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I have a tune that is a kind of underground rock with a constant beat (thump-thump-thump...) with bass and kick getting together (2 bass beats for each kick beat). It is a simple bass progression (A-G-F#-F) and each bass note is played 8 times (8A, 8G, etc...). When the bass is at A note kick...

I have had a hard time with fade outs in the very end. Normally I make my fades by cutting it in two slopes. The first one is shorter and steeper and the second is longer and very smooth. For instances in a 30 seconds fade out, I would cut 8 dB in the first 5-6 seconds and then would go to...

Hi, Usually my tunes have peaks up to 2dB here and there (like in 3 or 4 spots in the whole tune) in the master channel. I would like to know what is an acceptable peak above 0dB along a mix. Or if the whole mix can not have ANY clipping at all. Thanks!

I am after a VST (preferably free) that emulates a Barrel/Street organ for Windows. For whose are not familiarized with, it's a vintage automatic instrument that people used to play for coins (very popular in European streets I think) by turning a crank. It's like a big wooden music box with...

OK, I know how to export ALL tracks in FL to use them in Reaper. The problem is that once in a while I have to make a slight change in ONE track and I would like to have the ability of re-export only this track without to mess with the other ones. I have tried two different approaches but them...

I don't know if this is the right section for this question but here we go... I am about to produce a tune (from myself) that will be somewhat reggae or ska. I would like to use some subtle horn session on it and found exactly what I want. It can be heard in the beggining and yet along of the...

Hi, To capture a website sound used to be a VERY simple task on my old computer (Windows XP with onboard sound card). Nowadays, however, at my Windows 7 PC with an external USB interface (Behringer UCA-222) it seems to became a task impossible to perform! Googling here and there I have found...

I am having monitoring problems with Reaper when recording an electric guitar solo. I need to hear the backingtrack through my loudspeakers and the guitar through my Vox amp (but the guitar will be recorded clean). I want to do this way because then I can set the Vox overdrive, delay, etc, and...

Today I started reading a book called 'Mixing secrets for the small studio' from a guy called Mike Senior. Since I am not from the industry I never heard about him so I really don't know if he knows what he is talking about. Anyway, I stopped reading it at page 9 and I think I am not going to...

Hey felows! There is a karaoke track I found online and that I would like to capture to my HD since I don't want to keep in the page while I use it. It was pretty easy to record streaming tunes when I used XP and sound card proprietary drivers but since I moved to W7 and ASIO I seem no to be...

Hi, I am a bit confused about the calculation of stereo system impedance. I have two pairs of 4 ohms loudspeakers and currently don't have any stereo system (they are idle) but I plan to buy one in the future and would like to connect all the four speakers on it. Let me know if I am assuming...

Hey! As the thread title says I want to know what is the cheapest yet decent AI I can purchase? I am after something REALLY cheap. I am not after a better quality or so. Any AI that deliver the same quality as my sound card is OK for me. It is just that I am sick of the P1 jack of my SC...

This is a tip for the ones that may be experiencing playing latency problems with Windows 7. Since some time ago I was suffering with latency problems in Windows 7, but not recording latency: PLAYING latency. It is kind of a known issue on post-XP versions where drivers that consume too much...

So! Recently I made some mixes and they seemed to be OK so far for me through my cheap monitors (Edifier R1000) and my garbage cans. Happens that at the mix time I 'guessed' that my monitors had too much bass and that so I should atenuate them. So I turned completely down a pot in the back of...

I have used Winamp for years to listening to my MP3 collection but I am definitively sick of it. I searched for some replacement for it but everything I see everywhere just turns me off. I don't want a software able to rip tracks, with a mega-ultra-hyper-super system to organize tunes or tons...

I grew up listening that electric guitars should be recorded by placing a mike in front of an amp speaker. But it was ages before the nice impulse technology and the amps and cabs modelers. I am almost done with my first album where all guitars were plugged directly and then treated later in the...

Hey boys and girls! Lately I have experienced some annoying issues with my onboard sound card when playing stuff (surprisingly recording is totally fine). Each 15 seconds or so a 'pop' or a 'crack' rises turning an enjoyable listening into a frustrating moment. This is not the first time I have...

Please don't beat me too hard. I am a newby, do it for hobby, and my equipment is a crap compared with yours. But I am this guy full of opinions and thinking! :D Earlier today I found this thread asking advice for a good headphone for mixing...

Every time I render a song to MP3 format I have to fill in all the MP3 metadata. Currently the only way I know to do this is by loading the song into Winamp, then right-click the track in the playlist, choose the option 'view file info' and fill in the forms. I am sure that this is probably the...

I always asked myself about this: how important is the accent for english native speakers when hearing a song? Being a brazilian I cannot evaluate this question, see: when I hear an english song (no matter if it is canadian, australian, american, british, foreigner or whatever) they all sound...