How can I keep a Voice Actor screaming into a mic from peaking and distorting the sound?

I'm having trouble with screaming into my mic for animated lines. When I scream or yell or say things too loud, the mic peeks and distorts the sound. Backing up creates too much ambiance from the room and lowering the mic sensitivity only quiets it instead of getting rid of the distortion. There has to be a way to do this. I'm using an MXL990 condenser mic and using Audacity to record. Thanks in advance for the help. This is really important.

I've already got an FP10 and I was looking to buy another to get a total of 16 mic inputs. I don't know why, but it seems like Presonus are discontinuing the FP10 for the FireStudio Project (I could be completely wrong). It seems that all the major online equipment stores aren't selling them now and according to a forum I saw a little while ago, you can't daisy chain the FP10 with a FireStudio Project because they're incompatible to work together.

My question is basically, can I hook up another interface like the FP10 or a mixer to use with my FP10 simultaneously? Or will I have to just accept the fact and buy something else?

ok just a few questions about the effects they use....i know some is auto tune....but the distorted effects and chopping effects and stuff like that....what are those plugs ins?  or similar plug ins?  example....boom boom pow like when he says "let th th the beat rrroooocckkkk" and simple things of that nature.  listen to the newer songs on the radio from them and ull understand what effects im talking about

im using logic pro 9 / garage band   and im curios if those programs come with the effects, what they are called....or if there are any fre trial versions of these compatible with logic or garage band?

I have a 5.1 surround sound speaker system and I am wondering what speakers I should use.  I have it setup right now using only the two front speakers and a sub.  I didn't think using the whole system would be good for mixing, but I could be wrong because I don't know much about this stuff.  Also, should I use the sub or not.  Thanks

This might sound like a stupid question, but I've never used external gear with my Presonus interface before and I'm a bit confused with how to hook stuff up. I know that with an external compressor for example, you run the output of the interface into the input of the compressor and then the output of the compressor back into the input on the back of the interface and plug in a mic into an avaliable mic pre on the interface.

My question basically is how do I do this with an external mic pre? I assume that you plug in the mics into the avaliable XLR inputs of the external mic pre but then where would I go?

Would I use the outputs of the external mic pre to plug back into the avaliable inputs on the back of the interface, or would I plug them into the XLR mic pres on the front of the interface?

Your answers would be great help for me!

I'd like to run Pro Tools on a mac mini since they are small and portable, great for taking on the road, but I don't know if it has enough juice?

When it comes to compression what is top end and when would you probally use it?

I have a hum in my recording studio, and I can't find where it is coming from.  After unplugging and removing any possible device, I still have it.  At the simplest form I have:

- MacBook Pro (unplugged from the wall, working on battery for testing purpose)

- M-Audio Fast Track Pro (connected via USB without any power adapter)

- A good guitar cable

- A guitar or bass.

So I don't have anything plugged in the wall.

The hum is bigger on my Fender Jazz bass.  It's softer in a cheap bass.  It's a little bit softer on a Statocaster single coil.   Softer on the Strato humbucker but still there. The noise is inexistent if I select both single coils.

We could walk around, me with the Mac, the interface and headphones, the bassist following behind connected to the interface, and anywhere we would go (in the building, even outdoor), we would still get that hum.  Except at home or in my car (but that's not the most comfortable recording studio I have seen).

Anyone have a clue?

Thanks!

Anything about these products i should know before i purchase them like for example other products i may need to buy in order for these products to function well any input will help please i got around 12,000 to spend on this studio from scratch :)

• MIDI KEYBOARD http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/AxiomPro49.html
• SUB http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/SBX10.html 
• SPEAKERS http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/StudiophileCX8.html
• MIXER http://www.m-audio.ca/index.php?do=products.main&ID=119a9a64794f95bf03e05ef7546fc3db
• LED MONITOR http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB382LL/A                                
• COMPUTER http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro?aid=AIC-WWW-NAUS-K2-BUYNOW-MACBOOKPRO-INDEX&cp=BUYNOW-MACBOOKPRO-INDEX
• SOFTWARE https://www.ableton.com/shopping-cart
• MICS http://ca.rodemic.com/microphones.php

From the ground up including computer price limit about 12,ooo Canadian for the whole set up for a price range for the quality of the gear            

what are the ups and downs about useing a digital recorder or useing an interface with a pc.

i allready have a pc(windows vista),a MXL 990 mic,and AKG headphones.

 im just woundering should i buy a Boss BR-900CD Digital Recording Studio  or should i buy a m-audio interface with pro tools? im just recording vocals. i rap and sing.

im looking to have crystal vocals

how may tracks do you think i will need. im a rapper/singer. whats the diffrence between them?

I have a four channel Phonic powered mixer. I had recently purchased a Behringer Eurorack UB2442FX-PRO Mixer. This mixer is unpowered and I need it to be powered. I heard online that you can connect a powered mixer with an unpowered mixer to make it amplify to passive speakers. Is this true and how can you do this.

These are the URL's to the two mixers:

Phonic powered mixer: http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/Phonic-Powerpod-410S710-PA-System?sku=630485

Behringer unpowered mixer: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Behringer-Eurorack-UB2442FX-PRO-Mixer-101959856-i1153473.gc

I'm hoping you guys could tell me exactly what I need and where to plug things in. Thanks for any answers!!

I'm building a new project studio over my attached garage using double wall construction, partly for isolation but also for the insulation properties. After talking with the architect, I was thinking of a 2x6 outer wall and a 2x4 inner wall with standard fiberglass insulation in both. This should result in about an R-30 wall (the ceiling will be an even higher R value). So here's the question: The architect says we must have less than 1.5 inch spacing between the two walls otherwise convection currents will reduce the thermal efficiency. Obviously there won't be any drywall in between the two sets of studs, but is it a problem if the fiberglass itself touches from the inner to the outer wall? Also, does it matter if normal kraft or foil faced insulation is used and if the faces touch?

The finished room will be about 16 feet by 23 feet. We will use double drywall on the inside wall with Green Glue. Heating most likely will be in-floor electric radiant.

ok i have a little notebook as a laptop and im tryna think of wat do i need to have my own studio in my room...i was thinkin about the eagletone mic but i dont kno wat else i need....a list of things will be helpfull...i kno i need a mic and a pop filtr..idk wat else...    NEED HELP.....

any suggestions??? 

Ma Rap Name Is LilKade....

Do You Think   "No Music. No Kade."  Is A Good Mixtape Name?

Want to make dance music. Whats the best software out there to use for it and what equipment do I need to get started?