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I posted this topic a few days ago and it just disapeared! I wonder what happened to it. Anyways, like I said I'm looking for reviews or simple comparisons between multi-track software. I've downloaded the demos for a bunch. Some don't work. Some seem too midi or multimedia oriented. I just...

I've been using my apartment as a studio. I'm lucky enough to live above a vacant store. Plus my roomates are either in my band or very tolerant. Anyways, it's working out beatifully except for horrendous hum. Mostly from the guitars & bass but sometimes it comes through the monitors too. Yes...

Sorry for posing such a vague question but what do y'all think about the near future of computer recording? I guess what I'm asking is, as someone who has a servicable 8trk cassette setup, but is very tempted to blow a wad of cash on an 8 I/O soundcard, would I better off waiting a year or...

I keep hearing about how "harsh" or "brittle" or whatever Mackie boards are and I guess I'm willing to believe it. But is there a similarly priced(to the 1604), compact board that does have nice warm pre-amps? This would be important for those like me, who are switching from tape to PC recording...

The buzz that doesn't show up until you turn the guitar's volume knob up and varies by which direction you're facing. It's noticably worse with single coil pickups (I guess that's they call 'em humbuckers) I have to gate the shit out of my guitars esp. the rick bass. I hate that. There's got to...

I'm completely fed up with with the crappy patch cables from hosa or peavy or whoever. Those color-coded multipack ones don't work fresh out of the package sometimes and I've had problems with the send/return Y cables also. But I sure don't need to pay fifteen bucks a pop for 1ft cables form...

I'd like to get some opinions on kick drum heads for recording. I Know that some people feel what's best for giging is not what's best for recording. I don't really have the time or money to experiment so opinions would help. The drum is 22", the beater is hard felt, and the style is...I dunno...

I've been having DC offset problems with my recordings. Most likely due to my cheapo stock sound card, I'm told. It's a soundblaster audioPCI 64D made by Ensoniq. I've downloaded and tried using the DCoffset plug-in from http://www.analogx.com which allows you to manually shift the offset of a...

I mix down to my computer through the line-in of my soundcard. I use dart pro software. I recently started getting distinct pops at the beggining and end of tracks. I was completely nonplussed when I discovered that my wave forms in the graphic display were off-center. What I mean by this is...

I don't know the lingo so bear with me here. You know those graphic signal displays used in a lot of recording software? The horizontal is time and the vertical is amplitude. The signal should be centered on a line representing zero amplitude. When there's no signal or just a little noise, the...

I have two Shure mikes that look identical to SM57s except they don't say SM57 on them. They do say PE66L on them but not in a way that sticks out. I think they might be older because Shure is written slightly different. The letters are red and not slanted like they are on my 58s (which are 12...

I've been told by a coupla different people that an SM57 uses the same diaphragm as the 58. They test the batches and the ones that don't spec out as well become 57s. Sounds far-fetched but like I said, I've heard it from more than one source. Is this just a myth? It would sure be embarassing to...

I'm mixing down some 8trk tape stuff using a mackie mixer into the line in of an ensoniq audioPCI card and using Dart CD recorder. Is there an optimum setting for that stupid little recording level fader(with the hard to use meter)in the windows mixer? (I know what the final level should look...