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Greetings. I recently purchased my first pair of monitors (Event TR6s). I need to output my Vestax 05 Pro DJ mixer to the monitors. The Vestax mixer only has RCA outs. The TR6s will accept an unbalanced input. So here are my newbie questions: can I simply use single RCA cables from each...

When I try to apply effects to samples in Soundforge I get high-pitched bleeps. Any idea why this is happening? It sounds like some kind of feedback. I don't understand why it's happening. Thanks in advance for any help.

Anybody bought anything from this site: http://www.platinum-records.com. Have never heard of it but am considering buying something there. Please let me know if you have any experience, good or bad, with that site. Thanks.

Just getting my feet wet with Acid. I'm looking to pick up a couple of hip hop and/or drum libraries to get started. Any recommendations regarding "essential" drum libraries (e.g., I've heard that Big Fish Audio's Vinylistics is a must have for beats generally, though that particular library...

I know a few of you out there use the Akai MPD 16. Forgive my ignorance, but I'd appreciate an explanation of how exactly it works (in general). I'm thinking about using it first and foremost for phrase samples for mixes, but would eventually (after learning how to use it) like to use it to...

I'm running an AMD 1.2GHz, 512 MB Ram, and an Audiophile 24/96. I'm new to computer-based recording and I just began playing around w/n-track. I'm experimenting w/the "Live" function (w/no effects). There's a lag b/t what I play on my turntable and what I hear through my monitor. It's...

Greetings. I am currently testing out the Vegas Audio demo software. I'm new to this whole thing so I'm just trying to maneuver through the basics. When I save a file/project (.rm, .wav), the saved file contains intermittent static. Is this because I am using a demo version? Or, is there...

Greetings all. I need to edit a long wav file. I have a continuous music mix of about 75 minutes. I need to do 2 things: 1) I need to remove "pops" from the recording; and 2) I need to manually split the single file into several "tracks." Any recommendations on good software for these...

Greetings, all. After countless hours reading messages on this board and researching various topics on the web, I think I'm ready to purchase my new computer. I'm posting the proposed setup here w/the hope that you will share your thoughts. I've been doing my dj mixes on a tascam and am...

I'm using an ancient Porta 7 to do some music mixes. Yesterday, a loud clicking sound started occuring in random intervals. It sounds like the pop heard when an amp is turned off w/o the gains being pulled down. Do I need to clean the heads? Something else? Or is it just a part of low-end...

Looking to get new headphones for DJ-ing. I'm looking at the Sony MDR-V500DJ and Sony MDR-V700DJ. The reason I like these models is that they have folding and rotating earcups, and they have single coiled cords. The 700 is twice as much as the 500 and I've read that both models have problems...

I apologize if this question has been answered elsewhere but the search engine is not working (I searched for "music" to test it and nothing came up). After reading several posts, I am now planning to build a new computer system. I am just getting into computer-based recording so I don't know...

I've been using a Tascam tape-based multitrack recorder to make my mixes. I'm interested in replacing the Tascam w/a computer-based system. Is there user-friendly software that will allow me to do the same things that I do w/the Tascam. I understand that the software uses a non-linear method of...