I am a professional violinist, looking for advice on a portable digital recorder to use in daily practice and recording of rehearsals. I want something small enough to always have it in my fiddle case, yet deliver sound quality good enought from the build in mics to use in demo recordings for my website.

Hey guys, I'm trying to mix an R&B track, something in the vain of Usher / Beyonce.

Do you guys know of any good tutorials or places to get pro advice?

Thanks!

I'm moving to LA this summer and considering doing a music production/engineering course when I'm there - either Los Angeles Record School, SAE or Musician's Institute.

I searched this forum and found some similar topics from a few years ago but wanted some recent opinions from people who've done these courses.

I tried two different compressor settings on distorted guitar parts and couldn't tell the two of them apart audibly. Any slight differences I attributed to bias, (expecting to hear a difference because you know what you are selecting).

For the first I used a ratio of 1.8/1 and set the threshold accordingly to achieve an average of -6dB compression.

very unscientific, but i did get all mics as close to coincident as reasonably possible. signal chain:

mic -> onyx 1640 -> firewire -> tracktion -> normalized -> .aiff file

Can anyone tell me how to make the most of studio time?

I mean, if there are any producers out there reading this, what is it that bugs them about singers? Obviously I need to come in knowing the songs inside out, but is there anything else I can do to make it seamless? What would you guys appreciate?

I have the mbox 2, and i wanted to get a better mic sound, so i've been researching preamps.
How would i hook up a tube preamp to my mbox? would i just use the mic DI into the preamp, and use the output on the preamp into the input on the mbox?

Hi all,

Looking to get a preamp upgrade from my VoiceMaster Pro. Heard lot'sa great raves about Sebatron , Portico and LA610. Wondering if any one of them is a good investment.

Any comments is greatly appreciated.

Music: Pop/ R&B ballads/ acoustic folk
Mic: NTK, SM57s, AT 4041 pair (usually vox, guitar & combo amp)
ADA: Digidesign 002R

Ok so this guy sent me this message on myspace claiming all I have to do is send him a demo of my band with contact info on it and he'll pass it on to some labels. Does this seem shady? Please advise. Here is the conversation (read from bottom to top):

So, I've been elected without any say to lead the music for a new Saturday night worship service at my local fellowship, and it looks like I'll at least be starting by myself, maybe with a singer or two if I'm fortunate. Which means... I'll need an acoustic guitar. :? So much for swearing I'd never buy an acoustic guitar when I was an angry teenager.