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not bad, pull back the snare though...

don't know if these songs are mixed or not. but you sound good. I like the guitar work alot.

I design mixing boards and guitar amps for Mackie and EAW for a living. Like someone said before, the mackie onyx 800R is a great interface, there isn't a mic pre that will touch it anywhere in its price range, but you need something on your computer that has ADAT ins.

The other small mackie onyx boards are great, but the firewire interface for them isn't quite up to the same caliber. You'd be better off to go out the main outs into a little M-audio interface, or similar. Regardless, make sure you get something with good mic pres....bad mic pres will kill any chance of getting a decent sound.

As far as sample rate goes, keep in mind that there's a lot more to it than just "faster is better", and for almost all cheap/medium priced interfaces, you'll get better audio quality at 48K than at 96K. It's true.

For microphones, 80% of rock guitars are tracked using an SM57, and a Sennheiser 421 together. Put the SM57 about 3-4" away from the edge of the speaker voice coil, about 15 degrees off axis (the voice coil is the small round "lobe" in the middle of the speaker). Move it around while listening through headphones to find the "sweet" spot.

Now hook the 421 up on a separate channel, and flip the phase. What you want to do here is find the ideal location for the 421 relative to where you mounted the SM57. Mix the SM57 signal and the flipped 421 signal together and listen to it though a pair of headphones. Now with the guitar playing, move it the 421 around until you find the spot where it cancels the 57 signal as much of possible. Once you find that spot, mount the 421 there and un-flip the phase. Voila, the spot of maximum cancellation has now become the spot of maximum addition (and balls) for the two mics together.

I don't care if you design boards for a living, I've never been fan of mackie stuff. But your suggestion is way out of topic dude!!!

the Mackie Pre is what, 1000 bucks, the sennheiser is another 400 bucks, if you're gonna use anything for ADAT it has to be the M-Audio Lightpipe thingy that takes what, 32 channel? ooops.... you're lookn at 2000 dollars!!!!!! and what on GODS earth does he need 8 fucking channels for??????

for that price I'd get an Apogee Ensemble. it has better converters than all above, and it sure as fuck has WAY better pres than the mackie!!

Second of all, the guy is recording his guitar at HOME!!! he's not doing fucking overdubs!!!!

An SM57 and a cheap M-Audio card will do. any cheap card will do. aslong as it's in the "project studio" range. or around 150-350 bucks.

And for the same amount of money that you are suggesting, why not go for the Apogee Mini-Me? It has WAY better converters than the Mackie, helluva lot better preamps and it even comes with an EQ and Compressor. Though the EQ and Compressor is a bit limited. it's 1000 bucks and you'll get a far better result for less money. Also for a newbie miking up his guitar cab at home, the stereo recording can be a hassle. you know this! so why do you even advise him to do double mike his cabinet? he is most likely in an enviroment where he won't have the luxury of doing A-Bing since his cab is screaming in his bedroom.

GET REAL DUDE!!! Though this is a personal taste, the Sennheiser 421 SUCKS for guitars, and I don't know what idiot told u this, but it's NOT often used in studios double miked with the 57!

and don't forget to bounce it to MP3 :xmasssanta:

get an maudio card or an mbox. whatever sound program you choose will be good..... Logic, Pro Tools, Cubase, Sonar, Digital Performer, etc etc

they are all good DAWs... then you need an interface, or a soundcard. maudio has good ones. they have the best converters compared to price.

check into EMU cards, they are supposed to have good converters aswell. other than that Pro Tools will only work on Digidesign or M-Audio approved gear. If you want killer converters and preamps. Go Apogee Mini-Me. GREAT converters, it'll get you in the ballpark of what most pro studios have.

ass for miking, just get an SM57.

Even an Maudio Solo or Maudio 410 with an SM7 will give you GREAT sound compared to the shitty built in stuff.

If you want to use your built in shit, then don't bother to post for more questions.

uhm... to be honest, I suggest you get ezdrummer

www.toontrack.com

it's not expensive, and it's EASY to use. it has great samples aswell

there are around 100000 posts on this, use the SEARCH function please.

there is no BEST brand. it all depends on the situation, the venue and the application. Singers sing differently just like gutiars play differently. just like there is no "the best guitar". Sure, there are brands and makes that suck. just like some guitars do.

The SM 58 and Beta 58 are both proven workhorses, easy to EQ for live applications. And both can be good for studio use.

Senneheiser, Audix and Neumann are other good brands. Many artists use these brands.

Shure also have different mikes than the 58s, there is the 87, which is more suitable for bigger venues. As it is super sensitive and can give you feedback problems on a smaller venue. Though it is brighter and perhaps has a bit more top end to some singers likings. It is often prefered by female vocalists.

I suggest you go to your local music shop and ask to borrow a few mikes. Or try them out in their shop.

Audix IMHO is good for small venue accoustic stuff. it has a warmer sound than the Shures. But it can be a bit on the dark side and is less transparent than Shure. I honestly don't have much experience with Senneheiser nor Neumann. But techs I've talked with say they are less versatile than Shure SM and Beta.

