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Microphones Posted by Steve (from: 194.117.134.67) on March 31, 2000 at 12:50:40: In Reply to: Too Much Bass posted by Ben on March 31, 2000 at 06:16:39: Your question requires so many questions to be answered before a proper answer can be given to you (If you know what I mean...). The problem could be mainly to do with the room your recording in, the microphones and 'placement', the position of the instruments (amps etc.) the volumes of the instruments. Are you multi tracking? how many microphones do you have? If I were you i'd section off the room and try and isolate individual signals by miking amps etc... Even if you can't multitrack it you can still improve the balance of the mix vs room down to 2 track. Listen to the mix in a different room, set up some monitors and the Recording device in another room for recording and playback... Compress the 2 track mix you like, it's standard practice and improves the listening of most recorded music...(opinion...) If you really don't want to make a meal of it and want to do it on the cheap then get yourself a couple of PZM microphones (Boundary mics). Shure make them still I think and Tandys (Radio Shack) sell their own PZM that is excellent value for money. Boundary mics are mounted on a flat plate and you attach them to the wall. They give the effect of repressing room and are well suited to a cheap recording that sounds good. Mount them on the same wall a good distance apart and play at them as you would an audience... Regards Steve... (*the next bit has been written for the benefit of people reading this other than you because it's a good PZM tip) If you do go this route and buy some tandy PZM's then note that the inline battery is usually 1.5volts but the common thing is to attach a 9volt battery instead as it improves the sound quality of the Mic. I shouldn't say that really but I have a PZM that has always been used with a 9volt PP3. I've had it about 11 years and it's still fine. It's only a tip though, you break it, you fix it!! Follow Ups: Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : Your question requires so many questions to be answered before a proper answer can be given to you (If you know what I mean...). The problem could be mainly to do with the room your recording in, the microphones and 'placement', the position of the instruments (amps etc.) the volumes of the instruments. Are you multi tracking? how many microphones do you have? : If I were you i'd section off the room and try and isolate individual signals by miking amps etc... Even if you can't multitrack it you can still improve the balance of the mix vs room down to 2 track. Listen to the mix in a different room, set up some monitors and the Recording device in another room for recording and playback... Compress the 2 track mix you like, it's standard practice and improves the listening of most recorded music...(opinion...) : If you really don't want to make a meal of it and want to do it on the cheap then get yourself a couple of PZM microphones (Boundary mics). Shure make them still I think and Tandys (Radio Shack) sell their own PZM that is excellent value for money. Boundary mics are mounted on a flat plate and you attach them to the wall. They give the effect of repressing room and are well suited to a cheap recording that sounds good. Mount them on the same wall a good distance apart and play at them as you would an audience... : Regards : Steve... : (*the next bit has been written for the benefit of people reading this other than you because it's a good PZM tip) : If you do go this route and buy some tandy PZM's then note that the inline battery is usually 1.5volts but the common thing is to attach a 9volt battery instead as it improves the sound quality of the Mic. I shouldn't say that really but I have a PZM that has always been used with a 9volt PP3. I've had it about 11 years and it's still fine. It's only a tip though, you break it, you fix it!! Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Music Software Discussion & Help Page ] [ FAQ ]

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