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We don't have the best‑sounding live room, so I try to achieve as clean a sound as possible. To this end, drums are normally...
There's a lot said on discussion fora about the need to use studio monitors instead of hi‑fi speakers, although there are some...
I've recently started learning to mix, and my current setup is an Apple Mac with an Echo Audiofire 2 interface. My monitors...
I always hear people talking about low‑pass filters and high‑pass filters and cutting at this and that frequency, but where do...
I'm doing an assignment that involves a section on crossovers. I get the general idea of what they do but don't know how they...
I've recently started working at a classical radio station in my area, and I was fully expecting to have to deal with mono...
I've been wondering what order people use when mixing. Mixing the instruments in order of priority? Mixing the rhythm section ...
I am about to do a recording at a farm in the North York Moors. It will be done 'live', using two acoustic guitars and two...
I'm quite new to vocal recording, and am using either a Neumann TLM103 or AKG C414, depending on the material being recorded....
I've got a fairly basic home setup based around a Yamaha AW16G multitracker, but I've seen an Aphex Aural Exciter and wondered...
I'm writing to you in an attempt to discover the genius of reversing the fittings of an SE Reflexion Filter, as espoused many...
I use Logic Express 8 software and an Apogee Duet interface to record guitar and vocals in a small room at home. Unfortunately...
I have happily been using Pro Tools for the past decade and am currently using Pro Tools LE with an Mbox 2 interface. I want to buy a mic preamp, perhaps a Behringer Tube Ultragain or similar, but will this be a waste of money when using Digidesign's LE Interfaces?
I have heard from a 'proper' singer that changing the mic position when recording vocals can make a big impact on the way they sound.
I've recorded a couple of songs with just three tracks: acoustic guitar, bass and lead vocal. I'll obviously pan both bass and lead vocals in the centre.
I'm planning to start some writing and recording in my basement home studio — only there's no equipment in it!
Could SOS write an article on the latest Windows 7 as soon as possible, and say whether in your view it's worthwhile to try it instead of Vista, or even XP?
Someone suggested that I could use a USB pen drive to record audio on my laptop. Is this a good idea? How fast are they, and is it really a cheap way to separate my system and audio drives, or are there any problems inherent in this approach?
Over the last couple of years Ive mixed quite a lot of songs, but only single tracks here and there. Now Im about to mix an album, and Im wondering what would be the best way to do it. The recording has been done in a very decent studio, and they have been adding some programmed elements afterwards. I want to avoid a situation where I mix all the tracks so that they sound great on their own, only to realise later that they wont fit together as a whole. How would you approach this? Would you mix one track, and use it as a reference for the other mixes? Would you re-use some of the settings (for example, use the same plug-ins for the same tracks, with some tweaks)? Sadly, the budget doesnt allow for a separate mastering job, so I would have to do some limiting and final tweaks myself.
Parallel compression is something Im just beginning to explore. Its not something Ive used much in the past, but Im seeing its potential for beefing up groups and whole mixes. However, if I set up a compressor on a send channel, rather than processing the whole signal via an insert effect, wont I get phasing? Also, if I set up compressors on several send channels and filter out certain frequencies on each channel (for example, roll off everything but the low-mid range on one, roll off everything but the high-mid range on another), then wouldnt this just be the same thing as multi-band compression?