I am a professional clarinetist who has dabbled at various times with recording. I am now looking to put together a home recording kit for a project involving overdubbing myself. Equpiment on hand currently is a Mackie 1202 mixer (original version) along with a pair of Shure BG 4.0 mics.

My style of recording, or the style I'm going for, is the reverb/echo feel of José González meets the dry sound of Portishead (their third album). I'm going for minimalism like José but there's a lot I want to put in, freedom like Portishead.

Currently my mic is an Audio-Technica AT4041
My preamp/interface is a PreSonus Firebox
My recording software is Garageband 8

I'm new here, but I appreciate the help and advice.

Two main questions:

Did I get nice equipment? (as nice as a college student ought to have, not pro but nice. Who knows were THAT line is drawn. :) )

I'm trying to do my first mixing project with a bunch of tracks I've just recorded. I recorded some bass tracks four different ways to let me choose/create the best sound later and now would love some advice.

Hi guys, I have a really annoying problem with my bass strings and was hoping someone could give me some advice.

I play in a modern hard rock band, it sounds really heavy and aggressive and I tune my 5 string, like the guitar players, in D flat, like this:

5-Bb
4-Db
3-Ab
2-Db
1-Gb

hey, I'm kind of new to the recording game and I'm looking for some advice. The type of music I'm going to be recording will be mostly progressive punk / metal.

I'm using ezdrummer for the drums, but I don't have enough money (or expertise) to buy a decent amp and mics for recording guitars. So, its a toss up between Guitar Rig 3 and the Line 6 Pod 2.0.

Hello.

I have accumulated the following gear so far. As you can see I am in need of a sound card upgrade.

I am a senior in high school and I am trying to earn myself an interning job as a recording studio in my home town. I think it would greatly help my chances of getting a job if I somewhat knew how to operate a Solid State Logic mixing console. I have never used one before and have no current access to one.

Sorry for the new thread but I didn't want to waste the whole night trying to find the applicable thread.

I am giving up on Pro Tools (which I like) and M-Audio (which I can no longer rely on) and I want to switch over to either Logic Express 8.0 and/or Propellerhead's new Record suite.

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