Anyone here have any idea how a lot of the folks in Nashville doing the newer country material manage to produce such a hard hitting - yet extremely transparent - snare? Does anyone know what mic's/placement/EQ is generally being used? It's driving me batty... Too much compression sounds fake, too much volume kills the transparency, and extreme EQ's just sound bad... Any suggestions?

I just read a *great* article in the February 2002 issue of Sound On Sound magazine regarding pluginsthat raised lots of questions in my mind about how I am currently using them. (I love articles that generate more questions than they answer!)

Sound on Sound is a great magazine (U.K. based). Check them out at:

hello.

I am looking for a synth module for good Orchestral sounds and possibly good drum sounds.
I was looking at a Roland 3080 but am open to suggestions.

Thanks,
Michael

Having problems with all my burners. I have a G3 with both SCSI and Firewire burners. I run both Cubase and PT as my main recording software. The strangest thing started happening the other day when I tried to burn a speech file. The final audio file burned to CD plays back a little slower than the previewed program track.

Hi,

Thought I'd step in the fresh snow and let you know my opinion of the flagship Yamaha sampler, the a5000.

ok, I'm now officially intrigued by this issue.
If anyone out there is an expert on Roland sounds or sound design in general and can clear the fog, I'd like to know the following:

Hi,

I've noticed a little silent space before the selection in the new created file when bouncing to disk. Is it always like that or am I missing something?

I work in a radio station and exact amount of time in productions is often required.

The solution so far has been opening the new file again and cut the edges within the sample editor. Not so funny.

I'm looking for a good, solid, TT patchbay that's flexible (in that I'll probably want to reconfigure it every so often). My soldering skills suck. So, right now I'm considering getting either one of the Neutrik patchbays that have the "spring loaded push terminals with gas tight connections" or a punchdown-style patchbay. I don't have any experience with either.

I've read all kinds of threads on the very acceptable nature of Nuendo for audio. But nobody ever talks about its midi capability or lack thereof? Their site talks of "virtual" midi instruments, but nothing of how the software will address a rack of midi gear?

Due to the constant whining from my family for things like food, shelter, clothing, etc., I am always evaluating my gear and tend to get rid of those pieces I don't use very often in order to get new stuff.