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The aux gain at the channel sends the signal to the aux masters, then out of the mixer. That is so you can get an aux mix sounding good, while still being able to turn the aux mix up and down without having to adjust all the aux sends individually. Here is a link to the manual for that mixer. It has...

So, if the signal is going post fader to the aux out, are both the fader and the aux send control effecting how much signal is reaching the aux out? Yes Are there two signals at this point? In other words, did the signal get split after the channel fader so that one signal is going to the aux out a...

Aux sends can also be used to create headphones mixes by connecting the aux output to a headphones amp. The aux outputs can be used to send any signal or mix of signals out of the mixer for any reason you can think of. they can be used for effects sends, monitor mixes, to feed a recording device, et...

Another way to get that spike is to hit record and then plug the guitar in. The pop you get from plugging the cable in is perfect for this.

They use the entire shoulder (side) of the stick, not the bead that's not the problem, that's how i play, and it's fine. it's just a matter of hitting the cymbals too hard relative to the drums. Or having the cymbals too low and too close to the tom mics. Editing is usually the best way to get arou...

Why don't you just pay a competent ME to master your album? There are some with nice tape machines that could transfer your mixes on to them for the effect you are looking for. It's not that the cassette won't have an effect on your mixes, but if you are attempting to get a professional sounding ana...

The pre-processing stage is not a limiter, or at least not the same kind that the end stage limiter is. It sounds more like an inflator, a processor that brings up lower level stuff without changing the peak level. The idea behind that is to get the level up without clipping off the peaks or making ...

vvv wrote:Naw, easy. You use a cable with a stereo (TSS) 1/4" jack on on end that splits into two conventional (TRS) 1/4" jacks on the other, often sold labeled as "insert cables".

Probably just a brain fart, but you have that backwards. It's a TRS that splits into two TS 1/4 inch connectors.

Yeah, if you can't tell a difference, you should use a second reference mic to check phase. Put the capsules together... Described in my post above :) Yes, but why? If you can't tell the difference (which you shouldn't be able to) there is no point in checking it. Of course, with your method, it as...

Most radio stations have a phase rotator (an all-pass filter very much like the IBP thing, I suspect) which shifts each different frequency by a different amount and can help to "symmetrify" some voices and make them soundly subtly bigger and fuller. It also opens up some headroom and can help a co...

Some people have a voice that, if you look at the waveform, has more energy in one direction than it does in another. Depending on what else is going on in the mix, it is very possible that flipping the polarity could make the vocals stick out more against the music. Horns tend to have this same sor...

The cheaper TC electronics stuff sounds really good and is very clean. The cheaper Lexicon stuff is pretty good, if you like Lexicon reverbs (I do). If you are using a DAW, plugins are the way to go. Lexicon makes a hardware unit that connects to your computer and can be inserted as a plugin in your...

Some people's voices just have more push in one direction than another. If it sounds good, it is good.

Insert a delay on the guitar track and just delay it 1ms and see if that sounds better. If not, 2ms and so on.

I think your main problem is you don't have any standard to calibrate anything to. The signal generator in the studer isn't putting out a line level signal. Since you don't know what level the signal is, you can't use it to calibrate anything. Now that you know a 0dbVU signal is a -17dbFS signal, se...