I made a guess in another thread that most people with "low cost" studios mixed with a mouse and automation rather than using some sort of control surface. Thought I would run a poll and see the reaction. Picked $50,000 for the "low cost" cutoff. Figured that would cover a lot of us.

Me, I'm 100% with a mouse.

I'm going to be travelling and doing a deal of field recording, both interviews and some instrumental recording. I'm trying to be as portable and efficient as possible, so I was thinking of buying the following

Zoom H4N
Shure KSM141
Shure SM57

I have RODE NT1A, M Audio Nova, and other mics and I use Logic Express 8. My acoustics haven't been sounding very good. There is a an echo and reverberation when I record. What could do I do to fix this problem or should I just buy a S.E. Reflection Filter.

Hey everyone.

I'm trying to record vocals, although I don't have all the equpitment I needed so I just did it to see what it would sound like. This is what I did it with:

-Dynamic Shure SM58 + windscreen
-XLR to Audio In cable to mac
-Compressor/EQ/Noise Reduction/etc on Logic 8

Is the EMG Zakk Wylde set the same thing as getting an EMG 81 and 85? Are they the same? I listened to the samples on EMG's website and they sounded a little different. Could someone help me out?

I play a lot of Metallica and love the tone on James' Death Magnetic. Would anybody recommend a different pickup than the 81 and 85?

Thanks

Hi guys!
I'm Stefano, writing from Rome, Italy, (sorry for my bad English).
I've tried to find the solution to my questions in older posts but i couldn't find any, so i'm writing to see if anyone could eventually help me.

Ok, so I've got this (what I consider to be) great sounding synth sample playing and I want to give it some 'verb...well, a lot of verb.

I'm really aiming for this sort of "Coldplay" verb that's just really lush and all over the place. The space needs to be big, but the decay needs to be low enough that the melody doesn't get lost. You know?

Here's the deal. I've found other posts about this, but I can't really get a clear answer.

Here's a question for all you folks up on current trends. What is considered a good bass sound? I'm an orchestra guy so all my training and impressions are based (pun alert) on very nice 3/4 or 7/8 symphonic instruments.

When I tracked guitar with my band 2 weeks ago I used an sm57 & Behringer C-4. which surprisingly sounded pretty good. I was just going to use the same setup to record bass.

But I also have an Electro-Voice EL33 and an Apex 120. Would it be better to replace the sm57 with one of those?