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tmix
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I really need HELP!
What signal chain should I use?
I had this great idea to record my daughter’s Barbie Doll singing to a “really slammin” song I wrote, but I have had nothing but trouble.
I tried using my old faithful set-up of really-really good NoName ™ brand combo mic-pre-post but when I hit record all I get is this really quiet “room sound” kind of sound almost like there is nothing going on there. I tried turning up the gain really high but all I hear is headphone bleed. For some reason when I walk into the booth it starts working because I can hear myself, … very strange. Someone suggested Compression so I put her in the trash compactor and turned it on… didn’t work. Now all I get from her is pops and snaps. I wonder if my buffers are wrong? Someone else shouted C1!.. or C3!… well I had neither so I tried some C4 since I had some (and that would be 1 better anyway!).. Didn’t work! (Rats!) My mic pad wasn’t strong enough or something.
Well I must have screwed some thing up because now there is this incredibly loud ringing sound I can’t get rid of… and it is starting to make my head hurt.
I thought I would switch Buzz Lightyear for Barbie, but what self-respecting engineer would purposely introduce “Buzz” into his system?
Anyway… I really need some suggestions before tonight’s session!
THANKS A LOT!
PS: I did try to use the search box thingy. I kept pushing the button and looking in the box for an answer. I must have pushed it a hundred times. It kept asking me for information. I kept TELLING it if I KNEW the info I wouldn't be SEARCHING for it in the FIRST place! GEEEEEZ.
also... I'm really not tmix... I got a cracked version of his log on from some ware-iz site... don't worry... I'll get around to paying him for it some day.
What signal chain should I use?
I had this great idea to record my daughter’s Barbie Doll singing to a “really slammin” song I wrote, but I have had nothing but trouble.
I tried using my old faithful set-up of really-really good NoName ™ brand combo mic-pre-post but when I hit record all I get is this really quiet “room sound” kind of sound almost like there is nothing going on there. I tried turning up the gain really high but all I hear is headphone bleed. For some reason when I walk into the booth it starts working because I can hear myself, … very strange. Someone suggested Compression so I put her in the trash compactor and turned it on… didn’t work. Now all I get from her is pops and snaps. I wonder if my buffers are wrong? Someone else shouted C1!.. or C3!… well I had neither so I tried some C4 since I had some (and that would be 1 better anyway!).. Didn’t work! (Rats!) My mic pad wasn’t strong enough or something.
Well I must have screwed some thing up because now there is this incredibly loud ringing sound I can’t get rid of… and it is starting to make my head hurt.
I thought I would switch Buzz Lightyear for Barbie, but what self-respecting engineer would purposely introduce “Buzz” into his system?
Anyway… I really need some suggestions before tonight’s session!
THANKS A LOT!
PS: I did try to use the search box thingy. I kept pushing the button and looking in the box for an answer. I must have pushed it a hundred times. It kept asking me for information. I kept TELLING it if I KNEW the info I wouldn't be SEARCHING for it in the FIRST place! GEEEEEZ.
also... I'm really not tmix... I got a cracked version of his log on from some ware-iz site... don't worry... I'll get around to paying him for it some day.
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