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I just bought a new laptop, which runs on Windows 7 64-bit. I was previously using WinXP, and the virtual drums I was using there was Drumcore Free. Apparently, Drumcore Free doesn't run on 64-bit systems. Does anyone have any suggestions for alternatives I could consider now?

I'm currently eyeing an Acer Aspire 4740 (specs below) --- would anyone have any thoughts regarding this? Use will be mostly for amateur audio recording stuff via Reaper, which I use with several amp/cab modeling plugins (because my current *old* 1.6Ghz Pentium-M Twinhead laptop crashes under...

TBH, I'm just asking because the cab impulses I got from the Line6Pod has different variants based on these three microphones. Which would you choose?

...while keeping things FREE of course. I use Reaper and right now, my FX chain for amp/cab modeling is: Le456 amp modeler ---> LeCab cab modeler Inside LeCab, I have the 4x12 Mesa Boogie cab impluse from Line6Pod loaded. Any other ideas to improve this setup? I have no interest in trying out...

I'm currently using an old, cheap relatively unknown Audio-Technica mic to mic my Marshall MG30DFX electric guitar amp. The MG30DFX isn't a really bad amp, but also not a good one. Just a middling mediocre amp. Would upgrading my mic to a Shure SM57 or Sennheiser e609 be senseless without also...

I saw this at a local thrift-shop selling used for ~$150. It's a straightforward wooden keyboard without all the presets and stuff of modern models. It only has 2 piano and 2 harpsichord presets, but I thought it was pretty nifty since it's got a sustain knob and a chorus feature that can be...

I was looking for a room amp that will be used exclusively for recording but someone suggested that I should look into a Line 6 POD XT Live instead due to my setup. My place is a studio-type apartment that's 30sqm big and I have neighbors in the adjacent units. Although the walls are...

What are usually the small/room amps of choice for most guitarists? I currently have a MG30DFX, which as I've been told a lot of times, will not do my pedals (that I'm ordering soon) justice. Well, what amp (around the same size) will? I'm willing to upsize to a 12" speaker from the MG30DFX's...

http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_audio Does this mean I can use anything I can find here and sample it for music that I make without getting permission from anyone?

I don't have a great amp at all for recording (a Marshall MG30DFX) and I can't always turn up its volume. So... is recording exclusively through a DI-box such a bad thing? My DI-box is a Behringer DI100 and the only time I've been disappointed with it is when I was trying to run distorted...

How often do you guys get that frustration when composing a song where you have such a hard time finishing it? Something like: You have a nice riff or melody and you build it up a bit to form a musical passage, but then you have no idea how to stretch it out and complete it as a fully-realized...

In general, considering you have good-quality speakers and same-quality headphones with a similar sound signature --- what would you prefer to use for monitoring and why? Most of the time I use headphones or in-ear monitors. Although recently, when I listened to my project through speakers, I...

Hi guys! Here's the deal: Several weeks ago, I got this idea for an album and I'm hoping that I'll be able to see it through over the course of this year. It's going to have at least seven tracks and I'm calling it "Bodiless Powers of Heaven". It's supposedly a post-rock album, but can veer off...

Hi guys. I'm having this problem right now where I'm trying to record a section of music that I want to have thick, dreamy distortion like what you hear on shoegaze records (e.g. - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless)... but I only have a basic setup: a distortion pedal + amp, and I work using...

I recently started to pursue home recording and currently have a barebones setup in my room. I think what I have is a decent start. Tell me how I can improve on it. Please. :) Hardware/Instruments: * Twinhead laptop (a 3yr old unit that has a 1.6Ghz Pentium M processor + 1GB RAM) * a basic...