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Message |
| Topic: Home-made demo |
tyCobb
Replies: 3
Views: 446
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Forum: Song & Mix Critique
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:31 pm Subject: Home-made demo |
Hi everyone,
My bandmates and I have finally finished our first demo of nine home-recorded songs. We had fun learning what goes into recording and mixing a CD, and eventhough there are some mistake ... |
| Topic: Converting AIFF files to WAV? |
tyCobb
Replies: 7
Views: 818
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Forum: Mastering Sound Forum
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:09 am Subject: Converting AIFF files to WAV? |
| That would be great hueseph, only because I wouldn't want to select a bad download or something. If it's a safe software download, I'm all for it, but I just don't want to ruin anything--be it the fil ... |
| Topic: Converting AIFF files to WAV? |
tyCobb
Replies: 7
Views: 818
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Forum: Mastering Sound Forum
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:27 am Subject: Converting AIFF files to WAV? |
hueseph,
I haven't tried that yet because the drummer owns the MacBook and takes the computer back to his place after practice...Interesting idea, though.
Like I said earlier, I wouldn't be comp ... |
| Topic: Converting AIFF files to WAV? |
tyCobb
Replies: 7
Views: 818
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Forum: Mastering Sound Forum
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:55 am Subject: Converting AIFF files to WAV? |
Michael,
I'd be willing to purchase a good disc-burning program in order to accomplish this. What would you recommend and where would I be able to find it?
Thanks,
Dan |
| Topic: Converting AIFF files to WAV? |
tyCobb
Replies: 7
Views: 818
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Forum: Mastering Sound Forum
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:03 am Subject: Converting AIFF files to WAV? |
Hi everyone,
My bandmates and I have just finished the first mixdown of nine recordings and would like to place them all onto a cd in order to listen to them on other systems and judge what needs t ... |
| Topic: Learning to Mix |
tyCobb
Replies: 8
Views: 1069
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Forum: Recording Forum
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 3:30 pm Subject: Learning to Mix |
UncleBob,
Your coments were very helpful, thanks a boat load. Another newbie question:
When you say "carve a hole," in relation to an instrument occupying its own frequency range, is this anythin ... |
| Topic: Learning to Mix |
tyCobb
Replies: 8
Views: 1069
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Forum: Recording Forum
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:48 am Subject: Learning to Mix |
mwa,
It comes down to consistency, I guess. Some of my mixes will be good, while others will be muddy or phony-sounding. I suppose some of this can be attributed to not having the greatest guitar/bas ... |
| Topic: Learning to Mix |
tyCobb
Replies: 8
Views: 1069
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Forum: Recording Forum
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 7:26 am Subject: Learning to Mix |
With all the tracks recorded for my band's first demo, six on Garageband, three on Cubase (unfortunatley we found about Cubase later), we are now ready to mix.
The problem is, though, none of us re ... |
| Topic: Vocal Monitors |
tyCobb
Replies: 0
Views: 570
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Forum: Mixing Live Sound
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:51 am Subject: Vocal Monitors |
Hey all,
This isn't really a question about recording per-say, however I'm looking to purchase a vocal monitor for practicing with the band (in the basement), and playing out live. I've been saving u ... |
| Topic: Vocal Recording Problems |
tyCobb
Replies: 53
Views: 7396
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Forum: Vocal Booth
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:02 pm Subject: Vocal Recording Problems |
Thanks for the suggestions, bent, I'll give them a whirl!
One more thing:
Sing into it up close (within an inch or two with a spit screen separating you), have the mic pointed at your mouth, an ... |
| Topic: Vocal Recording Problems |
tyCobb
Replies: 53
Views: 7396
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Forum: Vocal Booth
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:08 pm Subject: Vocal Recording Problems |
I'm sorry and I don't mean to sound rude (though it may come across that way) but I honestly chuckled pretty hard when I read the first part of your post.
Mics don't alter the intonation of a part. ... |
| Topic: Vocal Recording Problems |
tyCobb
Replies: 53
Views: 7396
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Forum: Vocal Booth
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:33 am Subject: Vocal Recording Problems |
Hey everyone,
I'm having some problems regarding recording vocals, they are:
-Vocals sound on-pitch/in tune with music heard through headphones (Sennheiser HD280 Pro Closed-Backs), but when play ... |
| Topic: Why is everything sounding better through headphones? |
tyCobb
Replies: 7
Views: 812
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Forum: Recording Forum
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:36 am Subject: Why is everything sounding better through headphones? |
| I'm using a pair of Sennheiser HD280 Pro Closed-Back Headphones and what I'm experiencing is after finding mic placement/settings and levels for all instruments (inc. guitars, bass, drums, even vocals ... |
| Topic: How do you get a good bass sound? |
tyCobb
Replies: 17
Views: 2481
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Forum: Recording Forum
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:18 pm Subject: How do you get a good bass sound? |
Hi, a bandmate of mine has been recording bass on a good fender through a decent head/cab setup. We're unsure of a few things such as:
1. what are good mics for recording bass guitar? We have sm57' ... |
| Topic: Doubling Lead Vocals? |
tyCobb
Replies: 37
Views: 6889
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Forum: Vocal Booth
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:35 pm Subject: Doubling Lead Vocals? |
I agree with you Glide.
Thanks Remy for all your help.
By the way--you hit the nail on the head with singers using doubled vocals to make them sound more in pitch (it's kind of what I do because ... |
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