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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| "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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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, ... | ||
| 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. ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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. ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 & ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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. ... | ||
| 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, ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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. ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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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Wayne Tapia
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Expertise
Ask me general questions about Location Recording, foley, ADR, Pro Tools, recording musical performance, post production for film/video & music. Specific gear questions may or may not be answerable as I don't own or have not worked with everything out there.
Experience
Certified Audio Engineer, Pro Tools Certified, Have experience with :
Pro Tools (LE & TDM systems)
Sony Suite (Vegas, Acid, Sound Forge)
Waves Plugins (RTAS & TDM)
Over 20 years live music recording and FOH mixing
Feature & short film audio
Mixing for 5.1 surround
Organizations
ASCAP
AES
Education/Credentials
Audio Recording Technology Institute - C.A.E.
Vancouver Film School - Digidesign Certified User
Past/Present Clients
See my online resume @ http://imdb.com/name/nm2301451/resume for client listings
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