hey there ppl.

i've been trying for some time now to get a more punchier, crisp, louder final result, but after I master my songs, then play them on a stereo, it's always quieter than radio songs. But if I boost the signal anymore on the program I use, which is Cakewalk Producer, it will feedback and distort.

Yesterday I did a string quartet live broadcast/2 track recording for a classical radio station near here. I used a pair of AKG Blue Line Cardioid microphones in a coincident-pair arrangement. I placed the microphones about 8 feet in front of the quartet and about chest high. The recording and broadcast came off very well*.

Hi. I know that when u mix a song u use hi quality monitors but when u listen your mix in crapy speaker it sound . well not so good. How to setup mix that will sound greate in speaker or radio?
I notice that usually commercials sounds better than songs.

I am about to be played on some radio stations, right now most are nonprofit college stations, but hopefully make it to mainstream as well. Could you tell me how I can track my radio spins? Do I have to register with something? also, when I get played on mainstream, how can I get paid royalties for plays?
Thank you and God Bless!

i'm curious as to what i can do to make my recordings not sound like crap when they go through the radio's compressors and limiters and whatnot. i want to keep my mixes dynamic, but what can i do to the whole thing to make it not sound like crap when it runs through those compressors? should i fight compression with compression? and if so how?

I do transfers from vinyl to CD. The ones that I've done for regular people, they just love. However, when I've done it for someone who tells me they are an audiophile, I either don't get a second call or they tell me the sound that they get with their ultraexpensive turntables (think LINN) sounds more alive and real.

So, I finished recording a band late last year in my home studio (I call them demos)and yes the bands that come through here have little money so I do it all, tracking, mixing and. CD prep (notice I didn't say the M word).