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I'm looking into buying a laptop to perform live electronic, sample based music using Ableton Live, and am looking at either a Sony Viao or Macbook Pro. Sony Vaio Macbook Pro The main difference being I could get the Vaio for about half the price, but would it still perform as well as the...

So i just bought a new PC (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-210-OK&groupid=43&catid=1445&subcat=) and set it up, putting a firewire pci card in one slot. My MOTU 8pre is plugged into one of those firewire ports with Yamaha HS50M's going into the soundcard. However when I...

So I have an electric kit that i use to record sometimes with (yamaha dtxplorer) if im feeling lazy or just doing a rough demo and am using the quarter inch line out of the module to record its sounds. But i wondered if using samples triggered via midi would give me better sounding results...

So later today i'm recording a sax in a prtety small room, and the only mics available to me are SM57's and a pair of AKG C3000B's, having not recorded sax before does anyone have any tips on which mics would be best? mic position? etc all help is appreciate, thanks

I was thinking of picking up some Samson C02's to use as drum overheads and perhaps for acoustic guitar too, anyone have any experience with these? Since im on a tight budget i can't spend too much, but is there any alternatives to these that are also worth looking at? thanks

So I don't want to have to buy alot of mic stands just to mic up drums so i was going to get some clips for the rims of the toms and snare, does anyone have an recommendations on any good ones? preferably not too expensive but i wouldnt want to buy cheap stuff just for the sake of it being...

anyone got any advice on the best xlr cables i can get for the cheapest price? I'm looking for about 10 and how much could i save if i made them? how hard is it with no soldering experience? I'm looking for around 10 meter cables, would this length of cable degrade the signal an audible...

So i've just hooked up my new Motu 8pre, and with it being new im not sure if its a software or hardware thing, but when im'm using some vst's I get crackles I also get this when using amplitube but i also got it with my old Tascam US122 which is what makes me assume its a software thing Is it...

If my rack gear (for now) consists of a Motu 8pre along with a Behringer ADA8000, do i need a power distributor like the Samson Powerbrite PB10? Or is it redundent? when it comes to rack gear i have very limeted knowledge! any help would be greatly appreciated!

Just wondered what i could use to control levels etc in an analogue way, whether it hook up via ADAT or USB or whatever, any suggestions would help! thank youuu

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=26355 any help at all would be appreciated! thanks

I'm seriously considering spending more than i planned on my home studio setup and am thinking of getting the MOTU 8pre instead of the firepod, but how do the preamps compare? because since ill be spending more on things i couldnt really afford to buy preamps if the ones on the motu were poor...

So i thought i was set on getting a PreSonus Firepod, but having read alot about the others, i'm back at square one again. I've been reading about the MOTU 828 MKII, MOTU 8pre, Saffire 26 Pro and i really have no idea now, so any opinions on any of them, pro's and con's would be massively...

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1668102440.1231267382@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccefadegeefhhgdcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=813442&category_oid= any help would be useful! thanks alot

So i've bought quite a bit of stuff for my homestudio setup and i just wondered anyones opinions on it? what might be missing? etc I already have any DAW's and plug-ins i may need so i can forget about those for now. So what I have now/i will be buying as soon as i come into money...

So i'm looking for a good set of mics to buy to get the majority of jobs done when it comes to recording different instruments/vocals and what not, I don't have a huge budget, so the cheaper the better! (but at the same time, i don't want a piece of garbage!) Any advice would be great, thanks

Hey there, so i'm looking at buying some new gear and getting a nice little setup within my bedroom, im looking into buying... PreSonus Firepod KRK RP6 monitors M-Audio Axiom 25 (for midi bits and bobs) Various vocal/instrument mics For a basic setup i was wondering if there was anything...

Looking for a midi controller for a bedroom studio setup, and i thought the drum trigger pads on this would also come in useful as i mainly use ableton Live to make electronic stuff. Any one got any thoughts on this or any comments? Thanks very much

Just wondering what DAW's and stuff people are using to create beats and stuff, since i'd love to get into it as i'm a massive fan of indie/underground hiphop. I've had experience with fruity loops, along with other DAW's like cubase, sonar, etc. when recording rock music and doing midi on that...

hey there at the moment im using a tascam us122 with Cakewalk Sonar to record, but was wondering whether it'd be worth buying a Digidesign Mbox 2 Mini with ProTools LE to work with? I only ever really record 1, rarely 2 tracks at a time, and everything goes in via 1/4" jack, even drums as i...