Lets try this in reverse

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Geet, I listened to the link that was your band, and I think it's a good recording, and well executed musically.
 
CyanJaguar said:
geet73, you are truly stretching the definition of crap gear with your mc012 and krk and AT and what not, but I gave your band's tune a listen. Definitely very nicely recorded. And a nice song too. I really like the playing. The vocalist was not bad on that song at all.

I listened to a bit of the other two pieces and they have the same clear quality to them. Good job.
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I still posted one with all Nady stuff. :)

Thanks.
 
CyanJaguar said:
Scrubs,
You did not list your gear so I am suspicious, but I like what I am hearing. THis is the type of music I love. SLightly melancholy, very melodic. Good music is good regardless of gear. Great job my friend.
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Thanks for the listen and the positive comments.

Gear list:

Instruments:
Fender Acoustic/Electric (~$500 new, but technically, this is not "gear")
Yamaha Tele Copy ($100 used)
Mako Bass ($75 at a pawn shop) - has some serious noise issues which you can probably hear if you listen closely

Mics:
MXL 603s ($200 for the pair) - used a pair for the acoustic tracks and a single for background vocals
Nady SCM-900 ($90) - lead vocal (It's probably the crappiest of all my crappy mics, but it just worked better than the others for this tune)

Preamps:
VTB-1 ($130) - lead vocal, electric guitar and bass DI
DMP3 ($90 on ebay) - acoustics and background vocals

Other gear:
Behringer GI-100 ($35) - I think I ran both the bass and the electric through this
Zoom 505 ($100) - modified a couple of the clean presets on this for the tele parts, which were recorded direct

Interface:
Tascam US-122 ($200)

Software:
Cubase SE ($75) + all free plugins
Drumsite ($50 drum sample program)

Edit:
Monitoring system:
Logitech Computer Speakers ($110)
Audio Technica ATH-M30 Headphones ($45)

I think that's it. Absolutely nothing even remotely professional in my studio! Again, thanks for the comments. :)
 
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hey scrubs,

congrats on achieving good sound without breaking the bank -the very essence of home recording.
 
GEET..i really enjoyed that band "bornuponatree"...great rhythm's and style!
You tracked that for them or?
 
Hey Cyan. My daughter recorded this one with a sb audigy and a $50 MXL 990. There was a preamp involved, but nothing special (dmp3).

 
Markaholic said:
GEET..i really enjoyed that band "bornuponatree"...great rhythm's and style!
You tracked that for them or?
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I just recorded it. They're re-recording everything sometime soon. I'll post some of it here, I'm sure.
 
chrisharris said:
Hey Cyan. My daughter recorded this one with a sb audigy and a $50 MXL 990. There was a preamp involved, but nothing special (dmp3).

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That's not fair because none of the rest of us have that kind of talent!
 
noisedude said:
That's not fair because none of the rest of us have that kind of talent!
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Damn, you beat me to it. I was going to say the exact same thing. :)
 
chrisharris said:
Hey Cyan. My daughter recorded this one with a sb audigy and a $50 MXL 990. There was a preamp involved, but nothing special (dmp3).

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Hey Big Honest Mango,

Your Daughter has a real good voice. I am VERY impressed with the recording. Many people who fret about the latest, greatest gear need to get back to simplicity and save some money.

Bravo.
 
Bobby Darko said:
Check out these songs.

I used some crappy cheap mics and a tascam 244. Stereo set as monitors. That's all.
http://www.woodinski.nl/woodyandpaul
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Hey Bobby,
You might be using cheap gear but the song comes thru. I listened to Sit, Feel me, Lay down. The good guitar playing is evident and your voice is real nice. The only issue worth commenting about is, of course, the volume. I dont know if your 244 has compression but a simple compression will fix that. Good job. Keep focusing on the music instead of sweating the recording.
 
oh it's not my voice, it's my friends. About the volume, I guess it's a lot softer after whe changed it to mp3. Sit feel me lay down, is the song i'm least satisfied with productionwise, but it's a good song.
 
Wow, now that I think of it, I've got some stuff that I recorded on a sub-$15 dollar sound card (not even a soundblaster) and a $25 radio shack mic - (wish I still had that - good talk-back mic). I just need to post it up - you can't beat a $40 recording set-up, now can you?

It's just acoustic guitar and vocals.

Oh, and for monitors - the $10 special that came with the computer, wich was an AMD K6-3 433. . . . ok - $50 set-up with monitors.

I've been through a couple upgrades since, and I currently have a Presonus Firepod (which I absolutely love), some MXL 603s's, a studio projects C1, and an sm57, plus a POD. I've got a few of the anciet recordings around, though, just to remember where I started. Sometimes I'm amazed at how good they sound.
 
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