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Re: Recording Equipment

Posted By: MACK!
Date: TUE, 5/22/01, 4:19 p.m.

In Response To: Recording Equipment (Maxonestar)

: Well that CD is not Mastered, and is still in the mixing
: stage. We will actually have to take it to a real
: studio to get mastered, but everything else was done
: with these means.

: The recording equipment we used was fairly standard for
: the industry. We used pro-tools (which is
: unfortunately fairly expensive), a program that's
: available in both Mac and PC. I have the Mac version,
: and run it on a G4. If you want I could make you a
: copy of the program and get it to you. It's no big
: deal, I like to get anybody with a creative streak
: into making music.

That would be GREAT! I'd really appreciate it. And thanks very much for the advice. I'm going to print it (your words) all out and use it. I have a Mac G4 too. So the rest should not be too much of a problem. I'm looking forward to experimenting with the program.

As far as comic printers, is this for B/W or color?
Image prints mine at Quebecor in Canada.
Once I know exactly what you need, it should not be a problem for me to find what the paper stock is called.
I think the best color paper Images uses is called 50lb Miraweb. But the paper I use for B/W is thicker.
And I make sure to use one that is true white. Anything resembling newsprint is pretty grey.

Thanks again. You can send the copy to my address in the books and I'll send a thank you package back to you.

DM

It's therapeautic. Anyways, once
: you have pro tools you essentially have the equivalant
: of a multi million dollar studio on your computer.
: Like I said, it's an expensive program, I got mine
: from The University of Michigan, where I'm in grad
: school at now.

: Next you have to get a moniter that converts sound into
: data that pro-tools can understand. This is fairly
: cheap, maybe a few hundred dollars at most.

: Now you need a good microphone. Pro-tools is at times to
: good of a program and will pick up alot of ambient
: noise. A good mic will solve this problem. Pro-tools
: will now read whatever sound is directly filtered into
: it, eliminating excess noise. Just for a comparison,
: listen to track 4 on my cd. That's a good mic. then
: listen to track 5. That's a cheap mic. I also have to
: say that a L armed mic stand is an incredibly good
: investment simply because placement of the mic will
: effect the pitch of the soundit produces. Also if you
: get proficient enough at it, you can use pro tools to
: warp any sound you create. It's really quite amazing.

: All of the music was created using live elements filtered
: through an MPC or ASR-X, both of which are drum
: machine/samplers and cost around $2000.

: Anyway, if your recording live instruments, all you
: really need is pro-tools, a mic, and a moniter.

: like I said, Let me know if you want a copy of the
: program, i'll be happy to make you one.

: I also have a question, printers do you recommend for
: self publishing, and what grade paper? I plan to begin
: releasing comics next year, but the only printers I;ve
: been able to find so far only print on newsgrade, and
: I can't imagine much of anything looking good on that.

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