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Using a good pair of Headphones

I use the Sony MDR7506 headphones when tracking. The 7506's have been the mainstay in my studio for some time now. I'm starting to think otherwise about the overall performance of these things. Not saying they're not good phones but are they better than anything else on the market. I see some opt for a pair of AKGs or Sennheisers. Are there anyother good brands that I don't know about?

Recording under short notice and pressure

This past weekend I took on a project which consisted of learning, arranging and recording the music for a friend in as little as 4 days. And get this, the vocal session was scheduled the day before the project deadline. So during the vocal session we tracked & stacked the voices in 3 part harmony (3 tracks per part). Everything went as planned.

L1

ok, to start out i'm making r&b and other urban type tracks. I have L1+ultramaximizer and use c1 for compression. I started this track, first eqed, then compressed just using the attack and release till it sounded good for each instrument...now, is the ratio and threshold more for controlling the volume or for balancing the sound to how you want it?