Recent content by ralpheo

Actually, Creative/E-mu has done a good job of keeping their drivers updated, as they have chosen not to revise their flagship 1616/1616M. While virtually every other company has gone through between 4 and 6 (and in some cases, more) iterations of a particular, E-mu has stood behind a top-notch...

I have an E-mu 1616 (PCMCIA) plugged into a PCMCIA to PCI adapter. has worked flawlessly for four + years. My ex and I had bought it so that we could use it with her HP laptop if we wanted. Her laptop couldn't handle the memory-intensive task of recording. It has since been plugged into my Acer...

Go here: Audio & Midi Sequencers : Free Music Software : FreeMusicSoftware.org This is just one from the above page: -psycledelics- - Home There are others that might fit your needs.

This is a great site and the plugins are all free and most are of good or excellent quality. The man running the site has been compiling VST's for quite a few years and he's been pretty good about keeping them up-to-date.Free Music Software . org : Free VST, Free Music Software, Free Samples, etc...

Zoom r16: Standalone recorder (sd card), Interface (usb), and Control Surface (Mackie generic) $320 - $400 Zoom — R16 Zoom R16 Digital Multitrack Recorder

How much ram do you have? Very possibly adding a stick of 2gb ddr2 ram may speed your processor. A mass market laptop like a dv7 is built to general-consumer use, not the power/processor-intensive use to which we subject our equipment. If it has less than 2.4 to three gigs of ram it may have...

Thanks Chili. I appreciate the sentiment. Going to do my best.

I have an interview tomorrow where they have been using Nuendo (don't know which version). I'm assuming it's on a Mac. I've been using Cakewalk/Sonar products since I started doing my own recording, most recently Home Studio 7 (not XL). I'm not sure what kind of curve I should expect. Are basic...

USB interfaces are cheapest and usually quickest to setup. But if you have alot of pieces running on usb, issues like latency and drivers, (among others) can be problematic. PCI or PCIe have the fastest transfer rates from device to software, because they are connected directly to the...

Sure can I do it all the time with my Boss BR864 into my E-mu 1616. The BR 864 has optical out (SPDIF), so I could conceivably record 8 tracks simultaneously in my DAW from it. I rarely ever use the BR864 to record more than one or two stereo tracks. I like the input preamps and some of the...

Cakewalk is selling Session Drummer 2 for $9.99! I know a lot you already have SD3 but I figured anyone who needs a decent drum plugin might like to know. You don't have to have Cakewalk; any host should be able to run it...

Your mic jack on your sound card is only mono-capable. Radio Shack sells as little RCA to usb interface for about $60 bucks that can be used for just the purpose you posted. If you are recording your own music, you might start looking at audio interfaces. E-mu, M-audio, Cakewalk and about 40...

Simple Fix Good afternoon all, Just to update you all: The infinite repeat switch on my Digitech PDS1002 was weak and only engaging after several pushes on it. I went to radio shack today and got a replacement. It's a good bit smaller than the original and had a longer shaft, so I added a...

Thanks dgatwood. I'll give it a shot. Will compressed air in a can do the trick, or something more specific? I have dust remover spray from RS. I'll be getting to it later this week, so I'll update you guys on what I come up with over the weekend. Thanks guys.

Ok modders, I need some help with a Digitech PDS1002 I bought 2 weeks ago on ebay. I had one of these from about '86 until I sold it in 1999. Stupid move! :( I tested it out and found that when I have both the effect out and the dry out connected to the inputs on amps or any other such device, I...