For everything a DI is supposed to do, I want a killer. How does the DI portion of the Pendulum MDP-1 compares with the DW FEARN or the EVIL TWIN? Same league? For general DI applications, mostly sweetening synth sounds...on the way into the DAW... Which one of these machines would you choose? And why? Awe scew it...I'm going to get the Pendulum first...

hi all,

I am new to recording. I'm recording a 4 piece Beatleish group To ADAT. Here is my dilemma. I have an Alesis 24 board, C1 mike, several 57's Blue Max etc. I was going to purchase a PreSonus MP20 and possibly a JoemeekVC-3Q for better preamps.(Most recording will be done as the early Beatles did with minimal vocal and embelishment overdubs).

Hi folks. I'm relatively new to computer recording but have been a piano player all my life. I have read tons of stuff on all the neato gear that's out there but my needs are simple. Most of the recording I will do will be with piano and strings... and an occasional synth pad. no mics or guitars(not anytime soon anyway).

I was wondering,or the money, if the soundscape plugins were noticeably different from plugins for logic which if I understand will work well as a interface for SSHDR-1? I own two SSHDR-1 units and was looking into the mixspander dsp for my units but was interested in finding out the difference in the plugin quality between the soundscape and logic plugins.

Does anyone know about Halion. I'm thinking of purchasing it. I currently use the ASR-X for sampling. What advantages/disadvantages are there in a software sampler?

Glad to see a Nuendo message board other than the official website forum. Too many trolls spoiled the cake... Thanks!

When you mix the vocals, what frequencies must be cut, and which boost?

Which frequencies to cut to avoid muddy mix?

How you make the low-end? Which freq can be cut/boost to achieve low's?

How you tightend the low-end?

Final mix question: What to cut and what to boost in the final mix?

This is a re-post of an article that appeared on Harvey's forum. I'm putting it on my board for easy access.

When mixing in stereo, there are 5 planes of spatial illusion. Level, panning, frequency, spatial perception, and contrast. These five planes are all used to create space in a mix.

What is your favorite piece of recording equipment? If judging by specs alone, it is probably your HD recorder, or ADAT. Or if you are fortunate enuff, your Analog Multitrack. Maybe it's your new Neumann or BLUE mic. Whatever it is, that is strickly technically speacking. If you were to judge by its results so far you might be surprised by your choice.