This week Jon shares a shootout of 6 vocal condenser mics ranging in price from $120-1900. Ryan explains how to transfer recordings between different formats, from tapes to DAWs.
Get the files for the mic shootout here:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1053122/vocal%20mic%20shootout.rar
The mics in the shootout:
* M-Audio Nova
* Audio Technica AT2035
* M-Audio Solaris
* M-Audio Sputnik
* AKG C 414 B-XL II
* Audio-Technica AT4060
This week Jesse talks about shotgun mics and the whole group finish up the follow up questions that have been asked about making your home studio into a business.
This week Jon talks about how to clear up a dense mix by useing EQ however you see fit to get the job done and Ryan looks into the jungle that is digital inputs, outputs, and formats.
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This week Jon buys a used Electro-Voice RE20 and does a review. After we did the show and thought that the mic sounded a little weak in the bass, it was compared to two other identical mics. Jon got the dud. Ryan answers a listener’s question about using subtractive EQ to fix your mixes.
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This week Ryan interviews Jesse Zoller, a listener of this show, about working as a professional sound engineer and Jon demonstrates several techniques to get the most natural and best sounding guitar tracks all inside the box.
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This week Ryan experiments with different ways to mic a kick drum and Jon talks about many of the ways to get sound in and out of your digital workstation to incorporate all of that great analog gear that you hopefully still have.
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