I recently added a new interview to my Oasis website and thought that some members of this forum may find it of interest; Mike Marsh mastered Oasis's album Be Here Now in 1997 and The Masterplan b-sides compilation in 1998, and has based this article on detailed notes he took during the original sessions at the Exchange studio.

Hello.

I am going to be buying or building a new pc for audio production at home. It will mainly be used for a couple of tracks and some midi lines. Obviously I need a bit of firepower to run all the plugins.

My question or questions are?

I acquired about a 5yr old laptop that I have fresh installed win7x86, removed all non-essential services and optimized the computer. I installed reaper and adobe audition on it.Issue: Using a Fast Track pro to record some guitar I got popping noises. Not standard crackling you get from latency but almost static like bursts of different loudness.

What do you guys think of acoustic guitar at the beginning of this track?

I have 2 Focusrite ISA 430 MK1 (the UK buildt ones not the MKII from China) both with Spdif card and someone offer me trading both units for a pair of SSL 6000 E channels boxed with power supply with 521 module for stereo balanced out, these ones:

I need to buy a new pair of monitoring headphones and was just wondering what people on here use for live sound monitoring?

Some of the specifications I am looking for are closed back, encapsulating the ear completely, comfortable headband, single lead from one side and neutral response.

I would like some tips for recording my acoustic. Here is one of my latest recordings and I would like to know where I can improve. I recorded using an AT2020 microphone and Pro Tools.

I am a first time poster and a long time reader, really happy to be here this place rocks!

It is time for me to change the layout of my entire studio with new gear! I have 25,000 to invest! I have been awaiting this time for years and I need help getting into the right setup!

MY SETUP AS OF NOW:

Hardware:

What's the difference between exporting a project as WAV and exporting as Broadcast WAV? Is some extra data added to the file?

Cheers