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Hi all - I'd really appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to fill out this short survey about recording, for my dissertation in final year of audio! Thank you so much :)

Hi guys. I'm using a laptop with a 500GB 16MB cache internal hard drive. ST9500420AS Momentus 7200.4 SATA 3Gb/s 500-GB Hard Drive | Seagate I need to expand to an external hard drive and have some questions. I know next to nothing about computers! I have an eSata port so will use that. As I...

Hi guys. I am currently using my guitar into a Presonus interface with software for the tones etc. I understand the need for a DI box if running into a mic pre, but a lot of interfaces come with hi-z/instrument inputs, which I understand serve as a DI box. So I use the two on my Presonus...

Hi guys. I have an issue with reamping. Let me go through my signal chain: Guitar>Presonus Firestudio Hi Z in (no need for DI box)>Sonar I play on Guitar Rig etc like this all the time just fine. I have a good input level just below 0dB and Guitar Rig receives a nice powerful signal for heavy...

I recently made a track including timpani drums. -The final WAV file sounded fine -Converted to Mp3 320kpbs, it's fine -Tried also 128kbps, no problems (other than those to be expected, of course). I imported the WAV into audacity, and the timpani (only on the intro) had horrible distortion...

Hey guys. I've just finished my first orchestral track. I'm at uni studying audio production and had an email about a contact looking for four tracks, 3:30-40 long, similar to this: YouTube - Oneshot - Reivers 12 Charity Film Offering £50 per track. Each student welcome to submit all four. A...

Hey guys. I couldn't really find an appropriate place to discuss synthesis and sound creation so I thought I'd put it here. I'm using Native Instruments Absynth to create an ambient spacescape. It's going well at the moment, but I need to put some life into it. I was wondering what techniques...

Hey guys. I hope this is in the right place. I'm recently using Protools 8 with the included Sansamp Plugin. I'm very impressed. I need something as good as this at home, either free or up to £50. Any suggestions? I was hoping I could just find the plugin that Protools used but there seems to be...

Hi guys. I'm looking for some headphones for general listenting that are also ok for light audio work. Something comfortable and no more than £50/$80. I've never used any decent in-ears before - all of them have sounded like crap. I'm not looking for anything amazing - just something that...

I really wasn't quite sure where to post this odd question. It's a total long shot - but does anyone know of some kind of visualizer plugin that can create lovely full screen visual effects in response to sound? Similar to Windows Media or iTunes visualizers. I think it would be inspiring for...

Hey guys. On my last PC I had my Presonus Firestudio Project running into Sonar. When recording in Sonar, I would mute the inputs on the Presonus software so that they were only audible in Sonar. I'm having a problem on my new laptop setup. It should be the same, but the sound is coming out of...

Hey guys. I have a Presonus inteface with one MIDI input and one MIDI output. The output is unused. The input is connected to my MIDI keyboard. In the near future I can see myself buying one of those small 16 pad drum controllers and a bunch of assignable knobs and sliders. So that's three MIDI...

Caution: LONG POST. Hey guys. A bit about my current setup (bare in mind I am clueless about computers really): It's pretty old. Some locally built custom thing with Windows XP 32 bit. Soundblaster soundcard with external interface which I have disconnected and do not use. 2GB Ram. "AMD...

Hey all - I'm wondering if you could help me with research for a college project by answering some questions related to recording at home. Please give some background on who you are and what you are involved in. 1. What is a home studio? Where do you draw the line between a home studio and a...

Hey guys. I'm looking for a VSTi with a similar sound to the choirs that James Horner used on these tracks in Avatar. I already own EastWest Symphonic Choirs which is brilliant but I am looking for less of a church sound. He used one in Titanic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T94yuOUfRUM which...

Hi guys. My current setup is as follows; PC with Soundblaster soundcard. Soundblaster has its own Synth for MIDI. PC also has standard Synth for MIDI. PC has firewire Presonus Firestudio Project 8 input interface attatched. I am running Cakewalk Sonar. I have some monitors from Presonus Main...

Hey guys, newbie with a few questions about reamping here. As I understand, the basic setup is as follows: Guitar into DI box, splits signal into two. One to amp to hear while playing and mic up if you want. One clean DI signal to the mixer/interface for the later reamping. And then later on...

Hi - not sure if this is the right place to post this, but lastnight I was playing guitar direct into my 6505+ which is 5 feet behind me now. I was sitting infront of this laptop, and I could hear weird electronic beeping noises etc. coming from my amp. After a while I realised it was only when...

Hi guys. Looking at the subforums, this seemed the most appropriate place to post this. I'm currently preparing to write a dissertation based around the evolution of the home studio and it's impact on the recording industry. One thing that has crossed my mind was how much further technology...

Hello, I decided re-amping would be an incredibly useful tool for me. As I understand, I need a DI box to split the signal, with one 1/4" jack output to continue on with the same instrument level to my amp, and one XLR out to my interface/desk which would be mic level? And then I would need a...