, maybe any loud source at all makes these lousy speaker distort... You could burn a copy of your mix and listen to it anywhere else...

The Microphone Stand- friend of the beginner and professional alike! :D When none are handy, MacGuyver something. I've duct-taped microphones to hockey sticks with a cement block as a base (vocals). And I've duct-taped a mic off the edge of a table and aimed my acoustic guitar right at it. Am...

That $300 might be better spent elsewhere- monitors, acoustic treatment, beer... I don't know much about the mbox. But my suggestion: record with the mbox pre's and tell us how you think it sounds. That matters the most. Maybe post some mixes on the mp3 mixing clinic forum and ask for some...

Thanks for the welcome, all. MS, I'm in Easthampton now. We bought a house with a basement so- so I can dust off the old Fostex D2424LV and replace my mixer and mics. I'm going to start putting some panel absorbers and bass traps together tonight, actually. Totally psyched to get started. I...

I thought he was great in Independance Day and Spaceballs. He hasn't done anything in the last ten years that impressed me, though. Maybe a nod for Igby Goes Down... but that was just a small supporting role, really. :D

Jeff_D, I dig your band! I ended up following Glenn's advice. There was a new pair of Rode NT5's on eBay for $372. I'm a sucker for free shipping, so I pulled the trigger. So for those of us keeping track - that's $372 on overheads. Sennheiser e902 on kick ($200). sm57 on snare ($100). That...

I've used that GLS 58 copy on my bands' live set-up, based on reviews I found on this site a while back. Well worth $30! They were like a 58, but brighter, hotter and cheaper. Out of the 4 that I've bought, I think I had one fail. But this band seriously abuses microphones. Jeff_D, any samples...

Sonixx - Those Fat Heads are figure-8 ribbon mics... that's a little out of my comfort-zone for overhead mics in a room with a low ceiling. Glen- Yeah, I've slept on it. I agree that skimping on SDC's to afford mics for the toms was a silly notion. I mean, how much would I have to skimp in...

Thanks for the heads up on the EMC8000! I hadn't caught that yet... I'm causing confusion with the OP. Those are the microphones that I had (SP C4's, D112, SM57). I had no recording space, so I gave them to my band. My band (jerks!) abused them. Kicked, dropped, spilled beer on, left out in the...

Cheers, MSHilarious! I do have a plan for treating the room, and I know that the low, reflective ceiling is the biggest problem. I'm filling the room up with a ceiling cloud, super-chunk bass traps and panel absorbers over the next few weeks. I've got a lot of Owens Corning 703, burlap, and the...

Those naiants look amazing for the price, and the experts here sure have a lot of nice things to say about them. But my ceilings are a bit low (7ft before I add the cloud!) and reflective, so I'm a little hesitant about omni's as overheads. I like Sennheiser products. I like what I'm reading...

Thanks for these responses guys! The old list of microphones are band property. We gig two or three times a month. So I could use them in a pinch, but I'm looking for a drum sound that gets set up and never torn down. And I don't want to reclaim these microphones, because we've beaten the hell...

A few years ago, I had these to record my drums in my basement project studio: 1 pair Studio Projects C4 (overhead drums) - $400 1 AKG D112 (kick) - $250 1 SM57 (snare) - $100 But then I lost the space to record (enter apartment living). I started a band with some old friends. I donated all...

Thanks! This seems to be what I was looking for and more. Someone also steered me towards Dropbox. I was looking for something that didn't have any software to install, so at first I wasn't into it. But the download seems to be a step that you can skip. I installed it on one computer, but I...

<bump> If this question thread is in the wrong place, please someone let me know! Thanks!