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Hollowdan
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Hey Kasey cool song,
I read an interview with Roger Nichols recently and he addressed this very problem. He stated in the article that because most of the mic's we use to record with these days are so bright that they actually end up cancelling out the highs on each other during mixing. He the stated that he always boost's about 2-3db in the 10khz range on most the tracks in his recordings to accomodate this. Since reading the article I have tried it myself and found that it works very well.
However I feel you have more problems than just that. The yamaha MG boards are, to be perfectly honest, Terrible for recording. They were intended to be for garage bands or small P.A. systems, there is an extreme amount of talkback between the channels on those boards. We used to sell them where I work, but after a few unhappy customers brought them back complaining of this issue, I tested them and found out that the customers were very much right about them. Since then we have stopped carrying them all together. I think yamaha is a great company and love alot of their gear, but the fact is that like yourself many people mis-qualify their purchases. I talked to yamaha about this and they confirmed my thoughts that the MG boards are NOT intended for recording.
As for pre-amps:
The RNP is a pretty cool pre
The Presonus eureka is an excellent mic pre for under $500
The Mindprint Envoice would probably be the best pre for you (it has a 12ax7 tube in it so it tends to be very airy in the respect to the highs)
You should also actually try out a Grace 101 before you pass on it, I personally feel that is the most incredible sounding pre-amp for under $600 in the world.
Hope this helps, and remember the golden rule "try EVERYTHING" but always have fun.
I read an interview with Roger Nichols recently and he addressed this very problem. He stated in the article that because most of the mic's we use to record with these days are so bright that they actually end up cancelling out the highs on each other during mixing. He the stated that he always boost's about 2-3db in the 10khz range on most the tracks in his recordings to accomodate this. Since reading the article I have tried it myself and found that it works very well.
However I feel you have more problems than just that. The yamaha MG boards are, to be perfectly honest, Terrible for recording. They were intended to be for garage bands or small P.A. systems, there is an extreme amount of talkback between the channels on those boards. We used to sell them where I work, but after a few unhappy customers brought them back complaining of this issue, I tested them and found out that the customers were very much right about them. Since then we have stopped carrying them all together. I think yamaha is a great company and love alot of their gear, but the fact is that like yourself many people mis-qualify their purchases. I talked to yamaha about this and they confirmed my thoughts that the MG boards are NOT intended for recording.
As for pre-amps:
The RNP is a pretty cool pre
The Presonus eureka is an excellent mic pre for under $500
The Mindprint Envoice would probably be the best pre for you (it has a 12ax7 tube in it so it tends to be very airy in the respect to the highs)
You should also actually try out a Grace 101 before you pass on it, I personally feel that is the most incredible sounding pre-amp for under $600 in the world.
Hope this helps, and remember the golden rule "try EVERYTHING" but always have fun.