For the past few months I've been mixing hip hop for some friends of mine. i have experience mostly with rock so i referenced quite a few brand new, mainstream hip hop albums. This is where my questions lie:
1. It seems as though almost all( if not all ) of the instrumentation/vocals are panned dead center, w/ the exception of chorus background vocals. Am I wrong?

I have just bought and installed Duende. The Installation seems to be ok.

My problem is that Cubase 4 does not show the SSL Plugins. I recognized that I have to move the DLL's manually to the Cubase VST folder, but it did not help. I even tried different positions within the VST folder, in sub-folders and directly in the VST root folder.

Ken -

I'm curious about something regarding my 2.5i's. For a while, I had them bi-amped using 4 of the 5 channels from a Rotel Amp. I recently purchased a B&K amp (2 Channel) to complement my setup and went to bi-wire. I really prefer the sound of the biamping however (it seems to have a more present/full mid/low-mid that way).

hey guys...My name is Abe. First time poster, first day member, long time reader. .haha, don't ask me why it took so long. i guess i finally just have a question i haven't read thoroughly about on here...

I will be needing to get a bit used to working with Pro Tools. I now work with a Yamaha 01v96 and Cubase SX3 with mLAN. My two questions are:

1. I see no "just software" package of Pro Tools. Does that exist?
2. Will Pro Tools work with mLAN? Anybody have that setup?

So I'm towards the end of tracking my first pro tools LE session with my band. We're up to 27 tracks with just a few backup vocals ahead. Up until now everything has been fine but yesterday when I fired up the session I started hearing these clicks and pops at random times while the session is open.

I have a 001 and am about to upgrade to a 002 in order to use PT 7.

I have yet to buy any plugins since upgrading to PT 6 a couple years ago.

What are the most popular plugins that are being used as far as EQs, Comps, Gates, and Amp modelers?

I guess what I'm asking is what would you guys purchase?

Any specific bundles?

Thanx, Jeremy

ok, so I've always coverted my sh*t to constant bitrate 320kbps 44khz

variable just didn't sound like it would be better because I associate the word with being inconsitent.

but I decided to look into it today for the hell of it and read that variable is actualy better quality and only choose constant bitrate if you want to keep the file size smaller. .

can someone explain how i get rid of the ground loop hum created when i plug my preamp into my interface. i assume this is what i'm experiencing. the preamp is powered by a 2 prong wall wort. the interface is usb bus powered.

i've read that i have to lift the groung from one end of the chain and not the other but i don't know how to do that.

Everytime I record the drums, I always get this nasty ring coming out of the snare, and whenever I mix, it's always difficult to get the right EQ settings to remove this "ring." If someone could please help me with this issue, I'd greatly appreciate it!

PS. I used two SM57's on the snare and they're placed on the top and bottom.

Thank you!