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So I bought a ground loop isolator to record music with humless quality. The problem is though I don't know where/how to hook the thing up to my mixer. My mixer...

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062214 I have started to get really bad ground looping recently, and I know my cords aren't the problem. Do you think this would be compatible with a USB mixer? (Its a MW10 Yamaha mixing studio by the way)

I currently use a Yamaha MW10 mixing studio usb mixer to carry sound from into my PC. I think it has wore out, as it isn't able to record music to the same volume it used (and it also produces an unattractive amount of hum). Is there another type of USB device that I can plug condensor mics...

So anyway for the past week or so my mixer has been serving me well; it produced very little hiss or noise on the recordings it produced on my recordings (which I mix using acid music studio 7.. heheh). Today, however, it has been producing an abnormal amount of hiss and noise, to the point...

The song I am working on right now has only two components so far; a drum beat made on Beatcraft and a yamaha electronic piano part (which was recorded through a guitar cable into my USB mixer) I listened to the playback and on the fourth chord of the piano part there is a small, but apparent...

Okay I'm new to recording and especially new to midi recording. I have a copy of Acid Music Studio 7 which is really all I can afford right now (I am a teenager) and I have been acquiring plug ins from various sources. I recently found a free copy of "Sonik Synth 2" within my USB mixer box and I...

I'm attempting to record midi for the first time with Acid Music Studio 7 (a crap program, I know) and I don't understand a lot of key elements of midi recording. Here are some issues that are most important to the music I'm making. 1. What is the difference between DLS and VST instruments? 2...

First off my keyboard is a Yamaha "PSR-E413" and to record it I plug it directly into my mixer. I've recorded countless tracks with it and I haven't really experienced any problems. Now when I try to record chords with it, the chords always produce a "quiver" and the notes sound like they are...

Hi, well anyway I'm a 17 year old musician struggling to write a set of songs for the cd I'm currently recording. This will be the follow up to a collection of folk, Nintendo styled jazz, and blues I recorded in late 2007 and early 2008. Anyway after a year of neglecting songwriting and music in...

All I'm using is a "USB Mixing Studio MW10" (mixer) by Yamaha and a DR-VX1 Digital Reference microphone (I don't have a mic stand, just to note), yet I want to get a really good acoustic guitar sound. Theres a song I'm recording for my cd and its arranged only for acoustic guitar and vocals, so...

I've been listening to Skeletal Lamping by of Montreal lately. If you aren't familiar with the album, here's a link to its lead single "Id Engager". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHFUXH4PP5c While listening to the album I was amazed at how Kevin Barnes (the singer, sole songwriter...

Hey there's this song I'm recording featuring a section that's almost a pre blues parody. I think it would be fitting and sound more believable if the vocal sounded similar to a 1910s-1920s vocal recording. What type of effects (eq, etc) would I add to the vocal to make it sound like that?

I want some sound effects for my music, and not the crappy ones you can download for free on the internet (though I do use some of the royalty free ones). What is an inexpensive but high quality set of sound effects that you'd recommend? (I'm willing to pay in between 20 and 50 dollars) (I'd...

I've been making drum loops in Beatcraft, but when I export them to Sony Acid Music Studio, the track is either sped up or slowed down to a crawl. There are several options when rendering the drum loop files in Beatcraft such as "wrap tails" and "render audio tails", which may be a key factor in...

M-Audio speakers. The song I'm recoring sounds like complete garbage even though I know I mixed it decently. Is that how it will sound after it is converted into a WAVE and is on my ipod? Or are my speakers distorting its actual sound? Please at least guess, this has thoroughly distressed me.