I have a dead room with 7' ceilings. My current AKG C1000's seem harsh and brittle on the hats and cymbals.

Is there something that would give me a noticeably smother and rounder sound for under 1k/pair? And would stepping up another price level make a drastic difference?

There's a concept at work out there, that if you think about it, makes some sense. At least to me it does.

Hi all,

Its time to expand the mic collection.

Current inventory includes:
4 Shure SM57s
4 Shure SM58s
2 AKG C1000Ss
1 AKG D112

I am looking to add 2 small diaphragm condensers, 2 large diaphragm dynamics, and 2 large diaphragm condensers all for a budget of $1500.

I am considering the following:

Hi I'm working on a choir-project and would be glad to get some tips of microphone placement.
I'm using 2 Neumann U87 as nearfield and a peral stereomic as ambience and it's the nearfield that I'm asking about.
Please answer to my emal: music_pal@yahoo.com

I have a 16 bit 48K session and instead of bouncing it to disk, I want to try to record it directly to a CD, via S/PDIF out into a Phillips CD burner. Is there a way to do this? Like a "dithering" for sampling rate? What do you guys recommend quality wise?

okay okay,

I'm interested in finding mastering software that won't break the bank. I have looked at Sonic Solutions SonicStudio HD but there seem to be no retailers selling it. I also looked at T racks and a couple of others. I'm using a PC with Sonic Foundry Sound Forge and Cool Edit now. What I need is a good two track mastering program...and advice or suggestion would be appreciated.

I'm working in Pro Tools TDM, would like to invest in outboard compression for the mix bus. Or a plugin ? (prefer outboard that could be used for other things) Any suggestions appreciated. Craig

i've got a full digital performer set up and i'm familiar with most of the DAWs out there for mixing.

what are some of the mastering software available for mac? any free demo downloads? i just want something that give me a nice spectral analyzer and allows me to jump all around all the tracks testing different parts.

Hi,

I was curious regarding the Bass roll off switch.

For regular mixing I keep the Bass freq switch in the middle. For playback I will switch it to 37Hz.

It of course has the NS-10 simulation roll off as well at respectfuly 80Hz.

My qestion is should I be mixing in the standard setting at 47Hz, or use the more trastic 80Hz?