Recent content by LfO

I worded that badly for a recording forum - just to be clear, by "for a song", I meant dirt cheap.

I have an opportunity to pick up a big old Ramsa mixer for a song (I suspect its a Ramsa 8118, but I'll have to check in a couple of days when I'm in it's vicinity to make sure). I do almost everything in-the-box - I mostly write electronic music using softsynths, but I do end up recording...

Given the specs, I would assume you're machine is sufficiently old to be equipped with only USB 1.1 ports. I can't find data on M-Audio's site either way, but its possible the Axiom requires USB 2.0. I actually think its unlikely (MIDI data isn't that heavy, shouldn't require the throughput of...

MIDI does not actually contain audio data. It is simply instructions to a synthesizer, like "now play a middle C at volume 98 for 2 seconds" - its like sheet music for a computer. A much more in-depth response: http://www.tweakheadz.com/how_to_get_started_with_midi.html In addition to the...

I really don't think that transposition makes one bit of difference. If you play a song, then hit a bunch of random notes (so I lose my sense of the key), and then play the song again shifted up or down a bit, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Most people wouldn't. The 1% or so of...

I think this is what you want to do: -Record the accompaniment to your song before the event. -Play back the accompniment at the event so you can sing along. If that's right, you don't need a karaoke machine, just a CD player. A true karaoke track is transposable and has a way to show lyrics...

We write the same style of music, and while I have a few hardware synths in my studio, I find myself using them les and less over time. If, like you say, you have a cpu with decent processing power, you can open plenty of softsynths simultaneously, switch them out easily, and they remember...

First, I REALLY like you're album art. Second, some notes on the one-sheet. The basic format and look seems fine to me, but I'd recommend these changes to the details. -I would say "home studio" rather than "living room and bedroom" - it sounds more professional. -I'd remove the "artwork...

Yep, Audacity sounds like the way to go: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

If the end result is that the exact same sound is coming out of both left and right channels, then you've just done a lot of work to achieve mono. Now, if you were to split them like this, and put some chorus or other effect on only one side, you're starting to do something creative, and maybe...

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An example of something you'd frequently record in stereo is synths. Most decend keyboards have Left and Right outs, allowing you to record them in stereo. A lot of complex synth sounds will have some some subtle autopanning going on, and perhaps stereo echo/reverb. I've read that some...

One thing iTunes does offer that you don't is a well-known name. More people will be comfortable enough to trust that if they give their credit card info to Apple, it won't be stolen or abused. Fewer people will trust you if you do it yourself. That's not to say you shouldn't do it - the...

I've held off on replying to this thread for a full year (when I released my album) to gather a reasonable bit of info. Sold over 1 year: 11 (10 CD Baby, 1 Amazon) Genre: Ambient/Electronic New Age Promotion: *MySpace - between 100 and 150 friends, many of which are other artists, and I...

Second that. If you like the sounds it makes, save up for teh MS2000 -its got the same internals, or extremely close. I wish I had done so...