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mic for recording bass

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Submitted by DonnyThompson on

Hi all!



I'm saving up for a new microphone for recording bass cabinets and need some advice...I've seen people use all kinds of microphones on the net from ribbon mikes, condenser mikes, dynamic mikes to regular kickdrum mikes. But what would be a good choise for this? A Sennheiser 421? A Shure b52? A combo with a sm57?



Thanks for any advice!

Angle of Studio Walls

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Submitted by DonnyThompson on

Hello All!



I have a 16 x 20 building (15' 4" x 19' 4" interior) that I intend to create a studio in. My plan is to build two walls in a V shape at one end. The V would point to the back of the studio. Another wall would extend between the V point and the back wall of the studio, thus creating a control room on one side and a vocal/drum booth on the other.

Fundamental concepts of acoustic guitar recording- one, two or more mics?

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Submitted by anonymous on

Is there any overwhelming advantage to recording acoustic guitar with two or more mics? As a general principle, would better engineer's prefer that everything come together on one mic, or would they prefer to have two or more sources to work with?

Recording Orchestras

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Submitted by TheFraz on

Recording Orchestras So after some hard thought, I think this is something I am going to aI'm to get into.

I may be able to get my foot in the door at CBC studios in Toronto, but I also would like to freelance.

I figure I should be able to find a few choirs or orchestras around the city that need archival work done.

Room Treatment

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Submitted by anonymous on

Hi all, can any of you guy/gals give me some advise on room tuning. I have a great room good equiptment and need to know if there is a external eq/tuner out there.



Thanks for the advise



My Equipt.



Mic: RODE NTK

Compressor: Avalon

Mackie DAW

Sonar/Pro Tools Free

MOTU 24i/o

Whisper Room

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Submitted by anonymous on

Just purchased a "WhisperRoom" to do over dubs.

Dims are .. 2' 11.5" x 4' 4.5" x 6' 8"



Has a nasty standing wave appearance at 250Hz .. pretty much makes it useless as a vocal booth in it's present state.



I have a couple of roominator kits coming from Auralex.