Whenever I record guitar the palm mutes always come over 4-6 dB louder than power chords. Is there a way to fix/counter this? Perhaps a Micing technique or something? And/or what do you do in the studio to counter this?

SM58 or SM57? I play guitar and sing.

I have an Audix i5. Which in a technical sense do I need more? i.e. if the i5 does a worse job at one or the other, I'd need the complement mic.

I'm pretty sure I already know the answer, but I'd like to get some pearls of wisdom along with my purchase. :D

Thanks in Advance
-Guitarfreak

AT2035 Cardioid Condenser Microphone

I can't find the size anywhere on the net.

In a previous topic, someone mentioned that the AT2020 has only a 1/2inch. This mic seems to be the same thing, but with a pad and rolloff. I am guessing it has the same size diaphragm, but I don't know.

Is having the roll-off and pad worth an additional $50?

Any help?

I'm turning a 12'x20' room with 8' walls and a "barn type" ceiling that goes up to 10' into a recording / jam room. It is completely drywalled at this point. The room is separate from the main house. I would like advice on:

Thank you for replying. I am dissatisfied with the quality of my on board sound card with the line in.

I am connecting from my line out on my practice amp which is a spider 3 line 6. I record my guitar tracks to a click and then I record my electronic drums. I want to record the TD-3 from the line out and as well as midi.

Hi,
I just got myself set up with Sonar 6 home studio and a Tapco 2 channel firewire interface. In my newbie ignorance I purchased a 3 port firewire PCMCIA card assuming that my laptop didn't have firewire. I came to realize that it does... with a 4 pin connector instead of 6, i did not recognize this as firewire until after I opened the package of the PCMCIA card.

I want a digital surface that can control my Cubase application, Please list me all 24in digital console that you know and I'll see the range of price then I'll be able to make a choice!

Thanks a lot!

I have Pro Tools LE mPowered 7.3 on a capable PC and have a few basic questions I could use some help on a few things...

I am new to the art of recording. I am looking to get some starter gear for a home studio project, and I'd like to get some advice from people with more experience. Here are my goals for this project:

Hey, I'm starting to record some of my own small projects at home. I've been searching around on craigslist for a while and I came across a Focusrite saffire and an m audio ultra, each for sale in various surrounding states.