Recent content by Jeroleen

I was or am on the verge of purchasing the UAD-1 except for the fact that a guitar center employee did not know what he was talking about and gave me the wrong price. When he discovered the error, he tried to claim the product was discontinued. Assuming all works out as I am sure it will, I must...

What are some of the opinions out there on this instrument?

Besides making beats myself, I also work with others in a more representative capacity along with my partner. Today I was noticing that in our office we have a desk completely covered with demo CDs of various Rap hopefuls and we both commented how amazing it was that in all of those CDs, in all...

I would truly appreciate any thoughts or guidance on the configuration of the main part of my studio. The studio is built around a Mackie 24/8 and a MOTU 24 i/o. There are a number of patch bays hooked and a bit of outboard gear wired to the patrch bays and auxillary sends/returns. Here is the...

Too many parts can spoil the mix. Not enough can leave the song sounding weak and empty. Just right is a balancing act. Whatever is done, whatever equipment is used, it just doesn't matter unless you get the balance between instrumentation, parts and sounds and vocals all right. Not always an...

As I understand it, the goal is to record audio tracks as hot as possible. Is this really the goal. Also, I record most instruments direct. Synthesizers, samplers and drum machines and loops. Should these be recorded flat. I understand that the issue of levels and eq has a relation to tape...

I have a Crown DC150 that is getting a bit old (over twenty years) It sometimes hums from the left channel until I touch and slightly move the left volume control (mostly just touching though). I seem to be getting a high leve of harmonic distortion. What can I do about this.

What do Power Conditioners do. How helpful are they. Are there different types and if so, what are they and when and why do you use the various types. And...can you recommend a particulars model for a home studio.

I had a bad shutdown when I lost power. Everything came back on, things seemed to be going on well. I came back to it the next day and everything was reacting oddly. The sequencer in the Korg was out of wack, tracks that had been in sync before were not, programs had changed, the computer kept...

When tracking vocals, should compression be used on the original track or should it be avoided rather attempting to get the smoothest performance possible and th en employ the compressor if necessary. Also, I don't like reverb on vocals all that much. Possibly there are ways to use the reverb...

There are aprently a number of popular basic theorectical designs for pre-amps. When a manufacturer sets out to design a pre-amp, I su ppose they firsts pick a basic type. Why? What is it about these basic dessigns that would make any of the a better choice for a desired result. For instance...

My system is built on a Mac so I am contemplating purchase of a PC for Gigastudio so that I can run Garritan srings or Vienna Symphonic or what have you. 1. What PC would you reccomend? 2. what sound card? 3. Can I use laptop? 4. What laptop? 5. Are there any disadvantages to using a laptop...

Does anyone have any experience with the Kyma system. Looks pretty deep but I am curious as to how such tools work in practical terms. All synths, soft synths, sound generators, samplers have specific strengths. For instance, I love the sound of the Roland V Synth but, because I do not...

Sometimes in fact more often than I would like, as i am recording a track, the sound will wrop out. for instance, a chord might just cut off while being sustained. Or, at times, when I strike the chord, it will come in at full volume then immediatle drop out. I do not know what causes this. I...

Okay, enough is enough...I want an answer! (Just kidding - though I would like an answer). Here is the prolem. I have the native Instruments B4 program. Probably one of th emost important real time playing functions is the speed adjustment for the "Leslie" rotary speaker effect. The various...