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yah. Its nice to see some new stuff, rather than the classics. Mind you, as long as the remixes keep being different, it dont bother me.

LOL GARAGEBAND! Im sure you can do quite a bit of stuff with it, though it is limited. Im almost positive there are other daw's for mac, but im not positive for i dont go near the things. God bless.

If your mastering on a computer or laptop with a crappy soundcard and a crappy set of speakers or headphones, your definatley going to miss alot in the mastering process. What sounds decent on a crappy output source will definatley show a bunch of flaws once you listen to it on a good pair of monitors. I'd just getting like a decent soundcard, nothing amazing. Maybe a good pair of headphones, AKG or senheiser, in and around the 100 dollar range.

you can get some vintage compressors and various sound boosters etc. I use to have this one, but i forget the name of it.

Well many artists dont even touch a piano with an equalizer, because it has so many frequency ranges, equalizing would pull out certain parts of the piano leaving the sound uneven.

Notice how i said, "Optimized/personal/different" sound? VST's are generally meant to have good sound quality. If you want a different sound, by all means equalize, but as in means of correcting something, no, as i Said in the example. Some mic's lack in certain frequencies, so in those situations, equalizing them to get them back up is usually recommended.

Unless your going for an optimum/different sound on a vst type thing, Equing is usually not needed, as they are already designed to sound proper, and any further equing would be personal preference. If your recording something with a mic, take a look at your mic's frequence chart and you may wana boost some of the frequencies which the mic tends to lack.

Just a bunch of VSTS that come to mind. Guitars RealGuitar, Steinberg's Virtual Guitarist Bass Trilogy, Steinberg's Virtual Bassist Keys Minimoog, arp2600, NI B4, Drums Stormdrum, grooveagent

id go for an sm57 for micing instruments over that AKG. AKG makes some nice higher end stuff, tis it.

It all depends on what your looking for. With cost, you can sacrifice quality but gain inputs etc. for a good price. However, if you dont really need that many inputs, and your concerned with quality, definatley go with an mbox. Digidesign makes some pretty tight shit are basically the industry standard.

Yeah, I have a bunch more on my list, just don't have time to type em all out right now.

w00t for release!

Alrite, lets face it, many remixers here may never touch a microphone due to the world of VST's and Sound fonts these days, but many of us still prefer the real thing. Microphones are used to pick up the sound of all instruments, even instruments with line outs due to the reason that most people will prefer a mic'd sound rather than a line sound. The tricky thing is, there are a lot of microphones out there, and shopping for them can become quite confusing, especially when you're on a budget. That is why I've created this guide, or more so a list of mics which are have a low-end mic price, but an amazing sound. <100 The Shure SM57 Well what can I say. It's basically been considered the industry standard for the last 50 years. It is a go to mic when recording loud instruments due to the fact that it can take a lot of DB's before it clips. It's mostly used for micing snares and close micing amps, but generally can be used for alot of things. The thing is built like a brick shit house and it looks pretty sexy too. Price: $99.00(USD) BLUE Ball Though it may look like something out of a sci-fi, the blue ball is an amazing mic. With a maximum SPL of 146 db, you could basically put the thing in front of a jet engine, and it wouldn't clip. Its best suited for micing loud instruments such as a bass or kick drum, but its probably one of the most mobile mics I've seen. It sounds great for vocals, acoustic and electric guitar and brass instruments. Also, with some playing around, I've discovered that the thing is insanely directional, competing with some of the shotguns that i have. An honorable mention for this mic as well, because it is the only phantom powered dynamic mic I have ever seen. Price: $49.95 (USD) <200 AKG D112 Considered the go-to mic for micing kick drums, this mic is a must have in anyones cabinet. The thing can take sounds of up to 170 db so it makes an ideal mic for other things such as bass cabs and guitar cabs (though it has a boost in the mid and low ends so it is not the ideal sound, but thats why we have EQ } Price: $199.00 (USD) <300 Apex 210 Alrite, I know what your thinking, Apex? Yeah, I know.....Apex. But they finally got it right this time. This microphone is generally considered the best ribbon microphone for its price. Many professionals chose this mic over some ribbon mics in the $1000-$2000 range. This mic in my opinion has the cleanest, most true sound I have ever heard. If your a serious vocal recorder, this is your mic. Just remember to store it upright, or you'll screw those ribbons over. Out of all the mics on this list, this mic in my opinion is the biggest steal. GO GET IT. Price: It varies, I've seen it go from $239.00 USD all the way down to $139.00 USD, just look around Apex 460 Had the chance to use this mic recently....WOW!!! At 250 bucks this mic is a steal. It's a tube condenser mic which has something like 9 different polar patterns ranging from omni, to cardioid to figure 8. Very accurate mic with a wide range of applications. More To Come....

