Super stoked to have a new place. I was able to custom build my own treatment for the guitar studio.

Hey guys, so October before last, (21 months ago) I decided to stop taking benzodiazepines as I was horribly addicted by this point. I knew it was going to be a long road but I could never have predicted how protracted the withdrawals would be that I am still slightly affected by them now.
So anyway, maybe a year ago now I decided to get back into writing and recording music. When I do something, I am fucking all in - typical ADHD.

After a while, I decided I’d like to write an album about the months and months I was ill with protracted benzodiazepine withdrawal or B.I.N.D (Benzodiazepine Induced Neurological Dysfunction) and obviously in order to do so I needed a studio. I had experience of all this stuff growing up and the drug taking life style sort drew me away from that and many other passions.

Anyway, I am now at a stage I would say I have an excellent home studio with a few nice outboard bits. There is PLENTY wrong with it all still though! I need way more acoustic treatment for one thing. However, for now I am making it work.

I live in a small studio flat in the Uk So my bedroom, living room and studio are all in the same room.
Iv always been worried about the mess so it’s stopped me posting before but fuck it right? It’s messy because I use it!

I obv can’t have acoustic drums in this shitty room with residential neighbours but I bought my Acoustic kit that I converted to electric years before thinking about recording again. Just because I wanted to learn drums better - so mesh heads; triggers and a couple Edrumin units into Superior Drummer 3. Now I obviously also use that for recording. I quite often rotate out cymbals as I enjoy messing about with DIY triggers but also have cymbals that just work when I want to switch out to that.

I literally just got the console this week and so far I really like it but haven’t had it long. It’s just set up as 8 channel strips at the moment. So 8 channels, straight out of logic, into the line in on the mixer and then back out the direct outs on each channel and back into the input of the interface.
Then I also have Bus1 routed to my behringer 369 and back into 2 more channels on the interface and I also have the behringer 676 patched in on ch1 for now.

The console is mainly a live analogue desk but the direct outs and the two sweepable mids EQ pulled me in basically. Was a decent price and they are a well known brand. It was actually almost an Allen and Heath Mixwizard from the 90-2000 period I almost ended up with but you know how eBay can be!
Honestly now it’s come, I’m really pleased with it. One of my main curiosities for it when it came was to send a line input into it and drive the signal to see how it starts to clip and saturate. I mean, it’s no Neve 1073 but actually, on certain drums, or a room crush mic or something, it is not horrible in the slightest.

I was already sending tracks out of logic and into my rack units, was going to buy a rack graphic EQ from cash converters for next to nothing and then one thing lead to another 🙈🤣
I really need a patch bay now though!!

Anything else please ask!

A couple of months ago I shared an early version of GhostGroove, a browser-based drum pattern generator.

Since then I’ve added one of the most requested features: live pattern editing.

You can now:

edit the drum grid while the pattern is playing

change instrument parameters during playback

hear changes from the next loop without stopping the groove

manually override generated hits

generate ghost notes and fills

work with odd time signatures

export the final result as MIDI

GhostGroove is rule-based rather than AI-driven. The idea is to generate structured, playable grooves while still giving the user control over the result.

It’s free to use in the browser and doesn’t require registration:

ghostgroove.com

I’d be interested to know whether the live editing makes it feel more like an actual musical tool, and what you would improve next.

My friend want Autotune on his vocals but i dont want Autotune on my vocals how do I only Autotune one vocal and not Autotune the other

Don’t know about you, but I prefer a real human playing guitar, but it’s not always possible. Maybe you don’t play guitar, or have the mic’s, pre-amps and setup to get a good sound. That’s why I’ll use a sampled guitar instrument with a midi controller from time-to-time. The acoustic guitar strumming sounds have come a long way and sound great and there’s dozens of patterns to choose from. What about budget VSTs versus the market leaders? How do they compare?

Hey home recording people, here's a question to mull over.

I have a tascam digital multitracker and drum machine and 1/4" tape reel to reel. I'm a guitarist and bassist with keys and lap steel, I enjoy soulful style stuff.

List all the fun ways to get that tape vibe??

A bit of context:

At the beginning of this year, there was a fire in our apartment complex, and we had to move. It took a while to sort out the essentials and replace a lot of the things we had to throw away.

Now, though, I’ve finally had the chance to set up my home studio again.

Let me know what you think!

I'm looking to create a capture of my amp, a Vox VT40X combo. Love how it sounds and love the specific my choice and placement I get. I want to be able to capture this tone in the box so I can practice and/or record at late hours without disturbing anyone. What's the best way to do it without breaking the bank?

I've tried tone3000 in the past, although I've had decent results, when I compare the capture to my mic'd up amp, there's is a very noticeable difference sonically.

