Recent content by thomaswomas

Hi, it's been a while since I've been on this forum but thought this would be a great place to ask this question. I've been writing some music along the lines of the movie trailer sound cos I'm really into the big cinematic sound of some of those composers. One guy I really like is Zack Hemsey...

I've just bought an Alesis DM6 drum kit for my home studio. It comes with a lite version of EZDrummer which isn't great as it is very limited obviously. But before I go and spend the cash on the full version, I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a good drum sequencer to go with me new drum kit...

I'm trying to find a way of recording drum parts by playing them on my controller keyboard but using my own drum samples instead of the standard GM sounds you get with a plug-in like halion (cubase). Is there a program that will let me upload trigger my own samples when I play my keyboard. Ive...

I've just downloaded the demos of the CLA artists bundle from waves to try out, but they don't seem to be working on either my macbook or intel power mac. I've had the rennaisance maxx bundle for a few years so have been running the waves V6 on both computers fine. I downloaded the liscence onto...

didn't know where else to post this so apologies for any confusion. is there a way of making a stereo signal from a headphone socket come through my headphones as a centered mono signal? if i connect a mono extension cable to my headphones, will this do the job. it's basically so i can have a...

i've just had to do a complete re-install of my os on my macbook as it was having a few problem with crashes etc. i've now got it up and running again, and have re-installed my protools 8 le. but i'm not sure how i get my production tool kit running again. i;ve got the license already on my...

is there a way of quickly placing a drum sample at a certain point in a session as opposed to manually placing each sample with the mouse. i want to replace a few drum hits with a sample, so up to now, i've imported the sample onto it's own track. i've then selected tab to transient and placed...

i'm trying to find a quick way of placing samples at exact points where an audio wave is. it's mainly for drum replacement. there's a thing in pro tools called 'tab to transient' where you can make the cursor move to the beginning of each snare hit, for example, which makes it easier to then...

i'm thinking of giving my laptop a new year clean-up by totally wiping the hard drive and re-installing my os as it seems to be acting a little strange lately and slowing down. so i was wondering how this would affect my pro tools and waves plug-ins etc. obviously i'd have to re-install all my...

i'm looking to buy a new kit and was wondering if anyone has any advice on which ones to go for. i've got an old slingerland kit and an old premierkit, and i've made a habit of always buying and playing vintage kits in the past. but lately, i've decided that it's time i got a decent brand new...

is there a way i can reset all channels to a flat mix in one easy step. i've had to prepare a song to be mixed by someone else and had to spend a while resetting all the channels. i'm mainly looking for a way of clearing all my channels of plug-ins rather than going through each individual...

is there a way to add your own key commands to pro tools 8? i used to be able to do it in cubase and would like to customize them in pro tools to make things quicker thanks

i'm a newbie to pro tolls so i'm still finding my way around the software. i've just recorded my bands new demo and am really happy with the results. so now i'm trying to find out how i can save the project to a new file and export all the necessary regions. can i do this in pro tools 8 le...

i've just purchased pro tools le as the daw for my bands recording studio. we're going to record an album soon and will probably need more than the available 48 tracks. a producer/engineer told me we could get the pro tools production kit which will enable us to have access to 48 stereo...

my band are about to record our first album and i'm just doing some extra research into recording techniques before we start, as i'll be engineering the session. up to now i've been recording bass by having the bass player plug into his tuner pedal, taking a direct line out of the bypass of the...