hi all,
so many questions so little time. .

Im curious as to how good analog tape can sound. i am currently on the look out for a analouge 16 track or 24 track for my studio.

can you guyz suggest some reliable brands,low noise etc & things a analog novice like my self should look out for when purchasing a second hand tape machine?

a) Hey, what about a live chat so we can all talk together about specific subjects?

b) whenever we receive reply emails, what about making it take us to the last page? we always have to click on the last page.

Thanks
Nice week

I do spoken word and voice-over work. I am learning how to do the recording aspects myself with a small project studio at home. I am very interested in what everyone with experience in that area thinks about:
1. microphone selection (is the Sennheiser 416 the one?)
2. microphone placement
3. EQ, Compression, etc while tracking... opinions.

I have a session coming up and it is the biggest one I've had so far. My big problem is that I am using only the 4 buses off my mixer into my computer but the band Im recording wants to do everything live, without overdubs. this would be fine if it was a smaller band but I need to mic drums (4 mics) a keyboard, guitar, bass, and vocals. I was wondering how i should go about it.

I am trying to finish my own personal electronic "Dance?" album. I have sampled most most all of the Kicks, snares, hats etc. to make up the percussion section off of vinyl and CDs. Some of this music is pseudo Hip-Hop, House and other forms of electrinica. I am using Pro-Tools Digi 001 with a Manley, Avalon pre and the full Waves plugin package.

I am investingating the Focusrite ISA 428 Pre. It has a price point around $1500 for 4 inputs based on Neve design. This would be my first "real" pre purchase. I am planning it to go into an Event EZ-Bus digital mixer direct to the a Mackie SDR recorder (on order) or straight into the Mackie depending on which converters sound better. Primary Mic is a RODE NT1.

I'm recording Banjo and Mandolin. Anyone here got experience recording these instruments? I'm not happy with the sound I get from my existing mics (AKG 3000C and an SM57). The space I'm recording in doesn't have a particularly nice sound, so I think I'm looking for something fairly directional. And it will have to be under 200 US$/ 160 GB£.

Thanks, Jim.

Hi,

Howdy,

I'm looking to add a new microphone to my studio and would appreciate any recommendations on those that people feel sound especially good for voice-overs. These would be used for commercials, industrials, multimedia and documentaries. Thanks!