Paul Gilbert in a Discover.com commercial

When mixing, do you ever use professional/commercial mixes as a reference?

Is this something you do often at your own studio, or only when you are mixing at another facility, where it helps you adjust to an unfamiliar environment? Or, do you use this method when using new speakers?

Hi guys and gals,
Love this forum, always a gas to read the posts... need a little help today.

hey guys I have recently been doing some recording at home with my line 6 Ux2, and have been struggling to get good guitar tones with my real fender/vox/orange amps, and get better tones and performances out of the line 6 amp farm direct sound.

Thought you guys might be interested in reading this. We've had a little disagreement based on between how we advertise to prospective clients, and how we advise genuine clients who we have an interest in ensuring their product is the best it can be.

The former are faced with a multitude of misleading advertising, and the latter deserve honesty.

Hi everybody and excuse my english in advance...

Yesterday in friends studio i tried Waves C-1 compressor. I know thers better vst's but that is commercial vst and i compared it to some freeones.

I compress kick and snare with it and than used same settings with free Kjaerhus classic compressor and Endorphin.

What would be some good first steps for trying to get into the world of commercial jingles?

Given how fast technology has progressed, and how frequently mediums have changed, why has commercial audio been stuck at 16bit 44.1 khz for so long? Why is there apparently no industry movement toward CD production with greater bit depth?

Hi..

Here's my studio problem, I can hear a commercial radio signal on my Genelec 8040 while I recording vocal! sometimes it can bee heard on My amps with a lot of Gain..is it Ground loop problems or what? please Help

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Panca

Hello everyone, I am pretty new to the recording game and have been a musician for some time. I have a Mac G5, Digi002(PTLE), and a decent amount of VST, RTAS, and other plugins. I like to record ideas and projects @ home, the only problem I have is when I attempt to mix down and burn an idea to mp3 it sounds way too bottom heavy, or to soft, etc...