If you want a proven workhorse Shure SM58 or Beta 58 is the way to go. Beta 58 is a bit brighter in the top, and a tad more transparent.

If you want to find the right vocal mic for YOU! then you need to try them out. I'm sure there are better mics for your voice than SM or Beta 58 if you wanna spend the time and money to try them out. Also, you won't be needing all these speciality mics if you don't have a good sound guy.

If you get a decent solid state (non-tube) cranked loud enough you'll get a decent sound out of it. Most amps get their best sound in their upper register of volume.

non tube amps don't have the same dynamics as the tube ones. what you just said doesn't make sense.

TUBE amps sound better in the upper register of volume as you said. In other words, you need to crank it up to get the tubes warm.

A solid state amp doesn't have to be cranked up to get the tubes warm, cus it doesn't have tubes... simple as tht...

you are asking a stupid question, and what do we know, or the ppl on this forum. whatever ppl here think doesn't really matter.

if u wanna do it, then do it.

no, stereo recording will give audio in ONE speaker. Mono will give sound in both speakers.

why? cus I'm sure the guy doesn't dual mike the cabinet when he records straight through the mini jack of the computer.

hence, the one channel he has will be thrown left OR right when he is recording in stereo.

when he records on mono the one signal will be splitted. common engineering knowledge Santana! I thought you knew!

You're right. I totally got my shit backwards today.

I know! just having fun with ya tonight hehe

Sounds like you might be recording some tracks in stereo, and some in mono. Stereo will get you sound out of both channels.

no, stereo recording will give audio in ONE speaker. Mono will give sound in both speakers.

why? cus I'm sure the guy doesn't dual mike the cabinet when he records straight through the mini jack of the computer.

hence, the one channel he has will be thrown left OR right when he is recording in stereo.

when he records on mono the one signal will be splitted. common engineering knowledge Santana! I thought you knew!

Sounds like you might be recording some tracks in stereo, and some in mono. Stereo will get you sound out of both channels.

Nope, trust me, they are all in stereo I have recorded some in mono, but when I want it in stereo, I sometimes get that the Left channel has the sound and the Right just has fuzz...

What DAW are you using? what OS are you running?

check your settings in System Prefs if you are running OSX, check control panel and audio devices if XP.

See if you have panned the inputs or the recording channel in use.

Check the panning in your DAW.

I am sure you are recording in STEREO, hence sound in only one channel. Pro Tools goes MONO by default. While Garageband goes Stereo by default.

There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with your hardware. My guess is the problem is between the chair and the keyboard.

thanks guys always room for improvement though

thanks guys!

here is the link to the songs, they will be there forever..

http://homepage.mac.com/teddy07x

BROTHERS: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...223091125EC6A46

EASILY RED: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...F50B851693A8BA4

EXIT: http://download.yousendit.com/3D064FB23305E577

I DON'T KNOW: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...A2853FD6E3A5447

I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU: AHA COVER

http://download.yousendit.com/6B36046A3685D0BD

SEVEN:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...5C205ED3EF89A0C

OK! it's uploading now!

FIRST SONG: EASILY RED

SECOND SONG: EXIT

THIRD SONG: BROTHERS

FOURTH SONG: I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU (A-HA COVER)

FIFTH SONG: SEVEN

SIXTH SONG: I DON'T KNOW

we're done recording today, just done wrapping up the ROUGH mixes. No, it hasn't been mixed NOR mastered yet...

if any of you guys want to hear the songs just let me know, I'll post em here....

to those of you who have posted on my/our music before, post again. if you wanna hear it, I'll post it

Ted

I'm speechless.....

ty :xmassrudolph:

thanks yall!

broken, sorry, the blues, there was a time, sounds like a potentially mehelencholy album...

LOL!

Love it.

thanks mate

I remember reading Anthony Kiedis' autobiography (scar tissue)...He said he used a voice coach who's claim to fame was working with Axl Rose prior to AFD...I'm kinda drunk at the moment and can't be bothered to look up the name..

she did

Axl Rose DID attend vocal training, with several coaches as a matter of fact.

He saw Gloria Bennet PRE appetite, after Geffen signed dem, Geffen sent him to Ms. Bennet for voice training. He trained with her for a year. She also received a copy of the platinum for her work with Axl.

Axl also saw another coach for screaming techniques. I don't know his or her name. This was also prior to AFD.

(And this is not b.s cus I know Gloria) she's crazy anyways....

He has since then seen Elizabeth Sabine. (she's another fucked up wacko and teaches bullshit).

And he has seen a famous coach, GARY CATONA who trained Usher and alot of other star singers.

He has had another coach during the Illusion days also. I don't know his name though.

www.myspace.com/millmoor

tell me what you think

what if we make a server where we can post and listen to eachothers creations? instead of uploading it all to yousendit etc etc?

myspace is a good place, then again they don't allow covers...