Recent content by david strait

Just curious, How do you guys go about notating songs as you write them? I've always just used a notebook and written the lines double-spaced so that I could write the chord progression in on top of the lyrics. I know that there are a hundred different ways to go about it. Do alot of you read...

Fostex MR-8. Comes with: custom hardshell padded travel case. owner's manual. studio quality headphones. $250. e-mail me at openskullmusic@hotmail.com

Do you guys ever feel like all the stuff that's involved in geting a "good" recording is more of a burden to your music than it is an asset? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy using the equipment that I have and trying to get a quality representation of the songs that I've written, but sometimes I...

I'm thinking about going back to college to study recording engineering. I've heard that Middle Tennessee State University has a good program. If any of you have studied recording at a university, or know someone who has, I'd really like to hear about the pros and cons. I wonder if a person...

I'm trying to get back into the loop after taking a couple of years off music to go finish college. I play singer/songwriter folk something whatever. I'm from West Tennessee and I'm looking for shows or festivals to play this summer. Anybody got any tips on places I can send a demo that's...

I've never gotten a good sound recording piano tracks with just the mr-8, but now with the eq in n-track i'm giving some of my piano tracks another shot. Does anyone have any tips on recording piano and getting a good sound that doesn't come across as overproduced?

i'm not on line at home. just downloaded n here at work and carried it to my workstation on a portable hard drive. i'm gonna lock myself in my room and see if i can't cut the next great indie album this weekend. or at least have alot of fun trying. thanks for all the great info. i'll get back to...

I took the advice that you guys gave me and downloaded n-track last night. It's great. It was alot to get into, reading all the way through the manual, and I stayed up so late that I'm going to be a zombie at work today, but what the hey?

Simple question: Where can I get n-track? Is there a website or can I find it at a BEST BUY or similar store? also, what kind of specs should my pc have to be able to use it? When I was doing some electronic music w/o actually recording instruments I used a program called MUSIC MAKER. I got it...

When I mix down my finished song to a stand alone burner it loses alot of its fullness. Alot of the reverb doesn't come through and it just sounds um, thin, i guess. Is this a function of the mr-8 or would a more expensive burner yeild a higher quality end product? Thanks for the info you guys...

I've been recording on the Mr-8 and mixing down to a stand alone cd burner. I want to begin using a pc to maximize the number of tracks i can work with. I'm pretty familiar with all of the functions of the mr-8, but i'm completely new to interfacing it with a pc. What computer program do you...