Hey everyone. I'm brand new to these forums and hoping that they will help me get a better of understanding of everything audio!

Hi all,

Mixes produced in my home studio don't translate well. Always boomy and with a touch of transparent listening fatigue - IOW, it feels "good" when the song ends.

Could anybody recommend a good preamp (tube or solid state) that would give me the capability to get nice saturation/distortion. I've got the bluetube, but the tube seems to have died. Turning up the tube drive doesn't affect the signal. I'm into a lot of 50s, 60s, 70s stuff. Want something that would give me some nice, warm distortion, if I want it.

What would be some good first steps for trying to get into the world of commercial jingles?

hey friends. a couple quick questions.

1. Can and How do you run an analog mixer with a DAW such as pro tools. What would you need?

2. With the Roland TD series drums, can you load your own wav files into the brains rather than using the loaded presets?

I'm looking for an opinion on the sound of these cello clips. I'm recording in a week and wondering if the room will work for the sessions. Would love any opinions/comments on the following clips. Recorded with stereo Microtech Gefell 950's in a X/Y setting plugged into a Zoom flash recorded. Mics were about 4' off the ground.

I'm a small indie film director, directing/producing my own film. I currently have an Audio-Technica AT4071A because I got a great deal on it a while back. But for my next film I'm upgrading to a two mic setup. And I'm considering getting either another Audio-Technica or Sennheiser MKH-416, MKH-60, or MKH-70.

I run Pro Tools M Powered at home and my interface is the M-Audio Mobile Pre which does not have a MIDI I/O so I'm looking at usb midi controllers but I can not find any that M-Audio says is compatible with M Powered. I really like the Axiom 25 cause of features for the price and I don't need much right now, but is it compatible with M Powered?

I have been using a EMU 0404 USB interface for awhile now but I recently bought a PreSonus Studio Channel which has a sweet preamp in it. I no longer really need the EMU because I don't like stacking preamps but I will still need the USB connectivity.

Can someone show me the way to just a simple USB interface I can come out of my PreSonus into then go into the computer?

Hi everybody, I'm new, and I'm a real amateur at this stuff, so if I ask a stupid quesion, I apologize.