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I have an EV 630; looks like this:

http://www.oaktreeent.com/web_photos/mi ... _43302.jpg

I think it's fantastic for adding dirt to guitars and vocals.

Pearl Maple free-floaters are excellent snares. I have a 3.5x14 that sounds like a really nice steel snare with less crack. The 5x14 will give you a great solid "rock" sound. They're right in the $300 range. The Pearl Reference series are also very highly regarded but they run for about $600 and I d...

I posted it in another thread, but you may want to take a look at this: http://www.soundonsound.com/pdfs/ns10m.pdf It's a research paper about the NS-10Ms but they analyze 35 other monitors. They graph frequency response, harmonic distortion, step response, and waterfall for all 36. It's quite usefu...

I don't know if people have already seen it but it was informative enough that I thought it could use mentioning again. We all know how popular (and controversial) the NS-10Ms, so we won't get into that. The paper aims to identify why they are so popular. They do some pretty extensive readings on 36...

I listened to the track before posting and as some others have speculated, it sounds like the bass is missing mids/highs. You've got plenty of low end but no body. It sounds like you have it low-passed. I second the 3db bump (or cut in the other tracks) at key frequencies. As I said before, 800 Hz s...

I'm not expert but what seems to work well for me is to make a slight hole in the mix at 800 Hz for the mid range of the bass to come through. I think I picked up that tidbit in a recording magazine a few years ago. It never hurts to try

Peace,
Bryan

I bought a set like this at Walmart a few years ago:

http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(hit02 ... GoogleBase

The have the hole in the center for the security screws

I have a set of Evans EQ3 with a 6" vent and an Evans EQ Pad resting ever so lightly against my reso. Sounds great to me.

Edit: Oops, just noticed that this post is a few days old; sorry

ahh, okay. Thanks for clarifying. I'll pass. Good luck!

By Yamaha 1604 do you mean 16/4? If so, I'm in.