Recent content by TalismanRich

One reason NOT to be using WinXP is the memory limitation. You're stuck with 3.2GB. A new OS handles more memory, which means the ability to use more modern programming. 8GB is pretty much bottom of the barrel on systems today. Many are 16GB or more. Plus, as Rob said, much hardware...

This one could have been on the Wheels of Fire album and fit right in...

Whether you use Cubase 7 or GarageBand, it shouldn't make a big difference. The biggest issue I see is the missing plug-ins. I'm surprised that the midi is lagging, maybe due to the midi device? I don't really do much midi, so that's a questionable area for me. I would try to get the...

Yeah, Lou! I love the 500 as well. My first was in '73. I went every year for about 10 years, and I still watch every one. I'm heading down to Barber Motorsports Park next weekend for the Indy car race there.

Its Ky Derby time. In my hometown, we have a little horse race that occurs in a couple of weeks. It's the 150dth running. There's a party that kicked off today, starting with an air show, drone show and ends with a 30 minute fireworks show that uses two barges in the river and a half mile...

Kudos for at least coming back and commenting. As I said in my first response, we get a lot of one and done student posts. I was really trying to be constructive in my comments. I took the time to take your questionnaire, and you did ASK for responses and feedback. Granted, some of...

They did do 64 bit drivers.

I have a 100 CD player on the stereo in the bedroom. Many mornings, I fire up a CD when doing chores, grabbing a shower or just relaxing. Most of them are copies of CDs that I have downstairs (I probably have 300 or more originals). I also burn CDs of recordings I've made of various...

Gee, I simply asked in which way does normalizing degrade the sound any more than raising the fader would, which you didn't answer. A simple explanation would have been much better received.

Have you contacted Rode? It should have a 10 year warranty. Even if it's a very old mic, I would contact them.

Sorry Gonzo. I've already heard this one..... playing the album that I downloaded from Bandcamp last week. (y)

I am not seeing the same issue as the OP does with regards to computer noise. My last two desktop machines had rather large fans but they ran at slower speeds, so the noise was actually far lower than my old P4-1.4GHz machine. Plus, most modern motherboards will throttle down the fan...

That should be more than enough to run most any current DAW well. The video card doesn't really do much for audio recording, but the memory and processor will.

How does Normailizing compromise the sonic signature? It is precisely the same as raising the fader, except that it prescans the wave form, looks for the highest peak value and calculates how much increase can be applied before you reach 0. It doesn't compress the signal in any way...

Hey Marto, be sure to come back when you get things connected. One thing I haven't seen is the type of computer you will be using. Some DAWs are more efficient, presenting less of a load on the system. You definitely want to use ASIO. It's the only way to go when you're doing any real...