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Hi All, I just got a new intel Mac and sold my Tascam 2488 because I found it a pain to import to computer for editing along with other minor complaints. I want to record direct to computer now and most people suggest MOTU for Mac. However, a couple friends of mine that do a lot of recording...

So, I'm in the market for a new laptop for musicmaking and my college lectures. Anyway, at work I have a desktop that is probably 1.5 years old and has a 2.7GHZ Pentium 4 processor. Does anybody know how the new intel core duo processors compare? I'm not sure whether to get a 1.8ghz core duo...

So, I guess Thom Yorke has been doing a lot of his solo work and radiohead songwriting with a laptop. Any idea what kind of setup he uses? I googled it and couldn't really find much.

I'm currently considering the three standalone studios the Roland VS 2000, Korg 16XD, or the Tascam 2488. I know the specs of each unit but I'm wondering about the companies. Has Roland been more reliable than tascam? Which ones have better user support? It seems to me as if the Roland and...

I was wondering if there were any articles recently on how Radiohead does things in the studio? I was just curious how they recorded some of the songs on their newer albums. I listened to the unmixed version of "Hail to the Theif" and thought that it improved greatly with mixing and mastering...

So I've actually been thinking about getting a HD recorder because of their reliability and the number of analog inputs available. I've been thinking about the Alesis HD and and the Mackie SDR. Can anybody think of some computer solutions to this problem? I'm looking for something with 16-24...

Hi all, I was talking to a equipment dealer just the other day and they said the Mackie MDR was discontinued (which I knew) and that the Mackie SDR was soon to be discontinued (which I didn't know). As I was looking to buy one of these I was kind of disappointed. Does anybody know about the...

Does anybody know of any good analog vocoders? I'm looking for one to play around with but have no clue what models to look for information on and what to look for in used instrument stores.

Hi all, I'm seriously thinking about buying an SDR 24/96. I'm still not clear on one thing. I would like to be able to import whole multitrackprojects into my PC from the SDR and work with them in SONAR. I read that .bwl format, which the SDR supports allows you to do this. Does anybody...

Is 24/96 recording all that important? I've hear that there is debate whether the human ear can even detect the difference between 24/48 and 24/96.

So, I've gotten pretty fed up with computers for transportability and reliability issues. I'm looking into a standalone recorder. I have a Mackie 1604VLZ mixer. There are a lot of units out there that are neat but don't quite match what I want. I'm looking for something that can record 16...

I'm looking to buy a standalone multitracker in the price range of Fostex VF16 or Yamaha AW16G. Anybody have prefer one over the other? What features do you prefer?

I'm looking at getting a standalone multitracker. All of them seem to only have one or 2 XLR inputs and all the rest are TRS. Many of them can handle recording eight tracks simultaneously. What is the best way to put 8 mikes into a unit like this. I have 16 channel mackie mixer and could...

If anybody has a manual for a Marantz CDR615, I would love to get a copy or photcopy of it. I seem to have lost it in my move to my new apartment. I would gladly pay for mailing cost if someone has one. Please e-mail me at JamieJ@dartmouth.edu if anybody has one. Thanks, Jamie

Linkin park and the x-ecutioners use this stuttering effect on some of the syllables of the rappers voice. If you know what I'm talking about maybe you know how it's done. It might be a turntable thing but I'm sure you could do it digitally. Anybody have any ideas? I'll try to get a clip of...

Does Sonar have a way to reverse your audio track or sample? I couldn't find it when I was working last night. I suppose I should get out the manual.

A couple people in a few posts asked whether there was any unusual latency associated with firewire. I can't claim to be a computer expert but with Sonar and my MOTU 828. I get can get down to 2.2 ms of latency. This is on an ECS K75SA motherboard with 256 MB ddr, athlon XP 1500, and a 30...

Is there such a thing as voice to midi software or hardware? If there is, is it crap or does it work well. I like to use my voice to write complicated rhythm parts. I'm not so good at reading or writing down rhythms that I hear. Does anybody know of any tutorial software that helps you to...

Does anybody know how Trent created all those cool sounds for "Pretty Hate Machine"? I know he recorded it on something like a Mac plus (just kidding I think it was an LCII) with pro tools. I'm just wondering if he used instruments, samplers, or computers to create and arrange the sounds he...

I was doing clean install of XP on my new system and it asked what size I should make the partition. Does anybody know what a good partition size for XP is? Also which format should I use FAT or NTFS(I think)? My system is Athlon XP 1700 ECS K75SA 30gb 7200 RPM HD 256 MB DDR RAM MOTU 828...