Recent content by Afficianado

I went ahead and bought the Yamaha KX49, which seems a little nicer than the equivalent M-Audio because of the superior integrated DAW functionality. I did install the Cubase AI4 software, which is certainly different than what I'm used to with Adobe Audition. The WAV editing functionality...

Looking for some sort of followup. Perhaps I should ask this question: Is the packaged software with entry-level equipment a reason to buy one product over another?

I'm new to MIDI and deciding between two very basic MIDI controllers right now - similarly-priced M-Audio and Yamaha USB controllers. The M-Audio comes with a lite version of Ableton, and the Yammerhammer comes with a lite version of Cubase. Consider that I'm graduating from Adobe Audition 2...

I'd second this as being probably the best free option you've got. Personally, I use Adobe Audition, but that's a personal preference that is NOT free.

Well... assuming that by a .ra file, you're referring to RealAudio, I doubt you'll find much, since RA is a proprietary streaming format of http://www.realnetworks.com . I honestly know very little about it, but the important word there is "proprietary". Meaning that because of the DMCA, it's...

If it were me, I'd explain that working in a studio needs to be a lot different than working live, and that he absolutely needs to work with a click track or metronome "like other professional studio drummers", or you won't be able to use his stuff. I would lay his drums down either separately...

If you read the info on the page, they explain that only the first four frets of the guitar are covered by the mechanism. Makes sense, since it's a class project that is only supposed to demonstrate mechanical capability, not actually reproduce a skilled human sound. Also, it's got a plucking...

Nope, your problems are apparently just beginning. Happy trails!

Gad, I love it when people jump right into it without a clue! Was always the best way for me to learn, anyways. :p Here's your cable: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/339037/ Here's a pre-amp...

Sounds like a personal problem...

I'm totally sold on the quality and sound of Martin acoustic guitars. The problem with Martin is that it's easy to believe that their $1000 guitars suck simply because they're not Martin's top-of-the-line $25,000 specials. Totally not the case. My Martin D-1 is fantabulous, and I'd recommend...

If your computer is having problems turning on, but not having any problems staying on, chances are the problems are in a switch that is wearing out because you've been turning the computer on and off nearly every day for a few years. Replacing the power supply has a very good chance of fixing...

No way - you should make it bigger by eleven. Everything sounds better at eleven.

I'll second the DMP3 product. Simply put, it's got two channels of some of the best clean sound you'll hear for the money. I run mine straight into a Delta44 and color the sound using plugins. Works good for me.

>>Maybe I accidentally left my capslock on and there's some sort of forum filter >>to gaurd against it that just capitalizes the first letter of every word instead? By George, that is indeed the case. However, I would like to point out that IT DOESN'T WORK IF THERE ARE NORMAL WORDS IN THE...