Well I'm sure this one has been asked a billion times, but, I've just mixed an album and copied the songs onto my computer, nearly ready to burn to CD. Are there any tips or tricks I could employ with the EQ or compression to add the finishing 'fairy dust' to make the songs sound as professional as possible.

i am looking for a vocal mic preamp in the $400 to $800 range. i will be running a studio projects c1 mic through it.

right now iam thinking Focusrite voicemaster or Joemeek vc1Q. thanks

running on MOTU 828 to dp3. if that helps.

Fletcher on a trip over to the UK said (while we were looking at one being repaired at Funky Junk UK), that the compressor on the EMI console was perhaps of his favorite ever.. That got my attention!

Chandler seems to be making copies, and damn! dont they look cool!

:)

How many of you feel your business has been adversely affected since September? Have you been successful with any strategies to bring bookings back in (ie rate cuts, etc)?

Have you heard an all in one box or one the computer based DAWs that sound good enough to compete with pro level gear.
Am I supposed to believe that a $150 PreSonus and a roland VX890 is supposed to compare to an Oxford console and whatever the pros use to record?
How about the boxes like the Mackie md24 et al

I know I can get a digital 8 track recorder, say BOSS for about $800 Can. and a decent condenser mic for upwards of $200,and I would have to get a CD burner unit for a few hun more at least.
But how does it differ from a computer set up built solely for audio recording, mixing?

Thought I'd share:

My brother and I were working on a track a few days ago and we began to get frustrated and were thinking "this sucks". We stopped for the day and after watching the Grammys (which we thought sucked as well), we thought of just starting a completely new song. It was, at the time, the greatest idea.

"People moving out, people moving in,
Why? Because of the colour of their skin
Run, run, run, but you sure can't hide
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Vote for me and I'll set you free
Rap on brother rap on
Well the only person talking 'bout love is the Preacher,
And it seems nobody's interested in learnin'.

I am 22 and my friend is 19 we have just created a web site of our studio. We would appeciate it if you would check it out and give us some input. Also please listen to the MP3 on the MP3 page and tell us what you think.

Here is the web Site: http://www.mindspring.com/~martyv

Thanks in Advance

Just a note to let folks know that there's a lively discussion of the latest sample libraries at the Northern Sounds forum below: