Recent content by Metal Marc

I met a guy today at a music store in OKC. He's a former roadie and lighting guy for many bands, most notably Sisters Of Mercy and GWAR, and also a friend of the store owner. He and the store owner are recording together and the two dudes are listening to their rough tracks on a kick-ass...

I'm having a problem with my 8pre and am not getting much help from MOTU. Before I take this to the next level, I would like to post this problem here to see if anyone has ever had this error and could help me. First, I hook up the 8pre to my MacBook (2.2 GHz processor; OS Leopard version...

I use Audacity from time to time and I can't figure out how to do crossfades. Can you do it in Audacity? If yes, how?

Anyone used these? What did you use it for/with? Here's why I wanna know: my friend has an excellent, high-end project studio. This weekend, he recorded some guitar tracks with a band in their little project studio. He brought in a rough mix (pre-mastered) to work this morning. It all...

I have a problem with EQ and my drum overheads. My mixer has only three EQ controls - low, mid, and high - and I want more equalization flexibility for my drums. I've been researching on the boards for about an hour and the only solution I could think of - adding a graphic EQ to the recording...

Hey, all. Like others out there, I'm currently dirt poor (single-income military guy with two children) and I'm looking for some free audio editing software available on the Internet. I had been using Sound Forge 4.0 - which came with my soundcard on my old computer - but it no longer works on...

I am having a severe problem with Cakewalk Pro Studio 9.0. My CD-R drive is NOT reading the disk. My CD drive is not broken because it is reading every disk I put in there EXCEPT my Cakewalk disk. It worked on my last computer but will not load on my new computer and it's frustrating me to...

Hey, all. I just got a Fostex MR8 and of course it came with the basic flash card which gives me 23 minutes of recording time or thereabout. I made it through the first quarter of the manual and decided to record a demo. I did a few drum tracks and it said I had 11 minutes left. Then I went...

I'm seriously considering buying an MR8 but I do have a couple of questions about the S/PDIF feature on this. 1. The S/PDIF output jack on this thing looks like an RCA jack, right? 2. I have an S/PDIF input & output on my PC which I use to record. Will the MR8 allow me to connect to the PC...

Does anyone own the Roland RPCSI-24 Studio Package Pro? Here's a link to the product: http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837/item--ROLRPCSI24 . If you own one or have been able to use one, please post some feedback or links to online reviews. I am thinking about buying one but I haven't been able...

I have just started recording live drums (as opposed to using a drum machine for recordings). I like the sound of my bass drum: it's loud and boomy. However, when I record it it sounds like corned beef ass. I use compression but even without the compression is sounds terrible. Recording...

I have a 20" crash and a 24" ride that seem to ring too much. How can I "muffle" them so that when I record you won't hear that one friggin' crash for 20 seconds after it's hit? FYI: my mic scheme is one CAD KBM-412 Kick Mic, one Peavey PVM-22 mic for the snare, and two MXL V93M Condensers as...

Hey, everyone. When I record my guitar and keyboard tracks, they come out sounding "too perfect". Here are some details: - I am recording digital on to my computer using Cakewalk 9.0. - The guitars are all recorded using a direct recording device (Johnson J-Station; I get the same results...