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We have some tracks that are 48khz..... obviously, before it goes to cd, it has to be in 44khz. We should have recorded at 44khz to begin with, I know, but now the dilemna is: Should we dither down now to 44, or should we wait and do the conversion during the mastering phase? Will dithering...

Here's a good one.... how do you get an effect on your voice that sounded like the Sit N Spell (I think that's what it was called) back from the 80's (the one that was dissected on ET and used for his 'phone home'). I've heard this effect used on several albums, off the top of my head, I know...

You know, one time I recorded a short demo for a song our band was learning. Threw it together, so for the clean guitar tone, I took my crappy guitar, put it on the neck setting, then plugged straight into the mic input on my SoundBlaster Live!. I got a really interesting sound that way. Later...

I'm running Cakewalk 9.0 and Soundforge 4.5... I will often open a track I'm working on up in Soundforge (through Cakewalk). When you're done messing with the wave file, you save it, and when you go back to Cakewalk, it notifies you that the wave file has changed, and asks if you want to update...

I was just wondering if there's any capability within a soundcard (like a Delta 44) to put effects on vocals for monitoring purposes only (not actually tracking the effects). Like, is there anyway within windows to assign reverb to a line in or mic in playback channel, without actually tracking...

Here's the deal: I'm going to be mixing our full length album, which will require a lot of time and experimentation (I want this thing to sound GOOD), so I'm considering doing it at my apartment where I live, giving me the freedom to stay up late experimenting with effects, eqs, or trying...

We're putting together a new computer just for recording; it's going to be a 1.5ghz with about a gig of ram. The thing we're wondering about is hardrives. I've heard that for the primary drive (that holds the virtual ram), that it slows down somewhat the bigger the harddrive is. Say if you have...

Our drummer is going to pick up a new crash cymbal; we play metal and he does a lot of wailing on the thing, using it to drive the beat (like Sepultura or Soulfly). Does anyone know what kind of cymbals yield that really hard-sounding "Kssshhh, Kssshhh"? Also, some processing recommendations...

Got a question, have any of you ever listened to Disturbed's album "The Sickness"? Or maybe the album by Boy Hits Car, or the new System Of a Down. Anyway, all these albums have something in common; you can hear the vocals very, very well, but the other instruments don't sound weak. You can...

Have you seen those little miniature flying-V guitars? They one one pickup, and one control: volume. I wanna use one of those on stage. We play heavy metal and are really goofy, so you wouldn't find a more comical image than me coming out on stage with a tiny guitar that puts out heavily...

We plan on releasing with some really funny and creative photos, but reallized we don't even begin to know how to get started making them. You know, where can we get quality pictures like you see in label band photos.... the ones with the cool lighting, etc, etc. How much are we gonna end up...

This is kindof hard to word, I was wondering if someone can explain what's REALLY happening when you get the affect from compression we know as "pumping". I'm not talking just technical, I'm talking psychological. Have you noticed that it kindof gives you a "air sucked away from your ears" kinda...

Okay, when we had finished mixing this song, the hi hat and cymbals didn't sound bad at all. But still, not quite what we were wanting. Here's what it ended up sounding like: Go to http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/193/psychostick.html and download "Fake My Own Death and Go Platinum". You can...

I suddenly came across a thought to add more beef to drum tracks (actually, I read it somewhere).... I have a friend that works sound at a club that has a good PA. I was thinking about running a dry mix of the drums through the system and micing the room/PA then mixing those tracks in with the...

I'm not sure which forum to make this in, but I have a question- a bunch of bigger-name local bands are getting together to put together a cool show, and we're considering getting a radio spot for it. The thought went through my head that we might be able to save money and actually do a better...

Why do you sometimes not hear transients? Let's say you're looking at a snare track in Soundforge. Sometimes the peak intensity just does match up with the actual loudness of the hit. I can see a really sharp peak for a snare hit that sounds rather weak or quiet, then see a snare hit that rings...

I can't believe it... we just released a demo that I am actually PLEASED with the mix results on everything. After first getting into the whole recording thing about 2 years ago, and tons of advice, tips, articles, etc right here on homerecording.com, these are my results, and I am happy with...

This is a question about those good old metal guitars.... how do you treat a guitar track so that the low end produced by chugs (think right after "No more head trips....." in "This Love" by Pantera) makes the speakers groan, yet still not bury everything in the mix. What I've done is used a...

Hey, I came across a cool way to make a bass sound that mixes well in metal/rock songs, and still allows the bassist to have his "scooped" sound. After recording/micing his amp and look at the waveforms on a spectrum analyzer, I found that there were absolutely NO mids. There was energy in...

Here is what I need to do: I need to take a song, make it sound like it's a vinyl record (maybe I could just find the sound of the pops and stuff and mix it in), then at one point, make it sound like the needle is just ripped off, like someone carelessly pulled off the needle. How could that be...