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I think some questions about treatment came up because a few hundred dollars for workhorse monitors and a couple hundred dollars on treatment might get you farther than $1,000 on monitors alone. Were you referring of anything specific when mentioning workhorse monitors. totally agree. I think that ...

quote=digitaldrummer post_id=717663 time=1590528313 user_id=6246] any other room treatment? [/quote] Not yet, but I am planning on it.. in the meantime, there's enough wall n corner coverage to disrupt reflections, even some things that will absorb 'em (to some degree) like bookshelfs, mattress, etc...

I need a pair of monitors and I need some help figuring out what the best pair would be for my room. It's shaped like a long rectangle.. 18' L × 10.5' W x 7' H At the end of one side is a closet with a 5' long opening in the middle of a wall. It has a sliding door that can open from either side. I'm...

Unless poor feedback comes in from you guys I think I've decided on Dynaudio BM5 mk III. I've only had cheap 5" monitors in the past. These seem to be the best choice in my price range, as they get a bit cheaper used. How do these handle bass on their own, without a subwoofer? They're supposed to be...

I've been thinking about buying a bass plugin. There are the Waves R-Bass and MAXX Bass type plugins that add to harmonic content to give the illusion of bigger bass, and then there's Submarine, Lowender and bx_subsynth that enhance (I think) and octave below the bass freq it's being fed. I believe ...

Cardioid can be a pretty wide pattern depending on the mic. Fig 8 has the best rejection of any pattern followed by hyper cardioid. The problem with cardioid in this application is that it's null is at the back of the mic. That makes it pretty hard to aim it at your mouth and have the guitar in the...

Embrace it. It can glue the track together so well. If playing and singing is what you do record yourself playing and singing. Singing usually dynamically affects your guitar playing. Trust me, there's NO embracing it.. unless you enjoy annoying string and pick noise in the background of the song. ...

As said by others, a fig 8 mic on the vocal with the null pointed at the guitar is your best bet. a hyper-cardioid mic can work too but not as well. Unfortunately I don't have the cash for another mic. My MCA SP1 is cardioid; It has an off-axis null point. If positioned correctly, would it cut out ...

what about iso booths (for electric guitar) or using fig-8 mics and using the nulls to reduce bleed (in both the acoustic guitar mic and vocal mics)? I wasn't clear if its just string noise that is bleeding in or everything. Ya, I forgot to mention that my electric is going DI, so the vocal mic (I ...

How do you guys go about cutting out the guitar bleeding into the vocal mic? Whether I'm recording with an acoustic or electric, I always have to go back and re-record the vocals. That can get frustrating cuz my best performances come out when I'm playing along w the guitar. Waves makes a plug calle...

I recently realized that every time I add an effect I always go Stereo. Let's take vocals. I'll record a mono vocal track and everything in the chain, EQ (subtractive) -> Compressor -> EQ (additive) and then any time based, modulation, what have you, all Stereo. I feel like I may be cluttering up th...

I've got a blues/rock type band going and we're looking for a spot to record. Anyone familiar with the area and have any suggestions? Thanks.

"He swept through the spectrum in Surgical Mode, finding places where sounds seemed to be gathering during all parts of the song, then cutting a 0.5 to 1 dB from each of those areas." Can you elaborate on this a little more? He was doing it visually (like, with an FFT "spectrum" display)? I'm not a...

I'm looking to buy a couple saturation plugins. From what I've read, certain ones work best when used on specific insturments. I'm interested in grabbing ones that sound best on vocals and the 2bus. I've heard good things about the Waves Kramer Tape plug for vocals, due to the delay it adds when set...

I had a good experience spending a week at Wellspring out in Acton a few years back. I'd love to work there again sometime if for no other reason than to get lobster mac and cheese at this killer restaurant in Lexington again! And it's right near that cool drum shop that's out there, too. Chris Gar...