I was wondering if anyone could recommend a beginner level product. I need to know what I would use to make each track record separate. I am using Cakewalk Home Studio and a 8 channel mixer. I want to be able to record all 8 channels on individual tracks. What should I use?

How many of you out there use EQ while tracking? And do you use outboard EQ's or plugins? I'm having trouble deciding if I should get two good preamps or one good preamp and a nice EQ. Right now when I record with my Vintech X73i's I usually use the EQ to cut out some boominess or boost the highs a tad.

I'm looking at picking up one or two small mixers to use on the occasions where I'd like to do sub-mixes while tracking to save on channels. Typically, this would be for drums and multiple microphone situations on guitar/bass amps and would be using a single stereo (or mono) output into my DAW.

Greetings to all on the occassion of my joining this forum!

I was just reading a post about a guy who was having trouble recording to instruments at the same time on different tracks. Generally i only record one instrument at a time but i would like to be able to record on two separate tracks simultaneously. I am running through a Mackie vlz 1202 (i also have a 1402 i can use) and then into a M-audio mobile pre.

Any good suggestions for good comp for hip hop and r&b's drum tracking. i much like SSL comp sound. so i'm not engineer and just producer & track maker. but i always touch it any project.

Situation: I record tracks at a studio. I pay in full for the time. They won't give me my raw tracks so I can bring them somewhere else to mix and master.

Does this studio have any sort of legal right to with-hold my tracks or am I crazy?

I am wondering what's the best way to tack Midi in Pro Tools via Mach 5? I have assigned a Pro Tools Midi track to an Audio track with Mach 5 as audio plugin , through which I hear Midi data and control a single Mach 5 channel, ex. channel 1.

hello anyone here can point me to good reference books on recording? (TRACKING) especially...i started reading bob katz book on mastering but its more mastering oriented! I'm really searching for something that would tell me a lot about Gain staging and basic tracking, avoid clipping, how hot my signals should be and stuff like that.

When you're recording vocals do you ever compress the vocals while you're tracking? Because of contraints with my gear I do it, but I don't know if that's a proper way. I know you should run the comp through your Aux channels after the tracks are laid, but I think the compressor helps control the dynamics of a crazy singer, and fattens the track. What do you think? Before or after?