Recent content by ecc83

"Once Upon a Time" we had no problems with exchanging audio signals. This was because,... 1, the only people who needed to do it were in broadcasting or recording studios and had degrees in electrical engineering! And, 2, the only amplifying device was a valve and everyone knew what they were...

No not "better" sound nor worse, it just brings the output of the pre amp inline with the sensitivity of the interface. There are only two reasons I can see for using an external pre amp with an interface, especially these days when AIs have remarkably good pre amplifiers...my MOTU M4 certainly...

This "level interchange" problem is one experienced quite often by people who try to connect gear such a s mic pre amps and mixers to interfaces. The OP is quite fortunate with the UFXll because the line inputs can handle up to +19dBu (and a bit I bet being RME!). Many AIs clip at +12-+16dBu...

Ah, I wasn't clear. When you have a room well 'lagged' so as to kill virtually all reverberation the resultant dull sound can often be improved by sitting on a few sq mtrs of hardboard. But I can see you are in good hands. Dave.

Hi Kathryn, I am not anywhere near Rob's league but I have to say the clips sound pretty much like every harp I have ever heard reproduced in the last 70 years! But then I am clinically deaf! I am glad you used an MP3 for a clip, much easier for me at least. If you start with a 24 bit/44.1kHz...

I would find it very odd for any "proper" electronics engineer to mess with the grouped grounds in a cableform? They would surely know that IF you are using a ubiquitous connector there is always the possibility of 'it'appening! In other words I doubt they would utilize those grounds for...

I would also ask this question over at www.soundonsound.com Those guys have had EVERYTHING over DECADES! Dave.

Got it! Thanks and already it has found the hibernation file of 13G which I have now deleted and deactivated. Also however I found a download of 5.4 G, Windows 11 (this is 10) Now, HTF THAT got there I have no idea! Microsoft have in the past asked me to check to see if this laptop will run W11...

"There's an app called DaisyDisk...."Ffff***! Mr S, a mac only app. Is there something similar for Windows? This Lenovo has a 256G SSD but I only have about 10G left! I do try to spruce the drive but am never quite sure what to dump. Dave.

I can only advise you about Windows machines but since you want to keep costs down, for any given specification a mac is likely to be more expensive than a Windows laptop. The three "parameters" of any computer are, CPU speed. Hard drive capacity (has to be an SSD these days) and memory...

I have recently bought my son (he does not know yet, him in France!) a refurbished laptop. It is a Lenovo E590, 15.6" i5 gen 8, 512 SSD 16g ram and Win 11. £300. I had a few issues with the company but they were sorted very quickly and even gave me a nifty back for my trouble. OK so an i5 g8 is...

You surprise me Rob! "Macolites" are always banging on about how "naturally suited" to audio work Apple products are whereas Windows machines need those tricksy ASIO drivers. In any event I doubt there are many mac setups that can beat a good PC combined with an RME interface and its superb ASIO...

I am confused here? I have truly never used any mac device but one of their oft vaunted "advantages" over Microsoft computers is that they do NOT require any drivers (Google "ASIO") and are indeed, from what I read pretty much "plug n play"? I suspect therefore that there could be some foible...

"i3" refers to an old Intel processor. I have an HP g6 laptop which has a 4core i3 CPU and 8G of ram and runs Windows 7 That laptop can and has run 20 tracks of Cubase ESS 6 with about, IIRC some 50% CPU hit. Interface was the rather good Native Instruments KA6. I now have a MOTU M4 which is...

In that case what you are doing is not remotely "stereo" so record each track as discrete mono then you can modify/redo/punch in etc as required individually. I see the suggestion has been made to record one part first , guitar say then sing to that? Good idea and it would be valuable to lean...