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| cubase and usb sound blaster | 6/3/2008 | Jerry Yoder |
Q: hey hows i going....im trying to use cubase sx which is set to record at 16bit but i want to record ...
A: Hey Rigo, Can you tell me which specific model Sound Blaster you have? Also what microphone you're ...
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| my tascam 464 wont play | 6/3/2008 | Larry A. Staffen |
Q: i have a situation with my tacam 464 4 track. it wont play. when i press play it makes a poping ...
A: I don't think mine is as old as yours, nor do I think I've used mine as you have. BUT my deck ...
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| tascam 464 portastudio | 5/29/2008 | Larry A. Staffen |
Q: I can record on the fourth channel,it does record fine;but the problem is that I can't hear the ...
A: Lila - Rubbing or denatured alcohol using Q-Tips on all heads and capstan (the nail-like mechanism ...
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| some definitions | 5/29/2008 | Jerry Yoder |
Q: i'm tryin' to explain the nyquist theory to my cousin and was wondering if i told him the follow it ...
A: Yes, that's the basic idea.. Technically, there is more that goes into the arrival of the 4,100 ...
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| Monitors | 5/25/2008 | Jason Fryer |
Q: I've recently acquired a presonus firebox audio interface with cubase LE 4 to muck about with some ...
A: Hey Nelson, sounds to me like you're getting a feedback loop. Try unplugging the mic before you ...
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| Advice on recording my own material | 5/20/2008 | Larry A. Staffen |
Q: I'm Ryan, and I've been playing guitar for about 10 years now. I'm not very knowledgeable about ...
A: Anyway, I recommend you to read a book before buying recording equipment. It's called "Modern ...
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| Mic/Equipment Identification | 5/18/2008 | Larry A. Staffen |
Q: Hey Larry, Sorry to hear about your health problems man. It must be even more unhealthy not being ...
A: etc. Reverb is purchased in all capacities and prices... it is added to the signal of the mic ...
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| adding drum tracks | 5/17/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: I am using cubase right now. I have all the guitar and bass tracks and I can not figure out an easy ...
A: Do you have a wav file of your drum track? You should be able to import it directly into a Cubase ...
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| ambient sound | 5/17/2008 | William Wittman |
Q: when I'm photographing wildlife, i sometimes collect the images into a slideshow, i was wanting to ...
A: Small digital recorders with built in microphones are available and may be your best bet. just be ...
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| Drum Recording | 5/17/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: I have a Yamaha DTxplorer, I want to record it onto my PC. I am very newbie in this issue. Can you ...
A: Do you have any recording software? There are lots of entry level systems out there (Cakewalk and ...
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| recordng books on tape or CD | 5/16/2008 | Larry A. Staffen |
Q: My question is similar to Dave's. In your opinion, which is better for recording books -- ...
A: If I understand you correctly, you can purchase connectors at Radio Shack or the like to adapt a ...
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| CDR | 5/16/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: to burn a cd from computer i use a CDR. Is this the same disc i need to use to burn a movie in my ...
A: First of all, do you have a DVD+/-R drive? If not - stop here. You won't be making any DVD's anytime ...
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| Fade | 5/12/2008 | William Wittman |
Q: William, For the life of me, even when reading the Pro Tools LE 7.4 manual I can't figure out how ...
A: there are a few ways, but here is a simple one under the TRACKS menu pull down and make a new ...
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| Fade | 5/12/2008 | Jason Fryer |
Q: J, For the life of me, even when reading the Pro Tools LE 7.4 manual I can't figure out how to ...
A: Hey Hank, if you use the smart tool feature, you can do fades or edits on the fly just by dragging ...
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| Transfer VHS video to DVD | 5/11/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: I have a fairly large number of VHS tapes containing movies and documentaries that I would like to ...
A: No. (Just Kidding!) Actually, there are some pretty decent video transfer solutions on the ...
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| "hollywood and so much more" under your profile | 5/9/2008 | Larry A. Staffen |
Q: My question is for understanding based on what I have done do far as I approach recording and aim ...
A: .. it's been my experience in the past that anything goes. These demos might be restructured in ...
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| recording technique | 5/9/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: My question is for understanding based on what I have done do far as I approach recording and aim ...
A: While there is no "golden" technique for recording, all I can say is get it as clean as you can. If ...
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| cassette tapes | 5/7/2008 | Larry A. Staffen |
Q: I have 1500 cassette (audio) tapes, some of which I would like to transfer to cd, as I have heard ...
A: with no obvious signal loss. However, I have transferred several tapes to CD. Try ...
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| Electronic Drum Recording | 5/5/2008 | Jason Fryer |
Q: I have a Yamaha dtxplorer. I want to record it onto my iMac G5 computer via edirol fa-101. The kick ...
A: Hey Nigel, if there's no midi in on the Yamaha, you'll have to record the midi information into ...
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| Electronic Drum Recording | 5/4/2008 | Jason Fryer |
Q: I have a Yamaha dtxplorer. I want to record it onto my iMac G5 computer via edirol fa-101. The kick ...
A: Hey Nigel, are you recording with audio or midi? From the sounds of it, I would suspect midi. If so, ...
