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    cda. compared to wav.

    hi all , just wondering how i convert my wav. files to cda. files?? i notice comercial cds are in this format yet when i burn my own music its always wav. files ...Is there much difference between the two?? also is there a program i can use to play cda files ?? i know my cd player does , but ive...
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    midi to audio...??

    im using logicaudio as a sequencer and i was wondering how i could turn midi into audio without going out the pc and back in ... sorry , im a little new to midi , so im kinda lost.. any help would be much appreciated ... spider
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    placement...

    hi all , perhaps a large question , but if someone could even just scrape over this ..Im interested about finding out if theres any particular place things sit well in a mix .. I know about vocals being upfront (not always) , kick and snare down the center (snare perhaps slightly left) , paning...
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    Band needed in Australia for recording!!!

    i cant believ how hard it is to locate a band to try a few recording techniques on.. I am a musician myself (drums + guit.) yet i dont play in a band. I occasionally try my own stuff , but i just find it so hard doing everything... I have quite a decent studio , with some decent gear and what i...
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    levels , -00 , +15 ........????

    hi all , just wondering about this .... is there any standard for these settings.. also , what exactly do they represent?? On a mixer for example , the gain might say something like +4 , -10u , ..... and so on... could someone explain these a little better . Do they represent db 's..? If i was...
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    is that thing posessed ???

    i had a real weird , probly more realisticaly , technical problem today with my DAW .. I was happily starting a new song , i laid down the guide track (just guit.) and everything was great , until playback .. At the start of the track was about three secs of a vocal take i had done weeks before...
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    vocal booths

    hi all , im just about to construct a vocal booth ..yet im a little restricted as to where it can go and how big it is .. The only place is in the control room. I have this huge wall unit behind me, just has shelves , a cupboard , stuff like that . Well theres an opening , more or less a door...
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    DAT and ADAT , whats the dif??

    i know this doesnt really belong here , but there isnt a general digital forum , oh well , ill try it here anyway .. Im looking at buying something like a DAT machine to mixdown too.. i was also going to look into an analogue multitracker , like a reel to reel fostex or tascam.. I was curious as...
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    16 track reel to reels..

    hi all , my first time in the analogue world , feel kinda lost ... just kidding.. what im wondering is , how much am i looking at if i wanted to use a 16 track reel to reel .. are these common?? and if so how much roughly do they cost?? Aus. if possible.. I would like to be able to record 16...
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    Hum and hiss from the Quadraverb

    does anyone else get this ?? Is it common for other pieces of equipment to interfere with effects?? im using the gt , but im trying to use it for vocals , are vocal effects boxes mad better , smoother , anything like that?? any help would be much appreciated..also the box sits at the top of my...
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    accoustic Mud!!!!

    well i think we all know what im on about... Is it just me , do i need to eq things better ..?? Im stereo mic using two shure 16A condenser mics.. i sometimes use a rode nt1 for a warmer feel but ive been trying the stereo thing. Its just sometimes the two channels will sound like mud together ...
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    recording 'on hold' messages..

    this is a real sucky job i have at the moment ... im recording a heap of on hold messages .. u know when u ring up social security and theres that woman on the phone , or that guy off the radios on the line telling u how great this company is whos making u wait for ever. But the real question ...
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    help starting out!!!

    hi all , ive recently been recording a lot of audio for people , but i am interested in doing some dance projects for my own enjoyment .. how can i utilize the equipment i already have , eg. mixer , compressors , effects , soundcard , monitors , midi keyboard... and also is there any particular...
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    WOW!!! get this...

    well its not that great but it dragged you in here , .... theres this really crap annoying song on the radio at the moment ... its a dance tune , talking about making sandwiches..anyway i hate it , but i was just listening to it on the radio and i noticed something really cool about it .. I was...
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    setting up effects....

    this is something i seem so bad at . Does anyone know of a good site that gives u a good run down on what specific effects work well with certain things?? Im using the quadraverb gt , i know its a guitar effects unit , but i would like to try and utilize this unit for things like vocal effects...
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    The power problem!!!

    can anyone enlighten me as to the type of damage that can be done by leaving your rack on all day ... does this slowly kill your system ?? Its just it gets used all day , and im a little worried about the temp. at 10 o'clock at night.. Any thoughts on this ... cheers spider
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    A burner for playing audio.....

    i have just replaced a harddrive and removed my normal cd rom.. I still like to be able to play cds on the burner though. Evrytime i play a cd , it will play for a bit , then start glitching. It use to do it before but i still had my normal cd rom to play cds on. It reads data fine , just...
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    GUITARIST FROM HELL

    im recording a guitarist at the moment , i probly made him sound like satan , but i swear its not that bad .. Basically we're recording an accoustic guitar actually ..im micing it up with a rode NT1 .. The problem is he seems to play through the strings on his "heavy" bits... Is there a way i...
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    compression on the mix.....

    so does anyone recomend this , cos ive recently started using compression where before all my mixes were never given the fine privelege... i think it works fine , i had some absolutely loose mixes which were really brought together with the thanks of a dbx compressor... any thoughts on this ???
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    Attenuation?

    call me stupid , but i honestly dont know what it means!!! if someone could please clear this up that would be great.. Im talking about attenuation in regard to compressors ... Cheers!! Spider
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