Recent content by davefromfade

I've read a great deal about +4dbu and -10dbv. My console supports both as well as my M-Audio Delta 44 soundcard. Everything I've read says you want to be using +4 since this has more headroom and less sensitivity (more room to play with the dynamics) than -10. However, when I set my soundcard...

I am trying to get my masters as loud as possible. I have read a lot about dynamics vs. overall volume and the compromise between the two. What I am most interested in is making my music as loud as the commercial CD's I buy. Nothing seems to do it. What compressions setting should I be using...

Has anyone gotten SIR to work correctly in Sonar? I'm not really having any latency issues as much as I'm getting a ton of crackles and pops now that I'm running multiple tracks with SIR. Basically, I'm sending the output of Track 1 to Bus 1 and inserting a SIR effect on Bus 1. I'm then sending...

Edirol UA-25, Alesis IO2, Tascam US-122 and zero latency It's my understanding that when you are using a USB device that has direct monitoring capabilities such as the Edirol UA-25 or Alesis IO2, you can enable direct monitoring for zero latency because it bridges the input to the output AND...

I am crossing over from the Boss BR-864 (which I absolutely love) in to the computer-based recording/sequencing world. I have an old (6 years) laptop that I will be using until I can afford a new one. Currently I am using Cubase to record MIDI tracks from my JV-1010 via an M-Audio 2x2 midi...