Recent content by dzilla77

That's kind of my point, the difference in the capability is fairly significant, but the learning curve going from CW to PT is not very steep.

I just switched from CW's guitar tracks pro to pro tools LE (came with my interface). I can honestly say my workflow is much more streamlined using pro tools and the learning curve between PT CW is not that steep. Also, the documentation for PT is MUCH better than that for CW.

Sager is a very reputable brand, if not on the pricey side. You can buy direct from them at sagernotebook dot com or from a reseller like powernotebooks dot com (you'll get the same pricing either place but the reseller may provide a longer warranty). Hope this helps.

I plug my computer speakers into the headphone jack of my M-box Mini. PT8 will not play through the computer speakers as far as I know.

Also more hard drives are better. If you want 1TB of space, you are better of with 2 500 GB drives or 3 320 GB drives. Its always better to have your tracks being recorded/played to/from a different disk than the disk your software is running on. Samples on still another drive is even better.

Your BR600 can as well (this is the model I have). You just need to export your drum track out of your drummer software as a wave file and then use the wave converter program to import it into the BR.

You dont't actually have to "play" it into the BR. If you use the Wave converter program found on Boss's site, you can import the file into the BR. Its quicker and you will have no signal loss.

Everyone, thanks for all the info and advice. I am starting to look into some studio monitors to add another (primary) way to monitor mixes. Jake, I actually do a lot of that already - listening to my mixes on my cans, on my somewhat crappy computer speakers (a 2.1 system), on my home...

Thanks for all the different perspectives. I think I am going to put monitors on my wish list, and in the meantime use a combination of cans, crappy computer speakers, and checking on various systems until I get them. Then I will switch out the crappy computer speakers for the monitors (and...

How much do you typically vary the velocities by? a range of 5, a range of 20, 50?

I am not very familiar with the interface but looking at the image at Sweetwater, it appears that there are monitor plugs right next to Stereo out (and right above headphones). I suspect that if you plug phones into the phones jack, it mutes the monitor output. So by moving your monitors to...

You could also try to cut some separation between the two guitars with either eq and/or panning. You might try cutting out the lower frequencies of the distorted guitar to let the acoustic come through.

You might also try to reduce the amount of distortion on one of the two guitars (either dial down the pedal or use a cleaner amp). typically this would be done for the rhythm and the lead would have the more distorted sound.

So, given the two choices above, which is better? I have no problem dropping some change on a pair of studio monitors, but my mixing space is small and odd shaped and I don't really want to put a lot of sound traps on the walls/corners as it is part of a space I use to entertain. What say the...

I just got Pro Tools LE with the purchase of Mbox Mini and I can tell you it has everything you need to get started. For more info you can check this page out on the Avid site (I stumbled on it - not the easiest one to find): avid.com/US/support/customer-assist (add the www and a . in front of...