[QUOTE=Joelbassman;18028227]They don't make your mix sound any better directly obviously. But the better the monitors the more detail you can hear in your mix and the less wrong eq you'll be doing for the most part.

Eg: You have pretty bass light speakers, so in all your mixes you add a **** load of bass to compensate. Then you go listen on another system and it's washed out from all the lows/low mids that have been added.

Vice versa etc etc.[/QUOTE]

i agree with this.

i see two big advantages to using quality monitors over some other audio source, first is a more balanced speaker; you dont get overemphasized bass frequencies and underemphasized mid frequencies like most home audio systems.

second advantage i see is that most monitor headphones and monitor speakers are much clearer sounding than other sources, and you can hear your mix in much greater detail. i was really suprised how much more i heard when i picked up a pair of sony mdrv6 headphones. great investment, imo.


i know alot of people argue that using some home audio source or computer speakers are fine for using for mixing if you know how they respond, which is partly true, as if you know how the speakers respond (meaning you know where the hills and valleys are in the speakers response), you can adjust your mixes accordingly, but the level of clarity and detail you get from monitors is hard to match unless you're using a pretty expensive soundsystem.


[QUOTE=JoshIsNumber3;18029646]where can you get impulse responses from?[/QUOTE]

from me, [url]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I0LZ3MUY[/url]

you'd like the mdr7506's they're my favs

i read tons of reviews before i got the v6's and i read from alot of people that the 7506's weren't that much different from the v6's so i just went with the cheaper one.


also, i just looked up prices on amazon, and did the prices go down? i could have sworn the prices were higher, (v6 around $70 or $80, and the 7506 at over $100). maybe i'm just remembering wrong.

max when i use my impulses, they work amazing if the guitar is clean, but when i add drive or the tubescreamer on the podx3, it just adds hiss and noise in the background while keeping the main signal

would you like to know more?

man i love starship troopers

what impulse host are you using?


brb logging into aim

If you're using voxengo boogex or whatever it's called you need to turn to drive off

I'd suggest keFIR I like it alot better, it's simpler, and make sure you're turning off your speaker emulation on your POD. It has that amirite?

[QUOTE=mnemonic;18030268]i read tons of reviews before i got the v6's and i read from alot of people that the 7506's weren't that much different from the v6's so i just went with the cheaper one.


also, i just looked up prices on amazon, and did the prices go down? i could have sworn the prices were higher, (v6 around $70 or $80, and the 7506 at over $100). maybe i'm just remembering wrong.[/QUOTE]

no way, they're 80bucks!! i haven't heard v6's but i would imagine they're about the same, only downside is they're a LITTLE top heavy

yeah they're a bit uncomfortable after a while. i usually mix stuff in one long go, so the tops of my ears are like numb by the time i'm done.

probably the best sounding cans for under $100 though, so i dont mind

Hello benfan,

As far as recording software goes, EnergyXT is actually an excellent DAW which gives you great flexibility for a very reasonable price. The only drawback is that you can't record a song with multiple tempos. It has "Pro Tools" like features for a fraction of the price. These is a bit of a learning curve though. Audacity is an excellent starter program though. I still use it to lay down riffs quick.

For guitar, the POD series is popular, but I personally love a SHURE SM57 from a cab into a mixing board. Also, depending on how serious you get with it, the Axe-FX is one of the most flexible units on and off the stage you can have.

For drums, Superior drummer is absolutely phenomenal. Many of the "djent" bands ala Periphery use it and you can get excellent sounds from it. You can program them, or use an electronic kit via midi into a board and use drum replacements. A good starter program would be Accoustica Beatcraft.

I personally don't mind mixing on headphones, but of course this is completely subjective. I like mixing on headphones because you can hear every single nuance in the recording, unless you want to spend quite a bit on monitors.

I don't know if you're doing vocals, but look into the RODE series mic's (NT1A). You can actually use them for a variety of purposes as it is a condenser mic.

Just my opinions, but it works pretty well for me. Hope my information is of some use.

[QUOTE=mnemonic;18031676]yeah they're a bit uncomfortable after a while. i usually mix stuff in one long go, so the tops of my ears are like numb by the time i'm done.

probably the best sounding cans for under $100 though, so i dont mind[/QUOTE]

lol no i mean in a sonic spectrum, the top end of the signal is boosted a tiny bit :p

oh yeah.

i thought you were saying something about not being able to headbang with them on, haha.

Bump.

What DAW is everyone using? Im about to drop around £350 on Cubase 4 cause from what iv read its the best version.

Pro Tools LE 8.0.4

I love it.

Use reaper

I've heard good things about Reaper, but then everyone has! Do you use it/

Yea been using it for almost 2 years. I've used a little bit of logic and seen videos of other programs, and they don't seem as simple to navigate.

I started using it not knowing ANYTHING about "hosts", I just wanted to use superior drummer.

Ah right, cool. Yeah Superior Drummer is immense, they had a deal on recently (not sure if it's still on), all the EZX's were only £20. Still looking at the SDX Metal Foundry though, really want it! I'll just have to do with DfH until I get it

I haven't used metal foundry a whole lot but so far I don't really like it. It's really flat sounding

In what way? What do you mean by flat sounding?

Like it's stale and doesn't have much life. I haven't spent a whole lot of time with it. Whether it needs lots of mixing / plugin work I don't know cause SD2 sounds good as soon as you fire it up.

Addictive drums sound better, they're alot more acoustic though.

[url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5696511/Revenge.mp3[/url]

Here's something I threw together quickly, there's some EQ work but no compression

yeah some of the snare runs sound like they're different snares.

it sounds quite tight though and some midi velocity editing would some of the lifelessness in the hihat.
you could do a lot with those as raw sounds

i use chris ramirez 1.0

wait, what?

he's the drumrar in one of mah bands

Ah right, I actually googled him. There's a **** load of people called Chris Ramirez lol. What music does your band play?

hard rock

[url]www.myspace.com/thechaserock[/url]

that's our myspace

nice plug feg

Pretty good production Xomblies, much better than what I'm used to hearing on myspace anyway!

EDIT: I've actually just let your band stuff continue playing, that's good material, I don't listen to hard rock but it's much better than what I have heard, keep up the good work

If you ever plan to record and mix, keep it simple, don't dabble into mastering techniques...I used to do that but it totally turned my records into inaudible things...
As for the software, it has to be congruent with the hardware. Do not expect to have flawless sounding songs if the software requirements don't meet the hardware ones.