How do you get into this? I am in the process of creating 5 demo (non official) commercial tracks for my site to use as samples for people to hear my style but how would I get into these commercial agencies all together? Steps involved?

I operate a project studio in a residential neighborhood.
Can someone please explain the legal hows/is that makes it different than operating a commercial studio in a residential neighborhood?
Thanks!

Does a studio have to be in a commercial zoned location or can it be residential? An info would be much apprieciated :D

I'm noticing that recordings I mix sound good (even instrument levels, nothing sticking out in a bad way, etc) on many different systems when the EQ is left flat, but as soon as I play with the EQ it creates massive changes to the sound, (ie. certain instruments go away or become overwhelming). EQ adjustments on commercial CD's don't seem to have this problem in general...

Hi,

I'm looking to create a sound like Greenday,NOFX,Blink182,...
I know these 3 are like apples and lemons but what I mean is :
The broad full fat guitars.
The Jummy Kickdrum.
The Juicy Snare.
The dirty ampeg-style sounding bass etc...etc...

how can i use a commercial CD to play along with to lay down the rythym tracks at the same time, but only recording what i do to tape. how do i synch up ahead of the CD for a cue.can a click track be put into a monitor mix along w/ a commercial CD.of course the recordings are just for private study.

Hello. I am brand new to the forum and have been spending a lot of time reading this forums' archive.

I am not a mastering engineer but it is really challenging stuff. So I decided after about three months of studying and a bunch of trial and error on my own recordings I would say 'yes' to a home recorded mastering job.

Here is what I was/am up against:

Just was curious if there was any place that I could find out what kind of approaches engineers took to get the killer sound out of my favorite artists.

cheers

Could someone give me an idea of what chain you would use to obtain commercial volume levels specifically rap & r&b.(It a db war). The technique i use now is to lower the bottom end with multiband compression(c4)to reduce overload, compress everthing else about 6-9 db then eq the bottom in back in. I know there is no fix all method but there has to be a something thats commonly done.

Hey guys,