Recent content by tombuur

Got my U195 Yesterday. Already before I mounted the mic, the bands in the shock mount fell off. So I reassembled. However, when I mount the mic it weighs down the rubber bands, and the bottom bands get loose and falls off. I think I mounted it all correctly, viewing pictures of the thing on the...

How do you record and mix a simple song with one vocal and one acoustic guitar. Think early Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and other singer songwriters delivering their song with just a guitar. If you record the vocal with one mic and do the same with the guitar, they both end up in the middle of the...

This has been discussed before, but now that we have S4 and maybe a new situation I'd like to hear your views. I have never really understood the need for mastering software. The only reason for me would be to make all songs on a cd have the same perceived volume. Batch processing to the same...

***************** Now Shipping Note: SONAR 4 ships with a multi - language manual with 275 pages in english. A pdf file of the complete 706 English/American manual is on the CD under Online Docs folder. *************** So this is what I am waiting fo to receive next week, probably. And I...

Well, I changed the tube in my recently acquired NTK for a $99 NOS Siemens tube. During the process I recorded my own lousy voice before and after the change leaving everything untouched. I would like to share the results with you. The file is 1.7 MB in 320 kbit/sec mp3, so if about 12 people...

I am going to St. Louis in about three weeks on a business trip. Scandinavian prices are 30-40% higher than American ones (mainly due to taxes), so I might save some by buying stuff in USA. On my list of things to look for are MOTU 828 mkII, SM57, a shockmount for NTK ... and if I come across a...

I am doing exactly as told in Sonar 3 Help when trying to bounce VSampler or some analog synth to a track. And I only get a track with a flat line not the wave. No sound at all. So far I have made an audio track and recorded from the M-Audio Delta 66. After muting everything except the...

I want one of those 2 octave keyboards to key in chords, a simple bassline or whatever. I am not a keyboard player, but can do small things like that. What keyboard interfaces best with Sonar. Any experience good and bad? Particularly concerning interfacing knobs and sliders to Sonar, since I...

I found this. I don't understand much about aliasing, but my interpretation is that VSampler is one of the best, beating Halion and Kontakt: http://www.buzzxp.com/samplers/ Also, VSampler will let you insert VSTs of your own choice and make the effect permanent in the samples. Who else does...

I am testing the demo of Native Instruments' B4 Hammond organ. Sometimes, usually when looping, the whole system will lock up. I don't even get a drop-out message. I can only press ctrl alt del and wait for a long time before being able to end Sonar. Everything is in slow motion. Now, it seems...

As I understand it a lava lamp is an absolute essential for a studio. Also, I have decided to get one with bluish/purple fluid which fit in with the color of most programs I use. Then I thought red goo would be my choice ... So I went to look at lava lamps today. In one place they had...

I would like an overdrive effect, probably of the tube amp type, to add to organ samples and perhaps snare drum. Is there any such plug out there? I know there are complete guitar amps like Amplitube and Guitar Rig. But is there a little plug, much like the stomp boxes I use for live guitar...

Was in neighboring Sweden this weekend and passed a music store. They had NTK at a price so low I had never seen before. Cheaper than the current price in Musician's Friend and others, and that despite the inclusion of Scandinavian sales taxes of 25% in the price. So having considered buying an...

Yesterday the mouse slipped, and suddenly all my tracks were gone except number 7. The music could still play. So I spent half an hour trying to resize panes and stuff, but no tracks could be found. Finally I resorted to the help file, and after searching for quite some time I found out hiding...

The only sampler I have tried out a little is VSampler that came with Sonar. As far as I can tell it is okay for my needs. But before I invest a lot of time in learning all the tricks it can do ... is there a better sampler out there? My perceived needs: 1. I want samples for rock music, so...