I have six mics on drums in PTLE. I use the expander/gate plugin on each track except the two cond overheads to narrow down just the snare or kick or toms, etc. First, off is that what most of you pro's do to get that separation?

I just got a BFG Geforce 5600 with 256mb of ram for my DAW. I am wanting to run 2 monitors but have never set one up. Can someone give me a little more information on how this works and how I need to go about setting it up. I have the DVI-VGA adapter as well. My assumption is that I can just plugin 2 monitors and set it up in the Nvidia control panel. Any info would help.

Hi all,

I am currently interning at a studio part time and I am planning on doing music fulltime. I'm going to quit my current day job and try for at least 1 year. I would like to call myself a music producer. I do have a small studio (at home) and I would like to take some work professionally.

Where do you think I should go? to NY or LA? and why?

Not one of the usual topics, but have any of you guys got any tips for some neat unobtrusive CD shelves for the study, lounge. I am trying to avoid the normal bulky chipboard MDF type bookcases, and want to go for minimal brackets and perhaps glass or thin shelves, so that the CD's stand out, not the shelves.

This should be an easy one.

When applying compression and/or effects...is there a correct order? (i.e. Compression before/after reverb)

Hi RO members

Silly, I know.. but I found it most unhelpful to find no instructions in the box of how the 5point bass roll-off feature worked.

Can anyone enlighten me? One end says S and the other M with three points in between.

Hi all

I'm starting to get some practise on on-location recording,
but I feel a bit intimidated by my next project.

I'm asked to record a choir (55 people) in a large church

I know a little bit about home recording and have gotten some decent sounds, but I don't know very much about mic preamps. Right now I'm using an mbox. I am looking into getting a Royer R-121but don't know if the mbox preamps are good enough. If they aren't, could you recommend something for under $500 that would give good results.

How do I transfer audio from my Sony PCM-M1 to my Toshiba laptop? Do I need special software or hardware? Just connecting with 1/8 inchers isn't bringing up anything--I mean, I hear the audio, but nothing shows the capacity to record--I have Windows Media Player, Real Player, etc.

Any tips?

Thanks so much for your time.

I've heard a lot of different limiters used on the master (Manley being my favorite) but I'd like to know if anyone here is using that same limiter or compressor on let's say drum OH's. This does not by any means have to be a Manley, and under $2500 would be preferable.

-Thanks
Jeremy