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Does anyone know of any online articles explaining the expander/gate. I've seen a lot of everything else but not this. I'm specifically working with protools but general info will do. Thanks in advance!

I've been asked by my teacher to remake a song using midi and only on GS/GM. First I tried using Eastwest colossus because they have a GM bank but then I had a lot of memory problems. I got almost no latency when I loaded an instrument in colossus either as standalone or in cubase. I tried...

I tried to format my Lacie external drive to FAT32 because my school uses mac and I have windows but if I go to disc management then format, there is no choice except NTFS. Is it even possible to format to FAT32 using a windows system? Thanks

I'm planning to build a PC. For the moment, I only plan to record 2 tracks at a time with either an M-Audio 2496 or a Lexicon Alpha with protools M powered. Can you let me know if the specs are ok? INTEL Core 2 Duo E7400 (Socket 775, 2.8GHz, FSB1066, 3MB Cache, Boxed) ASUS P5Q SE (S775, Intel...

My school suggested to the students to get an mbox because the school's studio has a protools system. I've read so many bad things about the mbox's latency and that it's midi support isn't that good. I also saw some other interfaces that could record 8 inputs at a time like the tascam US 1641...

I played guitar for five years and then stopped to concentrate on trombone for 6 years. For about 8 hours a day of practice and rehearsals, the trombone's weight was always on the left thumb. For the past year, whenever I tried to play guitar, my left thumb gets weak. After a few minutes I...

I'm planning to order a gig of ram but I'm not sure what kind of ram I need. SDRAM or SDRAM2. How should I check? and where are the cheapest places to get them online? thanks in advance

What do you think of blue cables? There are three of them and the difference in price between each of them isn't so big. Are they any good? Is the Kiwi significantly better than the blueberry? thanks

What do you think of the Electro-Voice 635A as a trombone mic for both recording and live gigs? Is it better than an Sm57 or 58? I'm looking for a rugged and durable mic that I can use on my funk and ska gigs and at the same time be good enough for home recording of a jazz trio with trombone...

I have a video of somebody playing trombone and I was wondering what mic he is using for the trombone. Here is the link: http://www.philabraham.com/index2.html Click on videos and look at any of the trio videos. Is it a condenser mic? I'm a trombone player myself and I love this guys sound...

I have a tascam 788 and I'm planning to sell it and get a Korg D888. I need it for the portability. However, I want to do the mixing on my pc. I have a P4 1.8 Ghz, 384 mb ram and I'm planning to use Cubasis Go which I guess is like Cubase LE. The most number of instruments that I'll have to work...

I don't know if this the right place to post this but here it goes. I was just looking at the classified ads of Harmony central and there are some pretty nice stuff that I liked. I've never ordered anything from anywhere besides a music store before. So is it safe to buy stuff from there? Or...

Do you find mix automation to be important for a stand alone recorder? I have a Tascam 788 and it doesn’t have automation. When I’m mixing down, I have to press stop all the time so I can load the new scene (It won’t allow loading of new scenes while playing). I’m planning to upgrade to...

My fan didn't used to be noisy but it started to be. It sounded like it was hitting a wire or something. I opened my cpu and found out that it was the fan inside the power supply. So I opened the power supply and I can't find anything wrong. What might be causing it? Can the fans on the power...

I’ve been asked to do a recording of a 10 member all girl singing group with piano accompaniment. I use a tascam 788. I’m guessing they’ll use a baby grand. All the mics that we have available are SM58’s. Now I was wondering: 1. Is the SM58 ok for recording the piano? How many should I use...

I've been using my tascam 788 for almost 3 years now and I want to sell it and get a VF160EX. I bought the tascam with the thought of recording my own songs one track at the time but it turns out that my school needs me to record bands up to 12 tracks. It's doable on my 788 but when it comes to...

I was planning on selling my Zoom rt-123 to a friend in the US but I don't know much I should ask for it. I bought it for $160. Any suggestions how much I should sell it? thanks

How do I get rid of the local radio station's signal getting in my speakers, headphones and even my mic and messing up my recording? Its' driving me nuts! Ideas anyone?

I have a question about midi on Cubase SX. I do most of the recording stuff in my school and arrangers hand in finale or sibelius files or midi files of the drum track to be transferred to my tascam 788 and the other instruments are recorded live. I don?t know how to use the lm-4 plugin in...

I want to transfer track by track from my tascam 788 to my computer using an audiophile 2496 soundcard and wavelab lite. I don?t have the tascam burner so I have a digital cable and a midi cable connected. How am I going to do it so that when I press record on wavelab, the tascam plays at the...