Show 41 – Favorite Gear and First Impressions of Pro Tools 8

This week Jesse talks about his favorite piece of gear and Ryan talk about Pro Tools 8 after working with it for a week.

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Show 40 – Part II on Guitar Mics and Yamaha Monitor Review

This week Ryan tries out several mic positions to find out which sounds best for recording guitars and Jon reviews his new Yamaha monitors.

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Links:

All the files used in Ryan’s guitar segment can be downloaded here.

The answers to the mic shootout in #39:

1 4060 -b
2 414 -e
3 Sputnik -a
4 Solaris -c
5 2035 -d
6 Nova -f

Show 39 – Single Guitar Microphone Shootout and Vocal Mic Shootout Part II

This week Ryan takes 12 different microphones of varying types and polar patterns to find out which sounds best for recording guitars and Jon brings us part II of the vocal microphone shootout this time with a male vocal.

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Links:

All the files used in Ryan’s guitar segment can be downloaded here.

All the files used in Jon’s vocal segment can be downloaded here.

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Show 38 – The state of modern records and Ribbon mics

This week Jesse talks about the state of modern records. Ryan talks about ribbon mics.

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Before the Music DiesHere’s a great scene from the film

Apex 205 Ribbon Mic

Apex 210 Ribbon Mic

Show 36 – MyOnlineDrummer.com and Gear purchase regrets

This week Ryan talks to Craig Sowby from www.myonlinedrummer.com a great service to get professional drum tracks for your songs. Jon shares his big gear purchase regret, we’ve all got at least one! If you’ve bought some recording gear that flat out sucked, let us know!

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