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Is anyone else having this problem or had this problem and knows how to fix it or didn't have the problem and knows how to fix it? Since I downloaded the new and improved (free) musicmatch, that is, version 6.1, I can't convert cds to mp3s. I AM able to convert a .wav file on my harddrive...

Freeverb (the free reverb plug-in) has been highly recommended, and I want to get it. The Dreampoint website, which seems to be the only source from which to download it, is apparently "closed for the summer" and I have been unable to download it. Can anyone help?

Yes, I know this isn't the mp3 clinic. But I'd love any reactions to my latest, "Emily's Song", from the songwriting perspective. www.mp3.com/LarryKolker Thanks.

Please listen to my latest, "Emily's Song", at http://www.mp3.com/LarryKolker. I'd be grateful for any feedback. It's kind of a post-modern love song. Also, the stupid genre issue always drives me nuts. I put it in "love songs" but almost choked because that's deemed a sub-genre of "easy...

An alternative rock band I know has asked me to record a couple of my heretofore acoustic songs with them. They have a studio which is one large room. Between us, we have several SM58's and one AT4047 (large condensor, omni) mic. Usually, I record my vocals tracked separately using the 4047...

..........so tell me what you think. The song is "I Hate You Spring" at http://www.mp3.com/LarryKolker. The lyrics are: I hate you Spring, you make my heart sing You make me sense every little thing All of this skin, it draws one in, I can't maintain equilibrium Stop bein' the coolest time...

What a great name for a genre. It fits my new song, "I Hate You Spring". Please have a listen and tell me what you think. http://www.mp3.com/LarryKolker

There was an article in a recent NY Times about Elvis Costello and an opera singer whose name escapes me (Sophie something or something Sophie), who have recently completed an album together. In recording, Elvis insisted that she control her volume and get closer to the mic to get that intimate...

I want a simple but quality PA system for acoustic guitar and vocals. I know that generally Mackie is well regarded as are the JBL Eon's. It's also more expensive. There's also Peavey, Crown, Crate, Samson and I'm sure several others. I've been expecting to get a powered mixer and passive...

I recently got a deesser plug in (db audioware), and I now wonder how I ever recorded vocals without it. I would always want to use a little more compression but didn't like the result if I went over about 2.5 to 1. In my latest song I went to 3.5 and used the deesser and everyone's telling...

Please listen to my new song "I Think I Know Your Mind", just up at http://www.mp3.com/LarryKolker. It's basically an acoustic blues number. It is close to where I want it but I rushed it up a little TO HELP PUBLICIZE MY GIG (at the Baggot Inn in the Village if you happen to be in NYC this...

Please consider my latest, "Drunks Like Us", at www.mp3.com/LarryKolker. Very simple, just acoustic guitar and one vocal. I wrote it a couple years ago when I was writing folkier than I am now but I wanted to record it anyway. As always, thanks for any feedback on whatever.

This seems as appropriate a forum as any to discuss this; it seems to come up often in various ways -- WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN HOMERECORDING, AND WHAT GOALS CAN WE REALISTICALLY SET? (I'd hate to think we're all wasting our time.) The question of whether we can get "professional" results in a home...

I'm recording my vocals with an AT4047 plugged into my Aardvark Direct Pro 24/96 box (which has a preamp with phantom power built in). When I belt out the high notes I'm getting distortion -- even though I'm not clipping. Backing off the mic helps (say, moving back from 12 inches to 18...

Please check out my new song, "Time For Sale", at www.mp3.com/LarryKolker. It's an acoustic rocker. I've taken the radical step of adding a percussion section (well, a conga). I'd be grateful for your comments.

It seems to me that when I convert from wav file to mp3, I lose a huge amount of quality. When I burn my wav file to a CD, it is much closer to a professional quality CD than my mp3's are to professional quality mp3's. I'm converting to mp3 using my mixing software, which is n-track. What can...

I'm having some trouble getting this to post, let's try again: My reverb effect sometimes disappears on me. I'll play the song and the track in question, which has reverb applied, will have no reverb. Then I'll stop it and play again and it will work properly. Also, when I mixed down to a...

...when tracking vocals. I often feel uncomfortable in my headphones, unsure as to how loud to make the instrumental track(s) and the real-time vocal level. I'm also experimenting with leaving one ear au natural or plugged up. What is the best way to listen to yourself (and the existing...

I find that when I'm tracking my vocals I want to sing more softly than I do when I perform live. Live, I'm using an sm58 and I just want to get right on top of the mic and drive the thing and that feels right. But recording, using the condensor mic (and of course at a greater distance) I...

I don't want a drum machine. I'm gettin' a conga drum. Don't try to talk me out of it. Please suggest mic type/placement, settings, etc. for a conga. Thanks.