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First, nobody ever called the poster stupid. Second, debate is a very large part of an online forum. It's almost THE point. This is a very civil forum in my opinion. I don't think it's a very good guide to mastering, but there's no reason you can't try the methods suggested. As for any possible decline in the forum. As far as I remember it's ALWAYS been overrun with gear questions and "What interface should I buy for $100." Which is fine, there are other forums, I visit several.

You can only use one ASIO driver at one time. So, no, you probably can't do that. You can possibly use two interfaces if they have the same driver (i.e. you have two of the same interface). I still wouldn't say it's a guarantee though. I've heard of people using two firepods.

ess-pee-dee-eye-eff, again I just say each letter.

Really? "daw rhymes with saw" is so weird. I guess I'm not into the whole brevity thing, El Fletcherino. Good to know though.

I thought this was funny, but maybe I'm in the minority. I recently started using Ableton Live and I was watching the videos on their website. At one point he said "like any other DAW" but he pronouced it like a word (as in it rhymed with "saw"). It just sounded so stupid to me because I've actually never heard anyone say it out loud. When I read it I always think of the individual letters (as in D. A. W.). I've never been too fond of the word anyway because its too general though I do use it when typing at times. I mean its a lot quicker to type DAW software than recording software, but DAW by it self could mean software, your rig as a whole, a standalone recorder. I was just curious if this is yet another thing I've been mispronouncing because I rarely talk with other people in person about recording (I've still never heard anyone say AKAI aloud, lol, yet I've been familiar with their products for a long time). Until 3 or 4 years ago, Neve and Neumann had me fooled. But, anyway, how do YOU say it?

Committing. With all the options all of a DAW setup (not even counting what happens BEFORE the DAW) I tend to go overboard with the possibilities and end up taking really long doing anything. I'm getting better at that though.

It's strange. I used to like to play with the graphic EQ in my car. Now I think the car stereo sounds best flat!! I turn the bass down just a notch. Some of the stuff I listen to already has a hefty bottom end, and with such a small space that bass just bounces around everywhere. One of my pet peeves is when somebody has so much bass at such a high volume that miscellaneous parts on the car rattle to the point of making an audible buzz on every bass transient. I mean when you're a couple hundred feet away and you can hear somebody's tailpipe, undercarriage or whatever rattling that's just retarded. Don't get me wrong, I LOOOOVE low end, which is exactly why I try not to distort it to hell.

Originally posted by ZKAUdio ------------------------------------------------------------------------- And for our New Egg proponents they are good but even they aren't the cheapest and I don't buy from them too often. Where do you suggest? I'm not all that up on computers anymore, but I'm going to start putting a new system together starting today as I've received my tax return. I've always gone to Pricewatch.com to find what I want. It seems to find small companies that sell certain things cheaper than New Egg, although New egg is frequently a good price.

Originally posted by blue2blue *(My turntable's in storage buried deep in my garage as are my 1200 vinyl LPs -- my beachside flat is just too small; the album wasn't available on my subscription service, either.) If you're looking to sell any of that vinyl, let me know.

Originally posted by twostone To loud means your to dam old stage7 Yea I know what you mean (hearing loss).huh wadasay Can you posabley try too use a little grammer and spellin. Nobody is perfect, but you're starting to resemeble somebody that I haven't seen around the forum in a bit.

Originally posted by Monkey see Alright, thanks. Just one more question before I start. Don

Try to get the amp up off the floor and away from the walls a little. Be careful with the two mics. Or at least make sure they're on seperate tracks so you can see if you're losing anything by blending them. As said, if you can spend the money, renting a good amp and maybe a good pre and D/A wouldn't be bad. But, if you like your tone already then you're good to go. Keep in mind you might not need as much distortion as you think. Placement is all about the sound you prefer. Move it around and see what you like. Just for reference, what I like to do (when using a close 57) is put the mic about an inch away at the outside of the cone but pointing towards the center of the speaker (around a 45 deg angle roughly). At least thats where I start for a standard sound, and then tweak from there. Understand that if you have the mic an inch away its going to sound different than how it sounds in the room when you're 5-10 feet away listening with two ears (the mic has one). Isolating headphones help. Rock.

I believe fruity loops lets you, but I remember there being a little bit of a latency that made it tough.

Wow, dude. You're definitely doing something wrong. hit the button once. On the topic, the title uses the word production. Are we differentiating the words production from recording? I consider them to be in SOME cases to be two different things. For instance, with older technology sometimes people may say that it sounds like a rough recording because of the medium, but the production was amazing because of the way people got around their limitations. I just figured I'd throw that out there so we can be sure of what we're talking about. I mean if something sounds horribly lo-fi but thats what you were trying to do then its still a good production right? Or if it sounds really rough fidelity-wise compared to todays standards, but sounded amazing fidelity-wise when it was made, then its still a good production right?

Does anybody from the recording forum remember the guy that did the St. Anger spoof? Shortly after the album came out, some guy on the recording forum recorded something that was either a spoof of a specific song or just something in that style and i think it somehow ended up on some LA radio stations. Anyway, the funny part (besides how it sounded) was that when he posted a pic of drum setup he used, his snare drum was a metal chair. And yeah i reccomend everbody watch that Some Kind of Monster DVD for the pure humor of it (especially if you're not a metallica fan).

