I was on Al Schmitt's forum and I noticed one statement which really caught my attention, and I wanna quote it, and then talk about the implications. He said,

"After the orchestra finished, we do some solo overdubs with flute and harmonica (which we end up not using) as well as vocals."

Hi,

All,

I've looked on the web, but have had trouble finding what I'm looking for. Basically I'm mixing a song and want to add the sound of the ocean/beach (waves, seagulls, etc) at the beginning and end, but I really don't want to go to the beach to record it myself. I probably need at least 10-15 seconds before and after the song.

Did any of you that went to the AES Convention check out the OWL-System Nearfield Monitor put out by Embracing Sound Experience? If so, how did it sound? The design that they have looks real interesting.

http://www.emes.de/pageseng/products/eowl/owldef.html

Coz

hi, I am planing to buy a mixing console for my project studio. I would like to have nice mic preamps, great EQs, and nice sound qualitues around $1000. I am currently looking at soundcraft M series, yet I haven't made up my mind yet. please let me know what would be my possible choice. thanx

I am having problems with noise ! My recording is on vocal tracer dictation. Recording (man speach interview) has a lot of noise, so I am wondering would be the Digidesigns BNR noise reduction or Ionizer good to solve the problem. If any body knows how to use this noise reductions plugins please let me know what is the best setup, or what shuld I use for clean this ugly noise!

Hi folks.

I hope this isn't impolitic. I'll keep it brief.

I'm selling my Neve Melbourn 12x2 mixer.

For details email me: whynot@well.com

Thanks, that is all...

John

Here is an email question I received from a friendly reader of the RO forums. Before I give my opinion, I think it would be helpful for him to hear some other opinions as well. Anyone want to chime in here and help him out?

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Hi Jon,

Still searching for the affordable durable quality mixer setup, needs to be muy portable. I need good quality mic preamps, which may not come with a mixer meeting the other criteria, so I'm looking at line mixers. The Speck looks like a class act, but way too many little awkward concentric knobs and cramped controls. Amazing routing possibilities.

Any body have any tips on carving out a nice, tight, punchy bottom end during Mastering? Is it a function of EQ? Multi-band compression? Both? Something else?

Also, regarding M/B Compression:
How do different attack/release settings affect the different freq. bands?

Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.