OK, what is all you all's trick? I've gone through about 3 boards since I
got Protools, a Yamaha 10 channel, the Alesis Multi-Mix 4 USB, and finally
the biggy which is an Alan Heath Z E D 10FX. For one, I cannot get PT to
work worth anything with the Z E D 10FX. The board just seems for my setup
to not do what I need and to be way more advanced than what I initially
thought. My question is, OK, I heard a jingle that Kevin Reeves put
together and I think sent either to Mac4theblind, or macvisionaries, don't
recall with, and I just bought the It's About Time release on ITunes that he
recorded. I just, don't get it. Maybe I'm wrong, but kevin, you're just a
home kind a guy who happens to have a home based studio and a band with a
Mac and Pro Tools, right? So, how are people like him getting that nice
crisp mainstream radio quality from Pro tools. That is why I switched from
Sonar to Protools. I thought by doing so the effects would be so much
better, and so much more even/clear/clean and crisp. I was really wanting
to go for that industry standard sound of clarity. I mean what Keven did
and what I hear a lot of other home artists do with pro tools is literally
radio mainstream quality. Yet, for me, either I have a lot of clipping no
matter how low I turn the level/EQ's, my highs are too much, or over all, I
just don't have any brightness. It's very muddy and very muffley sounding.
I just, don't, get it! I'm really pulling my hair out over here. You can't
say, well, you're running a cheap board. When I was running the Alan Heath
board, that sucker was like $299.99 before tax! OK, it's not a 2 or 3
thousand dollar board, but I highly doubt that people like Kevin are using
things that high end. I must say, I'm almost at the point a throwing PT in
the water. I'm just getting more frustrated by the minute. Avid says turn
your levels back in your clipping. I did, it's not helping. I hear move
away from your mike a bit. I tried, though that helped a bit, not much. I
even borrowed a friend's mike that was like $1500, as aposed to mine which
is about $120. I got no different effect. Both were condenser phantom
power mikes. I've tried about every e q to absolutely no avale.
Here is how my stuff on the mike was set before I unhooked the Alan Heath
board. I'm willing to work with you all, but I'm about to return this thing
this Monday if I don't get it up and working optimally by then. I don't
mean to pressure people, but this is crazy. How come all you all with not
thousands of dollars of boards can get a mainstream sound, yet I never ever
can. I don't get what i need to do to make it better.
Anyway, things were set on the mike like the following according to my
grandmother who looked and is sighted.
Level has two markings then goes 0-10.
Current level=2 out of 10
Pan=C
Aux=all the way down
FX=All the way down with preset off... Dry/Flat
LF=3 out of 15
Mid=half way out of 10
Frequency=between 1 and 2K
High=half way out of 10
Gain=+30DB, range is -10DB to +60DB
HPF/Highpass is on
Phantum-Power on mike is on.
I have no idea!
Please if someone coudl call me and give me a half and hour, even just a
half hour of your time. Even if you can't help me, even just someone to
talk to as a friend, who feels my frustration, and can relate/sympathize. I
really could use some encouragement of someone telling me not to give up,
although Im almost, not quite, but almost, at that point. I have such a
dream to make music, and it's just, not, happenin!
Chris.