I agree and disagree. sometimes limiting the chord voicing for a certain instrument (the {censored}ed up part is saying the bass should play the root note and the guitar should fill in) can help an arrangement. I don't think the guitar should always play all 6 strings in every chord, but I wouldn't tell anybody not to. Some restraint can definitely help a mix, but it can also make it sound like some boring radio {censored} if done exactly as boring people tell you to do. I guess the point is, learning theory (i've done this extensively in school and on my own and then tried to get away from it) is useful but when it comes down to music trust your ears. Learn it, then forget it. Trust your ears. Above all, it is probably just a plug for dudes site. Nobody asked about arranging for a good mix (which can be useful). Dude just posts (probably his first post in this particular forum) a page of generic concepts that anybody that knows theory is aware of, and then has his website in his sig. I'm sorry. That is just too random to think he's trying to be helpful. Its a plug. Do what sounds good even if it means your guitar is not in tune or you're playing the same exact note on 5 instruments. Theory is helpful to know, but not as helpful to practice strictly.

kinda random, trying to plug your site?

Originally posted by jchas I'm not trying to refer to an 'us against them' sort of thing. I respect them for their ability to copy just about anything that's thrown at them and do so for a very low rate. I'm referring to my experience on 2 occasions, trying identical mics, and getting very different results. I know i've read many a thread by those with a plethora of mics to choose from who say "no 2 u67's are the same" or "no 2 414's are the same" etc, but i'm talking a fairly discernable difference. It may be that the low-grade electronics they use make the difference, or the fact that the workers only make about $1 per mic they assemble and don't give a {censored} about detail (for a dollar a unit I doubt I would either). But it's rather hard to say just how good a product is if it's inconsistent. But back to the original question. For the price of a B1 you might as well buy one and see for yourself (or maybe 2 and keep the one that sounds better) as you can probably sell it on ebay for what you paid for it. sorry dude, I wasn't making any kind of statement. its just quote from the movie "The Big Lebowski."

Originally posted by jchas So do they sound like much more expensive ones? I guess it depends on which Chinese guy put it together. "The Chinamen are not the issue here"

Originally posted by Kiwiburger Roland COSM stuff for a start. I hear that. Like I said I have a GT-6 and I can't say much for the amp models. I like the functionality of the pedal and use the effects at times in my amps effects loops (because you can set pretty much any parameter to be controlled by the expression pedal). As far as amp models I wish I had picked up a Tonelab or a Pod. Its usually just for scratch or late night tracks, but I'm the kind of person that throws out the occasional riff that will never ever be recreated with the same feel so it pisses me off sometimes, I need to just get a damn reamp unit and record a direct track too. still though I can see where craig is coming from because I will sometimes get a decent tone out of my gt-6 depending on what you're playing and such (especially if used in conjunction with an amp and mic).

i occasionally get something passable with my Boss GT-6 which is comparable but probably not even as good as a pod when it comes to amp models. after some effects depending on what i'm going for it can be barely passable at times. but its usually just for songwriting and messing around then I re-record the parts through an amp later (i primarily only use the gt-6 at night when its too late for amps at proper volumes, or when playing a scratch track along with drums). if you don't have an amp(s) you like for your tone use the pod but play through the amp and mic it up, that helps sometimes.

have you read the manual yet? with any software you should read the manual and go through any tutorials. i don't use ableton so i can't account for its ergonomics. if you want something really simple use something with very few features. Kristal is a free multitrack recording program that is easy to use. There are others like audacity, but kristal is the only free one i've tried. it wasn't bad for basically using it just to record like a tape machine. it supports vst plugins. I use Cubase SX, and like it, but as with any software I read the manual and learned the ins and outs I needed to know.

I've used cheap pres for years and get by (I'd like better ones), but I definitely can tell a huge improvement when using a more expensive pre. I don't believe a $500 preamp will perform twice as good as a $250 preamp. But, those who really want that extra quality will pay for it so thats the way the market is. There is always a factor of diminishing returns. I mean think about it with cars say you buy a 20k-30k car new, its going to be nice, its going work fine, be fairly fast right? But then if you buy one for 40k - 60k, its going to be nicer, work even better, but I mean does it go twice as fast? Does it last twice as long? Look twice as good? Probably not, but if you have that money and want better quality its there for a price. I'm not arguing against expensive pres, i definitely notice the difference when i use better pres, and i'd like better ones, i'm just mentioning the diminishing returns thing as far as price v. quality. Anyway, yes the Dmp-3 is a good pre for the price.

so then i guess now you should be getting a giant disco ball. definitely.....giant and shiny. satisfied customer's friend: "Your album sounds great man" satisfied customer "Yeah I know, Phil O'Keefe is the {censored}, but when I went for the mixing session he had this giant disco ball and wouldn't turn off the strobe light. I couldn't tell what the hell he was doing or why he was dancing, but it worked."

Originally posted by DontLetMeDrown They're at Guitar Center. Go to the Pro Audio section and tell them you want the free preamp. Don't leave until you get it. You will need to be persistent. This would be really funny to get a bunch of people to do this. Get a bunch of people in one area to stop by and call one particular guitar center and ask for the free preamp deal. I would want to be one of the last ones though so i could see the guy getting pissed off.