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    Question about importing an audio loop

    Could anyone tell me how to adjust the project window's beats and bars to co-ordinate with the length (and hence timing) of an imported sound loop?
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    Can I plug an electric guitar directly into microphone input of Presonus VXP preamp?

    I have a Presonus VXP which is working well for me as a mic preamp. Unfortunately it has no input for an electric guitar to plug straight into it. All it has is a mic in and a line-in input and send. I wonder if I can plug my electric guitar into the BALANCED microphone input of the VXP with...
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    Echo Mia virtual outputs are overloading and don't know why!

    Thought I posted this thread earlier but can't find it now: My Echo Mia virtual 1&2 outputs are overloading when playing back a combination of 2 audio tracks that are fine played separately. When I drop the faders for virtual 1&2 outputs right down the meters still show no reduction in signal...
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    Clicking as song line passes over audio loop joins

    Another new to SX1 question: I've imported some audio loops from my Acid library and they make a click noise as the song line passes over the point where I join them together. I've tried fade ins and fade outs at the beginning and end of each loop but this makes no difference. Is there any...
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    Can you hear an inserted effect as you are recording an audio track?

    I"m a new user to SX1 and am unable to get a monitor signal (ie audible sound) when playing my guitar into my audio track using Trash DirectX "Insert Effect". I can get the clean input sound to monitor fine but not with the Trash or any other inserted effect blended in. Is there any way to...
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    Echo Mia24 drivers suddenly gone kaput.

    I've had my mia soundcard operating perfectly for some time on Mac G4. Today it's console icon which lives in the Dock turned pale and had a grey question mark over it. Now when I call up the console it has diminished to 2 playback channels and an "OUTPUT BUS" Digital In and MASTER Analog...
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    What drum machine to use with Logic?

    I'm running Logic 5.5 on a G4 and am hunting around for drum machine software as I find Logic a bit fiddly for drum programming. So far I have been investigating Doggiebox, JB's VAD drum machine, DC-16 from the Swiftkick website and Native Instrument's "Battery". Are there any other drum...
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    P3 vs P4 vs Athlon

    Could anyone tell me if there is any reason to stick with a P3 motherboard for soundcard recording? I currently have an 815E PRO (MS-6337) ATX S3 motherboard (815 intel chipset) with a celeron 566cpu and I desperately want to be enabled to record more tracks and add more effects in my songs (ie...
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    Etek Multi Di box

    I've got the chance of picking up a cheap active di box/splitter with multiple ins and outs for US$100 reduced from US$250, called Etek Multi Di (see specs and picture at www.soundslive.co.uk/1422.htm). Just curious, are there many different qualities of di box (like there are mixers and...
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    To study or not to study an SAE (School of Audio Engineering) 1year certificate?

    Dear music makers, I've just completed a year of happy home recording on a 16 bit soundcard with crappy mic and hi-fi speakers for monitors! I'm not being sarcastic. I have enjoyed it immensely and learned some. I'm one of those ridiculous people who is actually seriously and a bit secretly...
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    Is there any way to impedance match 4ohm speakers with 6+ohm amplifier?

    I have a pioneer amp with 6-16 0hm speaker impedance written on the back. I would like to buy a pair of Alesis monitor 1 Mk2 speakers for it but these are rated at 4 ohms. Is there any way of impedance matching this amp to these speakers or will I have to forget the idea and get different...
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    How do I reverse phase a microphone if I have no reverse phase switch?

    Question about reverse phasing microphones: I'm on the verge of buying a hoontech c-port which has a pair of built in mic preamps in the outboard analogue/digital converter box. If I use these preamps to record from one mic placed infront of my guitar speaker and one mic placed behind the...
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