Recent content by Spider

im using a guillemot ISIS card , has a main card , daughter board and breakout box. Breakoutbox is connected to the daughter board by a 44pin cable. I was wondering if this type of cable transmits different signals on different pins? eg. The first 4 pins might transmit midi data , the rest...

Im using cubase to record audio into. I sometimes use midi to sequence in the drums , but ive never actually known how to change the midi data into an audio wave. Ive always gone out of the soundcard through the console and back in , i know it sounds like a big waste of leads but this is the...

perhaps a fairly simple subject for some but i have to record an 'on hold' telephone recording for a government medical department here in Oz and i know it has to sound perfect.. so i was wondering if anyone knows of anything i should look out for? Im presuming compression will play its part ? I...

what are they ?? cool edit asked me for them today ... i tried to convert a 16 bit stereo file to a 4 bit mono wav. file. Any one know what causes this?? cheers.. spider

hi all , i was wondering how carpet underlay would go hanginging on the rear wall of my control room ?? the monitors will be facing roughly in that direction so i was wondering what frequencys the underlay would affect?? also how would this go in a vocal booth?? its just i can get a few rolls...

hi all , rather simple question, ive just never asked the question .. Is it best to try and get a loud take on tape?? I mean should u (obviously to an extent) try and record as hot a signal as you can for the sake that u have that volume there but it can be turned down?? i usually aim for 0db...

hi all , well i dont know if any one remembers reading my post on this subject .. well today was the big day and im absolutely ecstatic about the results.. (mmm , ecstatic!) I know how many people , myself included (hey i was stuck with this one place to put the booth) thought this wouldnt work...

i remember before i could afford a mic that requires phantom , i use to hear a lot of things about when not to turn phantom on and off ... i dont remember exactly what these precautions were , but just as an example something like , never turn phantom power on or off with the gain of a condenser...

whats this? Well to me it looks as if i can control certain functions from my midi keyboard?? How does this all work? What i mainly would want it for is to have a keyboard in the studio so i can operate simple functions like play and record... cheers all.... spider

hi all , i was tuning up a snare today and for the life of me i couldnt get rid of this ring it had without adding an e-ring.. and after that it sounded like shit! I must admit the snare was tuned pretty high , but i can usually get quite a good pop sounding snare by this method. But this one...

i was wondering if someone could elaborate on what a crossover does.. I believe there not really used in recording (or are they) more live situations.. Just have a job interview on friday and i think this might come up... cheers all... spider

hi all , im not at all a bass player , in fact my guitar skills arent right up there either... im a drummer actualy and i was wondering about recording bass guitar. Is it best to mike up the cab or go di?? i dont have a di box just an alesis quadraverb gt and a boss me30 multi effects pedal...

hi all , just a quick question bout cubase ... im not real sure about this but here goes.. has anyone ever had the meter on the master fader peaking yet the level on the external mixer (in this case its a behringer 2642A) isnt even getting near 0db... Is this the wonderful world of uncalibrated...

heres my setup.. from the souncard outs im runing a left and right signal into a stereo channel (aux return actually) of my mixer. I thought everything was ok until today. I use this simply for monitoring while laying down tracks. I have my monitors connected to the monitor outs on the desk so...

hi all , i know what your all thinking , huh???????? but all i was wondering was if i record say 30secs of nothing (by this i mean have everything hooked up , just mute the mixer) is it the same (cpu usage, that sort of thing) as if i recorded sound on the track?? I heard some where it was the...