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Removing plosives in a mix

Hi all. I was wondering something about plosives. I've got a couple of them at the beginning of a song and they're fairly minor and weak so I think I'm going to try to compress them or EQ them out - but out of curiousity, can anyone tell me if mastering will be able to help. I've heard that they're sometimes better handled by a good mastering engineer. Any comments?

Which Mac for Pro Tools?

I am planning on buying a Mac laptop to run Pro Tools on. I know that I need an extra drive which I will add via firewire. Which Mac will work the best? I am thinking I should get it with a recordable DVD and CD drive. I will interface the computer via an MBox. I have always used PC but I think it might be wise to switch over to the Mac system to run Pro Tools.

Recording Dilemma

Hi...digital music beginner here...basically, i'm trying to do a rough recording of vocals on my laptop...I initially tried it with my computer microphone but thee quality was pathetic...so i went out and bought a Shure 58 mic and an ART Studio V3 Mic Pre-amp...now here's my problem...my Mic Pre-amp out is 1/4 inch, which i've converted to an 1/8 inch using a connector since my mic input into t

importing into Sonar 2.2XL

Ive been using FL Studio to create beats for my songs and importing them into songs in Sonar 2.2XL. But after importing a few waves, Sonar will start to speed up the wave while importing. if I try the same beat in mp3 format instead it will import at the right tempo but will add loud "pops". I tried playing the same files in winamp with no problems.

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