Hello guys,
my name is Amtroad (as u indeed can see but w/e xD), I am approacing for the first time the home recording environment and I hope to get some advices on how to set up for the start (I'll create a post later) and eventually become able to help others to in this forum, I don't have any strong music style preference but at the same time I love kinda them all .
Amtroad
The Win7 usb3.0 is a known issue by Avid, they just refuse to fix it. As they apparently consider 7 outdated and not worth the time to make a stable driver for that combination. Win8 is no issue. My desktop had both 2.0 and 3.0 usb ports so it was a non issue recording that way.
The Dell runs ProTools11 fine, just not with the Avid made interfaces.
I wonder if you used a cheap'ass USB hub on the USB3.0 port if that would fix the issue?
Dave.
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" Just bought an ancient fostex x-15 with mini mixer/compressor"
Why Sid if you know nothing? But what do you want to do? Record Self singing/playing? If so you really need an Audio Interface. If you want a strong suggestion in the £100 area. Steinberg UR22.
You will need a microphone of course. Some will suggest the Shure SM57 or 58 and they are fine but a Small Diaphragm Capacitor (aka condenser) will cost the same or less and be infinitely more flexible, especially so if acoustic guitar is a possibility.
You will need to harken unto your creations and headphones will do for starters but if the idea grabs you, you will need monitor speakers pretty soon.
Thus equipped the TECHNICAL quality of the gear will be better than CD (whereas the Fostex is whale ***t). Of course, much practice and work will be needed to get good results but at least that rig will give you a fighting chance!
Dave.
Thank you. Yeah, perhaps I should elucidate.
I have a pair of tannoy little reds, an 80’s Pioneer 30w amp, Aiwa ‘HX Pro’ cassette deck, Ibanez dm 1000 digi delay, tapco mix-50 mini mixer, early 70’s JHS ‘studio’ type headphones, shure unidyne b and peavey PV (’58 copy) microphones, the fostex x15 and mini-mixer/compressor, and ancient Yamaha drum machine, roland d50 digi piano with a kurzweil shoe-horned into it, a brace of casio keyboards, an accordion, mandolin, bass, about a dozen electric guitars, some lovely amps, and a big bag full of effects pedals.
I specifically want to use 4 track cassette as a recording medium.
I want to make a’ demo’ album , and need some input about slow-speed four-tracking .. tips and techniques, etc, etc … for example..
If I max my pitch control when recording, will the slightly higher speed give any kind of effect, or slightly better quality ? Can I use pitch to thicken or compress sounds ?
And,
What sort of order should I record instruments in, in order to best preserve their quality (and reverberations) whilst over-laying other instruments and voices ??
And,
Can anyone remember a G3 mac specific (early o/s 10 or o/s 9) software I might be able to integrate into my home recording melee ??
Thank you.