I've been changing my monitoring levels lately and I'm really liking the results. I'm just wondering what others are monitoring at. My trend in the last year has been lowering my level. I don't have a set level per say, it mostly depends on the type of music but in general it's hovering around 70-80 db.

Greetings everyone! I’m having problems recording my guitar in stereo and hope someone can help me. It’s kind of a long (first) post but I hope you won’t mind.

hey! someone told me I ought to get a preamp in order to reduce the noise in recording instead of a console, since cheap consoles can be noisy. do you agree? what kind should I get if that's the case?

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hi all...it's been a long time since i made a topic on this forum. here i am again with doubts of course.

i start with my system specs

P4 2.4 G FSP 533 HT
MOBO ASUS P4PE SATA and PROMISE CONTR. on board
1 GIG KINGSTON RAM PC 2700
MATROX G550 GR.CARD
WD 40 GB 8 MB CACHE on first IDE bus with XP SP1 and progs installed on it

keeping my connections short in length?
At what length should i worry about using balanced connections?

My setup will be as follows soon:

Mics / Synths / Audio Sources >--> Mixer >-- (unbalanced outs to balanced ins) --> Aardvark LX6 >-- (balanced outs to balanced ins) --> Event TR8XLs

Does anyone know were I could find a some what standard work for hire contract?
Thanks.

I currently use a MOTU 896 with Digital Performer 4 and I am less than happy with the preamps on the 896. I am looking at getting two channels of better quality preamps for recording rock music- guitar, vocals, drums. for less than $500. The PreSonus MP-20 caught my eye. Opinions on this preamp versus getting a DMP-3 or a couple VTB-1's. ?

Thanks.

I was wondering if anyone had any experience with posting free downloads of demos on their websites that are cover songs.

My group is working on a demo CD of jazz and latin standards. Since we will not be selling this particular CD, only giving it away as a sample of us - what are the copyright issues?

What program can I use to mix music.
I want to separate vocals and the rhythm from a music CD
Is there a program easy to uses to make a mash music mix

Ok, my pair of 7506's have been crackling lately. nothing too extreeme though. i only use these headphones to listen to music on my computer because I'm away at school which = not much studio time :( but anyway, what are the symptoms of a 'deadphone'? thanks.