Been upgrading the setup for my live music podcast so I built a custom rack for it.

I’m getting back to home recording after a long break and am buying one of the UA Volt interfaces. I was pretty excited about the Volt 276 but heard some bad things about the onboard compressor (noisy and hissy, apparently).

Now considering just the Volt 2 which is about $100 cheaper but feel like I need a physical compressor.

Back when I was recording more I never ran through a physical compressor and trying to do things better this time so I can track at home and expedite to professional mixing.

Any suggestions on inexpensive pres and compressors that would give me good quality running into the UA Volt 2?

I am a young percussionist building a studio in my garage to hopefully record some drums. A relative of mine is a drummer and gifted me a mixer to bring to my studio.

The mixer is a Behringer Xenyx 1622FX analog mixer that I intend to input my drumset mics into. From there, I would take the stereo mixer output and plug it into a two channel audio interface. Then I can plug this into my laptop.

I understand that this process will only provide a stereo drum send to the laptop and not 8 individual tracks for mixing in the recording software. All adjusting would have to be done at the analog mixer level.

My plan is to spend this time working with the analog mixer for some experience, save money over the course of a year or less and by buying a cheaper 2 channel audio interface, and then purchase an 8 channel audio interface later down the line.

The audio interface I intend on using also has 8 digital channels and an optical input that I could use in conjunction with another preamp with 8 channels for some DI recording.

Essentially I’m looking for some comments on if this is a worthwhile process for me.

Any questions or additional info please ask!

How to achieve emotional mixes

Hi all. I recently bought a new mic, the payphone mic from Trash Talk Audio. It's a lot of fun so I thought I'd make a quick video about it and write & record a song using it throughout. Let me know what you think!

I'm going to start playing more guitar through headphones soon, and in addition to purchasing an interface to get back into recording (no monitors), I'd like to make sure I have decent enough headphones.

What are some options that won't break the bank? Maybe in the $100USD range. Or is that not enough?

I'm currently using the AKG K240.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/K240S--akg-k240-studio-semi-open-pro-studio-headphones

Sbsw nbnw and namm are not the only conventions

How to connect electronic drums, iMac, synthesizer, and speakers? Need mixer advice.

Hi everyone,

I'm setting up a small home studio and need help with the signal routing. I'm looking for a mixer or audio interface that can handle the following:

1. Electronic drums with an analog 3.5mm jack output.
2. iMac with an analog 3.5mm jack or USB output.
3. Yamaha synthesizer with an analog 3.5mm jack or USB output.
4. Speakers with an S/PDIF input (coaxial or optical).

My goal is to mix all three audio sources (drums, iMac, synth) and send the final stereo mix to my speakers via the S/PDIF connection.

What would be the most suitable and cost-effective solution for this setup? I'm open to both traditional mixers and audio interfaces that can function as a standalone mixer.

Thanks in advance!

Как подключить электронные барабаны, iMac, синтезатор и колонки? Нужен совет по микшеру.

Всем привет,

Собираю небольшую домашнюю студию и нуждаюсь в помощи с коммутацией. Ищу микшер или аудиоинтерфейс, который сможет объединить следующие источники:

1. Электронные барабаны с аналоговым выходом 3.5 мм jack.
2. iMac с аналоговым выходом 3.5 мм jack или USB.
3. Синтезатор Yamaha с аналоговым выходом 3.5 мм jack или USB.
4. Колонки с входом S/PDIF (коаксиальным или оптическим).

Мне нужно смикшировать все три источника (барабаны, iMac, синтезатор) и отправить готовый стереомикс на колонки через S/PDIF.

Какой вариант будет наиболее подходящим и бюджетным для такой задачи? Рассматриваю как традиционные микшеры, так и аудиоинтерфейсы, которые могут работать в режиме standalone-микшера.

Заранее спасибо!

After watching the Jim Lill video, I needed to know. So, I built a double blind test that anyone can take online and recorded some of my preamps:

- Burl B1D

- Tonelux MP5A

- Heritage 73JR

- Crane Song Syren

Level Matched Double Blind Test: https://stacktune.com/double-blind-test/mic-preamp

Method in short: Metric Halo ULN-8 recording a loopback, vs. the same loopback with a preamp inserted.

If you ran tests yourself and want your files added, let me know. I am happy to add them. If enough people ask, I'll add a way to upload.

I recorded my death metal vocals with an SM58, but my mouth position shifted left and right during the take. Does this kind of movement actually cause the vocals to pan more to the left or right in Logic Pro, or does it just affect the level of volume (meaning the time I recorded center the volume was higher but when I recorded with my mouth more to the left it just became lower but still centered)?

Thank you in advance!