Recent content by apodos

Just recorded a song in sonar 8.5 producer and used many soft synths with midi controller and things went great. Now recording second song and I suspect I changed some audio settings and created the following problem and can't figure what I did: When I open any synth(true piano, session...

New user of sonar 8.5 and audiofire 2 interface with windows 7 on intel hp pavilion elite. Everything seems to working fine but, as above, I get no sound when playing/recording into an audio track. Meters show audio response. And I get sound with soft synths. I've adjusted audio inputs and...

I'm looking to buy a powered mixer with passive speakers. Most mixer specs on internet based music equipment sales sites list total power and power per channel but for the most part, they only list the power rating at a specific impedance(usually 4 ohms). It seems that most pa speakers are 8...

I play in a rock band which will play small venues(parties/bars/restaurants/maybe small outdoor venues); we don't need to play for hundreds of people but we'd simply like the vocals to be loud enough to be easily heard above a nice, reasonable level of electric guitar,bass, keyboard and drums...

I want to believe what I've read in that this mic is acceptable for live performance.... For $20, this would be great if I can get some support here. Anyone have experience with these mics?

I have a rock band and we plan on playing small to medim sized venues. We are vocalist x 2, bass, guitar, keyboard. We have drums, bass amp, guitar amp, keyboard, mics. I'm looking at pa systems and I'm confused for a few reasons: 1-what are reliable brands of powered mixers? 2-how much power...

I know this must be a relatively simple problem but wondered if anyone could help: the input monitoring in cakewalk home studio 2004 seems to be delaying the sound I hear when recording live by a fraction of a second; playback is normal; never had this problem before and I've been using this...

I've heard great things about the Great River. I have a DBX 576 preamp with a Shure KSM 32 condenser mic currently. I do have money to upgrade but I'm wondering if anybody here feels strongly that the upgrade will be worthwhile for a home recordist. Will the difference be night and day or should...

I'm looking to save a few hundred bucks. I have a DBX 576 preamp and a Shure ksm 32 mic(both great). I'm thinking of selling the DBX 576 and getting a DBX vocal pro. Any thoughts on whether this is a mistake, or will I be able to get good vocals with the vocal pro? I'm assuming that the tubes...

I am a home recordist with Cakewalk. I'm contemplating a purchase of a finalizer; I've been recording for quite a while but I've never used a finalizer. My questions are as follows: 1-Will a finalizer make a significant improvement in sound quality to my recordings with a bit of trial and...