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| Recording | 5/1/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: I think I going to try the multi tracking session: Lay down the acoustics and then the vocals, one ...
A: Do you have the MBox manual? It has all of this information, step by step. ...
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| Recording Pro Tools LE 7.4 | 5/1/2008 | Jason Fryer |
Q: Jason, Thanks for your last advice. I think I will try the multi tracking session. Lay down the ...
A: Hey Hank, if you check the PT manual, it will explain to you how to do anything & everything you'll ...
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| Recording Tools | 4/30/2008 | William Wittman |
Q: I use Pro Tools LE 7.4 with an Mbox2 I realize that I can only do what I can with the tools I ...
A: well... "releasable quality" has to do with acoustics and technique at least as much as equipment. ...
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| Recording | 4/30/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: I use Pro Tools LE 7.4 with an Mbox2 I realize that I can only do what I can with the tools I ...
A: From what you tell me, you already have the tools to make something worthy of release. You may need ...
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| Pro Tools LE 7.4 and Mbox 2 | 4/30/2008 | Jason Fryer |
Q: Jason, I use Pro Tools LE 7.4 with an Mbox 2 interface/preamp on a ST-55 mic on vocals and a MXL ...
A: Hey Hank, First, if you can lay down the tracks individually, you'll get much better separation & ...
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| drum sample weird | 4/29/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: through a drum machine i programmed a drum beat and then when i imported it into pro tools the drums ...
A: I'll need a lot more info - What kind of drum machine? What was imported, midi data or audio? Were ...
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| recording technique and equipment | 4/28/2008 | William Wittman |
Q: The listing suggesets this is your area of expertise. So: I have an Mbox 2, using Pro Tools 7.4 LE, ...
A: I DOUBT, without hearing it, that the pickup in your guitar would sound better than mic'ing it. ...
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| Pro Tools and recording | 4/28/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: The listing suggesets this is your area of expertise. So: I have an Mbox 2, using Pro Tools 7.4 LE, ...
A: I'll answer these as best I can in order. 1) I always prefer recording acoustic guitars with a mic, ...
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| Pro Tools and recording | 4/25/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: The listing suggesets this is your area of expertise. So: I have an Mbox 2, using Pro Tools 7.4 LE, ...
A: Try stereo mic'ing, and DON'T record the true verb - use that in the mix (you'll have better ...
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| recording technique and equipment | 4/25/2008 | William Wittman |
Q: The listing suggesets this is your area of expertise. So: I have an Mbox 2, using Pro Tools 7.4 LE, ...
A: Here's how I record a "clear, full studio quality" guitar or vocal. I put a good microphone into a ...
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| Recording player piano | 4/25/2008 | Jason Fryer |
Q: I have two player pianos that I want to record. One is a grand and would be fairly straight ...
A: you could still use a stereo pair of mics to record the other piano, as for the other instruments,if ...
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| Microphone Lag time | 4/24/2008 | Jason Fryer |
Q: I have audacity and I just got a run of the mill computer microphone. To my dismay, whenever I try ...
A: Hey Conan, what you re experiencing is known as latency. I don't use audacity personally, & I ...
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| HELP - need to record CD fast | 4/20/2008 | William Wittman |
Q: We (my 14 year old son & mom) are desperate. Need music recorded on a Yamaha P-250 downloaded to ...
A: The digital piano has two main AUDIO outs... probably labeled something very like MAIN OUTS, or ...
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| Fostex MR8 how to record live drums | 4/16/2008 | William Wittman |
Q: I just purchased a Fostex MR8 and would like to know the best possible way to record live drums. The ...
A: Yes, probably. I don;t know the Fostex in particular but it MIGHT accept two mics directly into it. ...
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| DVDs | 4/14/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: I am burning some DVDs, I would like to know what is the difference between DVD-R & DVD+R, They are ...
A: Copied from Wikipedia.com: A previous DVD recordable format called DVD-RAM (DVD random access ...
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| Music lyrics. | 4/14/2008 | Larry A. Staffen |
Q: Howzit. I am currently tinkering with music mixing and production I was wondering if you knew of any ...
A: Or Google and type in lyrics. The only thing I could suggest is a voice eliminator. They are sold ...
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| Making a CD | 4/12/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: I want to take several commercial music CD's and copy certain songs to a blank CD. How do I do this? ...
A: Once you burn a disc, you can't add anything later.If you want more than 5 songs on a disc, you need ...
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| Making a CD | 4/12/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: I want to take several commercial music CD's and copy certain songs to a blank CD. How do I do this? ...
A: All righty... In the lower left corner of the iTunes window is a "+". Click that it should give you ...
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| Making a CD | 4/11/2008 | William Wittman |
Q: "I want to take several commercial music CD's and copy certain songs to a blank CD. How do I do ...
A: the easiest way for you to do this would be to download Apple's iTunes programme. you can import ...
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| Production | 4/10/2008 | Wayne Tapia |
Q: Im trying to get into songwritting and producing R&B tracks.. thanks a ton, alex
A: Look for "royalty free" music cd's. I know markertek.com sells things like that. Be wary that these ...
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