Recent content by loquat

Every halloween I like to set some speakers up by the door and scare trick-or-treaters with scary sci-fi sounds. This year a friend encouraged me to make a downloadable track and that is exactly what I did. It's available here http://virtualanalogdreams.bandcamp.com/. It's free to stream...

Hi there I was doing some recording at home the other day when I noticed something I'd never seen before. I was recording bongo drums through an SM58 without the screen on it. The signal path was SM58 -- FMR Audio Really Nice Preamp -- M-Audio Delta 1010 -- into Ableton Live 8.2. I noticed a...

This is my first post on this forum. So please go easy on me. My sisters wrote this song during the summer for a little online contest. When they were done I spent a couple hours trying tidy it up. It sounded dark and muddy and I tried to brighten it up...

Hello everyone, I currently own a EMU 0404 PCI soundcard. I'm considering upgrading to the PCI Express version of the same card or perhaps the PCI Express version of the 1212. My question is will there be a performance increase for VST plugins. I use several very CPU unfriendly VST...

I'm posting to first brag and then quickly do a 180 and ask for advice. The other day I picked up a E-MU PK-6 for $50. You can hardly pick up a used controller for that much. I brought it home triumphantly and I've been having tons of fun with it. I downloaded Prodatum a patch librarian and...

So the other day I was playing around with my NT2A condenser microphone. I use it primarily for vocals. Which up until now has meant having it setup properly on a stand with a shock mount and a pop filter. But for fun I decided to try just holding the microphone. I switched the 20dB PAD on my...

A friend of mine forwarded me this link today: Production Forum This seems to be hot off the press because it hasn't even been added to E-MU Systems news section yet. Here is a quick summary of the OP. Basically it says that the 0404, 1212, and 1616m are now going to come in PCIe. They are...