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Is it better to have your monitors set around ear level, ie height from ground to ear level when sitting down? I was thinking on having them set so that the actual centre of the speaker actually works out about the height from ground to my ear when sitting at my desk. Is this the correct procedure?

Currently i am using an audiophile 24/96 card and running cables into my rokit rp6 monitors for listening(via the rca connectors). I plug into the m12 mixer and use the digital out to go into the audiophile to record instruments, vocals etc. Can i set up so that i am monitoring my mixes from...

I use an audiophile just now but want to get more inputs. I was thinking of the delta 10/10. Can anyone suggest another soundcard? I have a Soundcraft m12 mixer. I am aiming at recording drums, guitar, bass and vocals. Can anyone explain the basic set-up to me? Just now i plug into the mixer and...

Anyone know of any good links to find diagrams on staggered studding partitions and ceilings? I am soon going to be building a small home studio in one part of a basement which is below ground level. Any links at all with descent diagrams. Cheers.

My mate has just got cubase sx2. Went round to his to see it as i would like to get this. He has an audiophile 24/96 and windows running xp pro. We were setting up the asio and find when we enable 16 bit recording it will record audio ok. As his card supports 24 bit we want to use that but when...

Will cubase 5 vst work with windows xp pro? Just now i have windows 98 running cubase vst 5. Before i move onto xp pro i need to know will i have to ditch my current version of cubase and buy sx?

Can anyone recommend a descent pc case with a 550w power supply, i will e using an amd athlon processor with a barton motheroard and up to 1gig of ddr memory.

Hi, my mate just gave me a sure BG 2.0 mic. Cant find anything on the net about them, are they any good? Can anyone put up a link for some info about this mic? Cheers.

Can anybody out ther tell me what motherboard and processors you are using for your set-up to give me an idea on what to buy. Just now i am listening to Q.O.T.S.A., Music for the deaf, this sounds like a really well mixed album, some cool sounds.

Can anybody give me an example of a good stable audio recording set-up for a pc, eg: what type of mother board, type of processor, memory etc.

Hi all, Can anyone advise me on minimum specs for recording audio on a pc. Just now i have a pentiumIII with, i think, a 650 celeron and 128ram(not ddr) also a 60gb hard drive and a g-force II titanium graphic card. I also have a g-force II mx lying around as well. With this i am using an...

My bosses wife is a dancing instructor and purchased an audio technica wireless mic(pro8he). She now wants a pa system that will play cds and she can hook up her mic. Would she be better to buy a seperate cd player, or can you get something suitable that has a built in cd player? Can anyone give...

I am using cubase vst 5 and have various direct x pluggin effects such as Aural Activator, Harmonizer, Pitch Shifter etc. Are there any pluggins that you can use for vocals that give you that kind of valve amp tube sound?

I am looking to buy a mixer to use with my pc and audiophile soundcard. I want a mixer that has a S/PDIF out put as well as analog outs. This is only a home studio type set up so obviously i dont want to spend too much cash, but of course would like something that would work well with my...

I currently use a tascam 414 portastudio connected to my pc with an audiophile 24/96. I will soon be buying a new mixer, either 16 or 24 channel. I don't know much about mixers, and would like to hear any suggestions on what not to buy / what to buy and things to look out for when buying a new...