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From what I've read, the popular technique seems to involve getting the djembe off the floor (whether in a stand, or otherwise) so that a kick drum mic (like a D112) can be placed inside the center of the base. Some kind of condenser mic will give you more detail on the head than an SM57 will. Of course, then you have the typical drum mic'ing tradeoff of ...

What Kim Burgaard said is very true. The vocalist has a lot of control over how their voice is recorded. As I'm a much inferior vocalist to those I record, it can be difficult teaching them this technique, as you just want to get a good take. So what I end up doing is have the vocalist scream. Well, I ask them to warm up and hit the loudest levels they can. ...

It is actually preferable to record separately, however many bands don't like to do this because they may feel disconnected when recording the first few tracks. A way around this is to record with an area mic with the full band and then begin laying down real tracks off of that. The idea is that each performer will be setup one at a time and then play ...

When tracking there are two (main things) that you need to be concerned with in tracking. While there are many variables that need to be taken into account, when shooting there are two things that you should keep in mind. First off, contrast, 99% of all tracking software uses contrast in the luminance channel (brightness) to determine a point and where it ...

Thinking practically, I would suggest a one-by-one recording approach. Taking into consideration that you don't have any intentions to purchase any multichannel device (and even ProFire 2626 will not satisfy your needs hence only 8 inputs are preamped and will be enough to cover only your drum set). You could still want to purchase the 2626 M-Audio interface ...

Singing with an microphone, both live and recorded, can be improved with a little technique. Compression cannot compensate for clipping and, as you point out, some singers have an incredible dynamic range. If you look closely at vocalists who regularly perform with microphones, you will notice they either move the microphone or the head to increase the ...

I found a tutorial which uses Mocha for After Effects to accomplish my task exactly. Here is the link to the tutorial: http://www.imagineersystems.com/videos/mocha-ae-paste-mocha-shapes-to-after-effects-mask-channel/view

I would suggest as a starting point to use Corner Pin Tracking, found on the tracking panel of AE. Track each side of the sunglasses separately and when done, you should have two solids that move with the area of the glasses. Add a mask to each one, and rotoscope the actual shape of the glasses. I think this would be easier than rotoscoping from scratch. ...

Cubase and Sonar will both let you alter parameters of groups of tracks as well as single tracks, so you could group all your cellos and fade them all in using one control if required. In fact you could do the same with any parameter, and automate the entire thing. I've used both for many years - probably current preference for usability is Cubase, but ...

Aside from the more obvious sounds of the Djembe to be reproduced in your recording, I always think it's worth considering that in folkloric musics, any stray rattles or jingles are considered characterful, rather than something to be rejected or avoided. They're worth considering in your mic set up too. I found this article that describes the 'standard' ...