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    Stripped down electo kit

    Hey there. I live in an apartment and need to be able to record drums. I have been routinly suggested to electronic drums. I have been researching up on some of the popular ones, and yeah, some do get up in price. I dont need a full set for rockabilly. I just need the snare, bass drum, crash...
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    boxy guitar

    Hey guys. Im workin on some non rockabilly recordings to kind of explore music and have been recording some different style tunes i wrote that I am not used to recording. Anyway, the problem im having is that in the songs, when the heavy guitar comes in in parts of emphasis before chorus, they...
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    Some help on this soundproofing project

    Alright! So I am getting together materials to build a guitar amp isolation box to fit my little, but big sounding, Fender Pro Junior. I am going to be modifying a design that this guy used. I may even make a box inside a box. And this thing is gonna be as air tight as possible...
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    Stripped down mixing

    So I have some songs I want to record in the format I play live. I play with just three piece drums, bass, and guitar stray cats style. Almost all posts I read have at least 2 guitars recorded and pan them etc. If I am using one guitar part, and just bass and drums, what can I do so that the...
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    Distorted Guitar Mixing

    Hey guys. Well ive been learning all this recording stuff for a while now and am proud to say that I am getting alot better thanks to the readings of this forum! The problem I continue to have is still with guitars. I finally learned some EQ techniques and making sure 2 guitars dont fight...
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    spidf tonelab problem

    Hey. I decided I wanted to try out SPDIF but my Adobe Audition program is not getting a signal from it or neither is my Firewire. From my Vox Tonelab to a converter (for switching optical to coaxial - its powered) I have a optical cable. And from the converter to my Firewire Solo I have a...
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    Frequency

    Im about a year into recording. There is one thing that I have never been able to figure out because all tutorials or readings ive seen are for other programs. I always read about how if you have 2 guitars, you have to have different frequencies and such. I get completely lost when it comes to...
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    Vox Tonelab. Getting a stereo recording...

    I just got a Vox Tonelab Amp Modulator thing. I LOVE the sound through the headphone connection. Now if I can just get that same high quality sound into my Adobe Audition 2. Im wondering how to get a stereo recording out of it. It does have S/P DIF connections...and so does my MAUDIO Firewire...
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    Preamp to Firewire Solo?

    I am having lots of trouble getting a non-flat sound recorded. I have tried condensers, sm57's & 58's, multitracking, basically every recording technique that I have read on here. My guitar just sound so non lively. It sounds good in the room. Right now im running a Gretsch Setzer Hot Rod into...
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    Should I get a condenser?

    ...Hey guys. So im trying to get a better recorded vocal sound. Right now I use a sm 58. (I also have a 57, but never have used it for vocals). Ive been reading some books as well as this forum (as i am still kinda new in the gear area) and the general consesus for vocal recording is to get a...
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    Monitors for Firewire Solo

    Im trying to figure a pair of monitors to use with my Firewire Solo....ive read BILLIONS of posts about monitors and am just jaw dropped on what to pick. I mostly record rockabilly. I want some monitors to do my mixing but don't really want to spend more than $200...I figure anything will be...
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    flat sounding

    I am using Adobe Audition along with my M-Audio Firewire solo. I was just wondering why my music sounds "flat". Im recording using a shure sm57 and 58. The mic records to only the left channel. I then copy and paste it to the other channel. Is there any way to make it just record to both? I...
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    Amplitube good? My first setup.

    Ok, so I have decided to get firewire solo. I will use that with my Cool Edit Pro and/or Adobe Audition. I was looking at Musicians Friend and it said with the purchase of firewire solo, you get Multimedia Amplitube Live . Then I got to thinking, hmm..amp sounds on the comp for recording so...
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    Drum looping

    If I make a drum sound file thats say just 2 beats in Cakewalk and insert it into Cool Edit to play with another sound file (bass, guitar and vox), is there any way I can make it play throughout the entire song without having to copy and past over and over on the track so that the file can play...
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    Basic Setup

    Hey everyone. I have been reading through tons of threads and I can't find what I am looking for. Everyone seems to be wanting an all out setup. I am not looking to make albums. I just want to be able to record guitar and vocals in my cool edit pro to help in the songwriting process. I have...
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