cmb737 said:Apple is the best option for any creative software.
Se7en said:how long have you been recording?
what % of your income does it account for, if any?
what genres do you work with most frequently?
unosdostres14 said:Is Samplitude the best program for home multi-track recording?
trevster2k said:Do you have a nickname? or is it just Colin the audio engineer.
trevster2k said:I was hoping you would be K-dog or Slider or Zengineer.
cmb737 said:Of course I would never recommend 57's for vocals, unless they are being used for an effect.
Se7en said:
vertigo, as well as various other u2 songs, have been recorded by bono with a hand-held 87 in the control room. sometimes it's the performance that really counts.
the real question on everyone's mind -
large or small diaphragm condensers for drum oh's?
cmb737 said:
Room mic's are really underrated when it comes to mic-ing drums.
Nashville tends to mic (and sometimes double mic) every single drum. You know, top and bottom snare, top and bottom tom..with triggers...blah...I prefer the British approach.
cmb737 said:
Yeah, I have seen a lot of Bono with a 57 in the control room, but I would wager he is singing scratch vocal tracks most of the time. I would have a hard time believing he does his vocals unisolated with a 57. They just sound too good...maybe I am wrong...but I don't think so. Maybe backing tracks...
Large or small...really depends on the actual mic. There are a lot of people that use one or the other exclusively. I prefer small diaphragm (KM184, AT4051)
cmb737 said:
Yeah, I have seen a lot of Bono with a 57 in the control room, but I would wager he is singing scratch vocal tracks most of the time. I would have a hard time believing he does his vocals unisolated with a 57. They just sound too good...maybe I am wrong...but I don't think so. Maybe backing tracks...
whenhiphopdrovethebigcars said:
Agreed. The 57 story - in his hand!? - no way.
KM184 is a pretty good mic. Interesting that you prefer small diaphragms. For vocals, I tend to use stuff like U87 or U89 if possible. Don´t like the AKG 414, some prefer it, but I think it sounds too neutral.
Drum techniques.. yeah. KM 184 or the 4051 are good for overheads. I don´t like much room on the drums (depending on the quality of the room and the engineer, but..) so I´m not really a fan of 57s for snare&toms.. sure enough you can use them, but when I produce I like to have kinda "clean" single tracks. I´m more into sampled drums anyway. Create your own kick out of a mix of three! sure that goes more for dance, electro, etc. than for rock. In an acoustic drum environment, D112 are widely used for recording the kick.
As to the Ringo Starr approach: I´ll bite and say that a wellbalanced acoustic drum recording needs at least six microphones. You agree or can you make it with four (kick, snare, overheads...what about the toms then?)
Se7en said:
to clarify, i read he used an SM58 for most of HTDAAB, not a 57. i'd also like to mention that i think the pre-amp and eq curve ultimately have more to do with how the sound is shaped than the microphone. i'd take a 58 into an avalon or api anyday over a u87 into a mackie.
anyway, i'll try and dig up where i heard this.
cmb737 said:
It is a real popular mic line in the hip hop/rap world as well.
cmb737 said:
Have you tried any of the higher Audiotechnica mics?
Macfistowannabe said:Do you have any of your work on mp3 or any other filetype?