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  1. With a little treatment in the closet it actually can be very good. We have several guitar and bass cabs isolated in closets here that work great. Low volume doesn't mean small sound. It's not volume that creates a big sound, it's how you capture it. okay, if you don't mind sharing. how many mics do you typically put on a cab/speaker for a rhythm sound, and which mics do you use? do you layer your tracks, or just do one left and one right? thanks.
  2. Don't beat yourself up about it, good tracks going in takes time and patience to develop your instincts, but once achieved, you'll see your recordings shine like never before with minimal mix time. My tracking approach is to be able, with nothing more than volume and pan, get a good sounding rough mix. If I can't do that, somethings not being recorded right, and I correct it at the source. good point. one of the problems may be that i'm tracking my guitar parts in my apartment closet at low volumes. not exactly the best environment for that. guess i'll keep workin' until i get it right. thanks for the input.
  3. NO mastering is NOT "where a lot of the "pro sound" is added to the songs", that happens right from the start in tracking. You can't shine {censored}, get it right going in. Mix it so it sounds killer, master to perfection. A good mix needs little more in the mastering stage than level adjustment between songs. okay, i think i got it. i've got a lot more work to do then when it comes to tracking.
  4. You're confusing mixing and mastering. i think i may be confusing mixing and mastering as well. so mixing is for possibly fixing mistakes if you didn't get the tracks right in the first place (although you should get them right in the first place) and trying to get the best sound you can. i know mastering is where you try to make all the songs cohesive and sound like an album, but is the mastering stage where a lot of the "pro sound" is added to the songs? if this is the case, then i may just forget trying to get my tracks to sound like the next killswitch engage record, get them as good as i can and send them out for mastering.
  5. Ageed, if you have to do major eqing on the mix buss to get your mix to sound good, you need to go back to either the individual tracks or the source and find the problem. if it seems like my mix doesn't have the power or the punch i'm going for can i get that by eq/comp on the individual tracks then? i may post some simple clips later with and without some effects.
  6. Then leave the mix buss alone. If you must eq or use dynamics on it, print a mix without for professional mastering. Your mix environment is crutial. Proper acoustic tuning of the control room will ensure you hear what your playback system is replicating accurately. No. It comes from recording good sounding tracks. While "fix it in the mix/mastering" has been practiced for decades, IMHO it's never been a successful way to create good sounding music. cool. i think i'll mess around a little more w/ eq'ing but i'll always have a mix without it and maybe look into professional mastering. thanks.
  7. cool thanks. well, since i'm really just a bedroom engineer doing my own stuff, i don't really know if i'll be sending my mixes to a mastering house. is the mastering process really where the "sizzle" and the "pro-sound" comes in?
  8. hey guys. just wondering how common it is to put eq on the master fader? whenever i do it, it always sounds better than before without it, but it can sound processed as well. especially the way i do it b/c i scoop the hell out of it, which makes it punchy, but not quite where i want it. do you guys use eq on the master, or prefer to eq individual instruments, or none at all? thanks. -also, i'm using logic express, and i find the parametric eq to be pretty kick-ass.
  9. get a mac dude! i used to own pc's that crashed all the time. i got an ibook when i wanted to make music and knew nothing else about them except that my friend had one and he loved it, and that every band i saw in studio recording footage was using a mac. it's been over two years now, and i have had no problems and couldn't be happier. some people may prefer windows, but i could never go back. mac osx is a lot smoother in my opinion. good luck w/ your decision.
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