Lol. guess he meant Drum n Bass. Im not an electronica junky.

For drums, make sure you variate them. Go through them and add fills everywhere needed and though it may be a pain, change the velocities note by note to give it a real feel. As for mixing the 2 together, that is extremely important. The drums and bass should basically play off each other, without one the other should not sound the same. It'll basically come down to your panning, compression and equalization. When mixed together, the drums will usually give the bass a much more stronger/rigid feel. As for writing bass riffs to go with drums, the kick drum and the bass should be closely related. If any of this is completely obvious, its because its late at night and I'm not thinking hard enough.

Ha, MBox is god, and yeah, it is pretty pricey, but Digidesign makes some really solid stuff. Anyways if your looking for some stuff on a low budget m-audio has some stuff as well as Alesis. For recording devices from M-audio I'd be tempted to just get one of their PCI sound cards with the 4in/4out box.

If your just looking to be able to record go with something like a mbox2 or fast track. usb2.0 is faster than firewire so there is not advantage there. If your looking at getting a firewire pre/control surface, thats a different story.

Make sure your original wave form is clean and dosent clip. Compressors work, but remember that they make the quiet stuff louder, and the louder stuff quieter, so use discretion when using compressors.

Don't go AMD athalon for remixing. They are generally poor at multitasking. Go with an intel, best choice being a duo core. Some programs can run everything off 1 of the processors and leave the other processor free for other apps, which is really useful.

Some really nice work here. I like the ethnic instruments used in the beginning. One sounds like a rain stick if I'm not mistaken. Really nice vocal part leading into the up-beat section. I dont really have any critz, maybe because its 7 am here, i dunno. Good work.

As for learning to use the programs such as FLstudio,Cubase,ProTools etc, that just takes playing around. They usually come with a manual file which is really good for just searching up whatever your confused about. As for writing a re-mix, this is usually how i do it. 1) Listen to your source song,a SHIT load of times, so that your totally familiar with it. 2)In your head, come up with any variations you think sound good with the song. Think in regards to syncopation (beats lining up), style, genre, instrumentation. For example, I'd like to remix Secret of the Forest from Chrono Trigger. I'm going to emphasize the beats like such, 1+2+3+4 (This is just a general beat rhythm, don't forget to variate it.) The song will have a Latin style with a hint of trip hop in it. Instruments will be Electric bass, sequenced sounding drums, classical guitar, bongos, some synth or reed instrument, maybe an accordion. 3)Now that you have the song generally down, it's time to start writing. Some people like to write everything before they start, but I tend to build my songs from maybe 30 seconds of ideas. So start laying down your basic drum pattern in your sequencer, followed by a simple bass line. From there you have to start thinking of your intro, middle, end etc. 4) Once you have somewhat of a song laid down, its time to refine. Listen to it for any obviously bad sounding stuff and change them. After that, be nit picky with everything in regards to tone, effect, modal quality. In this stage, make sure you variate the drums to give them a realistic sound, unless your not going for one. 5)Now its time for your final Master, which is just going over what you have, cranking up levels, equalizing, getting everything up to standard. 6)Your done. Submit to the panel and pray for mercy from Liontamer and co. Anyways. There are a thousand ways to remix a song, so in no sense do you have to go by mine. Whatever works, use it. Hope this helped.

Indeed. RIP. One of the greatest jazz pianists to walk this earth, and definatley the greatest canadian one.

Ok, first off, its not a technical question really, but its related so here goes. For any of you that read any books on sound and sound equipment, there is this certain book I've been looking for. Apparently some music company (i believe its Yamaha) released a book a while back with tons of instruments in the book. For each instrument they showed the frequency range coming out of the instrument at various angles. It's a really neat book and is very useful for recording. If any of you know the name of this book or one like it, please let me know. cheers.

Does the card have a stereo input or is it left and right? If its stereo, you just need one RCA cable and a 3.5 inch mini-RCA (which is what im guessing most pc speakers are) adapter.

why does it seem that most of your replies usually end up being rude or ignorant?