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This is how I do it: get my isolation headphones on and listen to the mic while I position it. A lot of times the mic ends up roughly at the bridge with some distance to capture the lot. Isolation headphones take the trial-and-error guesswork out of the question. If there's slap going on, a second m...

I built an buildyourownclone tubescreamer clone, the nice thing is you have options and can tailor it to your needs. I built mine so it's not so mid-peaky.
It might be the thing you are looking for.

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/overdrive2.html

For me, the make or break would be how the phase of the room mic and the rest combines, no matter if you "pull" them closer or further. If you lowcut your room mic there can be times it doesn't make a difference because the signals get decorrelated enough. Look for a phase adjuster plugin or the Lit...

You can use everything... as long as it's transformer isolated. Anyway, give it a try. If there's hum you know you need a transformer.

I think it's great! I can't see how this would take away work from us. Those who are serious will need professional help anyway and those who don't know or don't give a toss won't need to bug us.

I can't speak for one of Sebastians preamps, but I had a Sebatron LA2A / Pulteq clone for a while, which was great. Pre series and wiring a bit casual, but it was one of those boxes which did everything make sound better. So congrats on your pre!

The 4047 should do the job fine.

Get a splitter, like the LittleLabs PCP distro or the palmer http://www.palmer-germany.com/85-1-pga03.html which have a transformer split (no hum! no trouble!). Make sure the signal hits both mics at exactly the same time, so you dont run into phase trouble. Now you can run one amp clean, the other ...

In western civilisation, this topic is bound to met with ... mixed reactions. To cut it short: if you want hard facts you have to talk to people from india and assorted eastern civilisations. They have a few thousand years of empirical data on this, a living tradition and are as scientific as you wa...

Try some preproduction, before they hit your studio, work with them at their rehearsals, have them try to find the right tempo for each song, not to slave to a click, but to see which bpm has the right feel for each song. Find the tempo they play now, try one or two faster or slower, maybe even slow...

Beyer M88, you can't go wrong with it. Did you ever try to get isolation headphones and listen to the mic, while you position it? Takes all the guesswork out of it. Or rest your feet on the console in the control room as you yell at your assistant in the live room, while the girl from the lobby brin...

For a deep bass tone...the right instrument helps a lot. A stingray "reaches deeper" than a Fender jazz or a precision. If it's not there, because of the instrument, sometimes ridiculous ammounts of eq will be needed. Just don't tell anybody. So this is how I go about recording bass, not to say I'm ...