So I've been reading up a little bit and I've run into a bit of confusion. I recently read about this "straight line rule" while tracking. I'm sure you all know what that entails.

i have been using cool edit for about 5 years (hip hop cats use it alot). now that i have some money i would like to know what the best sounding multitracking daw is. i dont need it to make my beats on, i use reason for that. i just want it to sound good when i record my rohdes or vocals.

Hey guy/gals I have found a new inexpensive tracking headphone option. It is avialable at your local radioshack, for those of you in the states, they are $21.99, have a 1/4in stereo jack with a coiled cord and comes with the 1/4in to 1/8in adapter. It has a freq. response of 20-20khz and an imp.

Just wondering if anyone else does this and why or why not. I usually record just about everything in this order.

mic -> pre-amp -> compressor -> Layla24 ->Sonar

I don't usually squash the signal, just enough to make it a little more "predictable" for setting levels. Is this a bad idea and I'm just not seeing a better way?

I was thinking of purchasing a pair of headphones to make Micing decisions. And also as an alternative mix reference.

We get AKG's and Sennheisers around here. What are my good options ?

Also, I was thinking of picking up a couple of AKG K55 (cheap) headphones for cue mixes to the floor. Do these work well ?

thanks a ton
Sidhu

I've been recording bands for awhile now and my method has always been to record a scratch rythym track to a drum machine, (just a simple 1,2,3,4 beat). After getting the rythm track down I give it to the drummer in his headphones and record him playing to it.

I need a new pair of tracking headphones with importance in the following order:

Isolation (sound bleeding OUT of the headphones)
Quality
Comfort
Fatigue
Price

Looking at Sennheiser HD 280 Pro, Ultrasone (model?), and Bose QuietComfort 2.

Any others to consider?

What's your vote?

Hi,

I'm about to record a drum kit. Since my tracking room is a small one (2.0 m wide 5.0 m long 2.5 m high) there's no other chance than placing the kick drum so close to the wall.

What kind of problems may occur in this situation and what are your recommendations to overcome.

Thanks

I'm always a little unsure about applying compression while tracking vocals. I know different vocalist call for different approaches, so i'm looking for some general guidlines to get started. Generally i'm pretty conservative on the front end. I use an Avalon or universal audio running through an AMEK 9098 compressor.

I am baffled why I here many enginers Track keyboards through a DI the to a board or channel strip... Is this to raise the level? Do they use phantom power engaged? Does this make tracking clearer?
Would this be a good idea for use with my Triton, Mpc2000xl, Roland5080? Going through either a Ua 610 or a Apogeetrak2..