Ok, so I am fairly new to recording an mixing. I'm using Logic 8 and an emu 0404usb interface. One thing that I have never been satisfied with is my bass tone. What is the best way to record bass? What's the best way to mix it? How do you guys record and mix bass? I'm playin/recording hard rock and metal type music.

I am mixing 8 vocals and need to add a bit of reverb for room ambiance. Is there an sonic difference between mixing the vocals to a submaster and then applying the reverb, or applying the reverb to each vocal individually and then mixing them down?

Thanks for any thoughts...
-Mark

hello. sorry about my english.
i'm 17 years old. play in violin.
in our school i and some friend do along a party once a month.
we are drums, keyboard, e. guitar and violin.
we have a good mixer.
my problem isthat when we play all together. my violin is hear good only in the E string - the treble notes.

I aint got Studio Headphones and monitors,

so whats the best way to mix?
cuz everytime i record something it sounds good at my side but
when i givit to somone else the vocals example are to low for the beat etc

SOO any ideas on how to mix without the studio headphones?

Hello,

at the moment I'm using the preamps on my Allen and Heath Mixwizard 3 Mixing Desk for recording everything (drums,guitar, bass, vocals).

Im looking to buy a dedicated 2-channel pre-amp to record overheads, and guitar, bass and vocal overdubs

Right now I have
2)KRK Rokit RP5's(originals)
1)KRK Rokit RP10S Sub

Now, My budget is around $1500, could go higher.
And though I love the sub...do you feel its necessary to have a subwoofer?

I was just curious. Does anyone here mix a little in regular computer monitors before going on to refine in studio monitors?

I'm currently working on a music project in Garageband [yes, not the best DAW, but I'm comfortable with it, and I can't afford high-end DAWs]; while I think I'm able to mix most audio fairly well, I'm still having trouble with drum mixing. I'm using Addictive Drums for the drum input; while I'm able to "record" the MIDI tracks the way I want, I'm having trouble mixing them.

So I've always loved recording.. And have pretty much got the hang of capturing a good sound.

But I can't seem to grasp the stages after that (compression etc).

All I can afford is software with my part-time job (as a student).

What are the best compressor/limiter plugins that are available to someone like me?

What do you guys think? Will there be more or less demand for Mixing engineers in 5, 10, 20 years?

I really enjoy recording and mixing, but if this is something I want to do for the future, I want to make sure there is a future for it:)