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1). Depends on what sort of thing you want to be doing. 2). Bobby Owsinski Recording Engineers Handbook, as well as his Mixing Engineers handbook, both well worth absorbing. 3). Again dependant on what you ant to do. I recommend learning the basics of what sound is, how we perceive it at a basic sci...

That's a great video, a huge difference to a room that most consider "hopeless". I am thinking about making QRD wood diffusers for lower down on the wall surfaces, with poly diffusion up higher above where *most* mics will ever be in my space. Is using a combination a bad idea at all? I would also l...

I work the same way pretty much every time I work, not musically, but organisationally. All on one monitor initially; -set general levels -pan around to align phase and set basic directionality of instruments -adjust levels whilst notch EQing pockets for things to shine through Go to two monitors; -...

That's a great video, a huge difference to a room that most consider "hopeless". I am thinking about making QRD wood diffusers for lower down on the wall surfaces, with poly diffusion up higher above where *most* mics will ever be in my space. Is using a combination a bad idea at all? I would also l...

Hi Ethan I have already looked at your website in detail, and came to the conclusion that the Poly is a lot easier, and cheaper to make. If the space is too small to use Poly diffusion effectively (which i believe it is), I will have to work out some QRD diffusers for the space I am in. I guess it i...

A very quick question, is there a lower limit to the size of the room Poly Diffusers are effective in? I have a double garage that I am converting in to a live room and am currently looking in to types of diffusion to use. The poly seems to be easy and cheap to make, but maybe my space is too small ...

This addresses the room sound as opposed to the weird phase, which sadly cannot be fixed. Boxiness is usually found around the 200-250hz mark, with a narrow Q take 6-10dB out of the vocal. This could make it sound a little less like it was recorded in a "beer bottle". Sadly everything you do is goin...

No advice here, just sorry to hear it, it really is the minority that ruin it for everyone else. Good luck and keep us posted on how it goes.

Sorry Wlouch, I thought you weren't interested. If I see one somewhere else, I'll send you a message to let you know. Just one of those unfortunate instances. Don't stress yourself, I am buying 2 new fairly soon unless I happen to see used ones, so no worries. Sorry to have wasted your time, glad i...

Typical. I messaged a while back about it and since then my computer broke, had to buy a new one

Sorry about that, glad its sold though great pre.

I'd honestly like to fig. out the best way to saturate just the upper mids/highs, and leave the low end clean. I've tried doubling the tracks and using HPF/LPF as a sort of crossover, but it never sounds right. Multiple sources on the bass cab. Get one mic for the lows and one for the highs, or at ...

I usually tackle guitars and bass from 4 directions. 1. DI 2. A dark mic that loves low notes and has a nice round character, such as a ribbon. 3. Then I have a small diaphragm condenser (or brighter mic) the same distance away as the ribbon or darker mic. Usually placed in a naturally brighter part...

I spend a disgusting amount of time on tuning, placing of kit and mics, so...

Extreme isolation headphones, noted....very very noted.

To be honest, I am in the market for a pair of these right now, I was looking for a pair of something like this without even knowing it. Sold.

For me the overheads are the entire image of the kit, the close mics purely as reinforcement. I am a big fan of natural sounding drums, so the less close mic in the mix the more effective ambience and stereo imaging pairs are going to be. I usually do a stereo pair of room mics, as well as a couple ...

Thanks for your reply. The evolution part was in regards to the way in which we perceive sound as opposed to how we have evolved hearing recordings or music even. I am strictly talking how we hear in nature, how we once used our hearing to locate things whilst hunting and the like. Hearing was once ...