We play in a 10,000 sf, untreated, 100+year-old brick and plaster church building with 25 foot ceilings and a balcony - and the stage is in a corner. The problem is that the soundman can't clean up the muddy FOH, so he ends up pulling all the instruments out of the mains and pusing up the VOX.

is the sound i seem to keep getting over and over while tracking dist. rhythm guitars. i have come to the conclusion its because I'm Micing the cab w/ 57's even though i have a decent pre (vmp2ke) and am isolating the sound w/ packing blankets. the tone I'm looking for is clear, tight distortion. some mics work better than others for different instruments/tones.

I printed on almost every CD inkjet printing CD no names and brand names, I use now a hub printable CD Imation, but when I print and water or even if it's hot outside the CD label I printed smudges. How to fix it? I tried to buy a clear labels to go on top of the CD, however they don't sell those here in Canada and the labels don't go directly into the centre for hub CD printing.

Hi guys,

First off, I'm new to this forum, and I'm also new to recording in general. I'm a far better songwriter and guitar player than recording engineer.

My setup is as follows:
- Windows 2000 with Cool Edit Pro 2.0
- Tascam US-122 USB audio interface
- Shure Beta58 and Sennheiser Evolution mics
- AKG K-101 headphones

Hi,

I was wondering how you guys eq the "mud" area from 200 Hz to about 500 Hz ? Like give the basskick a cut around 400 Hz, and boost the bassguitar there, or cut bassguitar around 100 Hz and boost the basskick there for example.
So which space do you give your instruments in that "trouble" area ?

Thank you in advance.

Everyone says that scooping the freq. around 500K can help clean up tracks such as bass, and other low frequency instruments. Can someone please take a screen shot or draw me a picture of what this scoop would look like (i.e., how wide and deep)? I know that it would depend specifically on the instrument and how "muddy" it is, but try to give me a reasonable generic case example. Thanks.

I know you more than likely posted the answer to this question many a times, but if you don't mind, I need help.