Hi all,
I am about to purchase a pair of monitors mainly for ensuring my home studio mixes sound good.

I'm trying to connect my dbx 386 tube preamp to my E-MU 1212m sound card using S/PDIF. I've bought the proper cable to use and connected it from the dbx 386 S/PDIF out to the 1212m's S/PDIF in. I've messed with the session settings in the 1212m's Patchmix, but I still can't get any sound on my computer to come in from the S/PDIF in. What am I doing wrong that I can't get it to work?

Well, I'm beginning to work on the mix for my instrument tracks, and it appears I accidentally turned the cymbals up a bit too high. Unfortunately, I recorded with electronic drums in stereo, so I can't adjust individual drum voices. The largest problem seems to be that the cymbals are drowning out the snare a bit.

Hello and good day to all and sundry,

I once had the art of coiling a mic lead up so that it doesn't twist the wires explained to me by a pink haired roady at a house party. Unfortunately whatever he was on kicked in half way through and it never really made sense.
Is this something that can be explained or only learned by mimicking?

Hi there

My band and I have a Shure KSM27 LDC Mic.

This being a fairly bright mic, I was wondering if anyone could suggsest another LDC which is considered to be fuller and darker coloured in comparison to the KSM27. I'm looking for something around the same price as the KSM27 or with a price ceiling as high as £400/$500.

Can anyone offer some opinions?

LiD

Currently running Sonar 6, Dell Pentium IV w/ MOTU 828 mkII firewire... and whatever stock sound card my computer has.

I recorded 6 sets of a group over this weekend. It went well, everything recorded fine. but. I did a rough mixdown for the band to go over to pick out songs to do a good mix on. All of the sets except one turned out pretty good.

Hi,

I'm now using Yamaha EMX 5000.it's a Powered Mixer with Dual Effects...I like it very much...

Wish to get an other Dual Effects Mixer which is WITHOUT built-in amp (not powered mixer),but i have no idea.

i might need your recommendation here.Thanks!

Hey guys,

Here's a quote from the Kapt:

"You'll rarely get good results plugging a guitar straight into an interface. Depending on how it's set, you could be loading down the guitar signal. A direct box, a preamp, or a POD (or similar) may help get a better signal."