I need help in figuring out how, if possible, to clean up the echo sounds in a vocal recording. I have some recorded vocals and they sound good when listened to through regular speakers, but when listend to through head phones the echo of the room they were recorded in really stands out and sounds awful. Is there a way to remove that in software?

OK, I'm going to be shooting in a warehouse type location and I get a lot of echo. I'm going to use some blankets to fix some of the echo I have been getting. I have been using a shotgun (Cheap) mic but the sound has been really bad. My subjects cannot use lav mics because they are training martial arts.

I will be recordinging drums in a dormatory soon and was wondering if anyone had some tips to make the best of it. The only room I have to record in sounds pretty bad.

I just can't get a good Drumset recording. I've tried everything. I can now (after a week) get a decent drumset recording, but not near what I want. I'm getting there, but I can't get anything better than what I have. I've tried multiple mic placements, volumes, etc.

-- note: I am a drummer by nature ;)

I do softly spoken word recordings (medical hypnosis applications), and have an 6 week deadline to record a 16-CD instructional project. I have never used an ME before but would like to trust my audio files to an ME for this project. The audio publishing company is quite prominent and has a studio available with engineer/etc.

Opinions on this?

The room is a drywalled basement with a low ceiling (prob about 8'.) Cement floor covered with carpet. The room is probably 20 x 30. The kit is against the back wall, standard stage setup. Any suggestions for better placement of the kit?

Right now I have crisply smeared mud if that makes any sense.

hello.

I'm having an enormouse problem getting a drum sound at the moment. I generaly don't like to use too much close Micing but end up having to because I can't deal with the noise from the cymbals any other way. Lots of ride required. Room is smallish 15x12 and has quite a low ceiling.

I used to have foam on the ceiling but this got taken down when I re decorated.

The Manu Katche'signature...its got a 16"x16" kick (very small, but nice and punchy) a 10"x7" mounted tom, a 13"x13" floor tom and a 12"x5' snare drum.

Tell us about your nightmare sessions! Discuss.
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Tannoy, Dynaudio, Blue Sky, JBL, Earthworks, Westlake, NS 10's :D, Genelec, Hafler, KRK, and PMC
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I'm recording Banjo and Mandolin. Anyone here got experience recording these instruments? I'm not happy with the sound I get from my existing mics (AKG 3000C and an SM57). The space I'm recording in doesn't have a particularly nice sound, so I think I'm looking for something fairly directional. And it will have to be under 200 US$/ 160 GB£.

Thanks, Jim.