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I'm not sure that this question goes here but I don't know where else it goes...... I'm going to be burning some demo cd's (on my home computer) for submission to various venues and music festivals. I don't need to save 50 cents per cd if it will make a difference. I'm looking in the...

I've just posted my new recording. It's my arrangement of an old (public domain) blues number called "Make Me A Pallet". Please listen and feed back. http://www.mp3.com/LarryKolker

I am finding it difficult to drag wav files to exactly where I want them. Sometimes I get it right there but other times it takes forever. Is there some kind of fine tuning mechanism for this that I am missing?

I went to a Martin Sexton concert the other night. He played something that looked like a hollow body (it had several little slits on top of the top near the low E string)guitar but sounded like a six-string bass. The frets looked like those of a regular guitar. He made it sound like two...

I have a criticism that I intend to pass on the Flavio if you guys (especially you Tom) agree. There's too much head room. That is, it clips when there is still 1-2dB available. I did my final mix of a song in which I ended up with what I thought were several peaks at 0dB and one or two...

.....to post songs here as well as in the MP3 Mixing Clinic, so here I go. It's my first "completed" home recording, an acoustic song entitled "God Is In The Internet". Please tell me what you think: http://www.mp3.com/LarryKolker

Please give me your comments on my first "completed" home recording project. It's an original acoustic song entitled "God Is In The Internet". http://www.mp3.com/LarryKolker

Primarily blues harmonica. Does anyone have advice? Presently, my mic choice is limited to an AT4047 and SM58. I'm recording through an Aardvark Direct Pro 24/96 and using N-track. Should I use the AT4047 and treat it like a vocal? Should I get closer to or further from the mic? Do I really...

I made a stupid mistake that I want to give you the opportunity to avoid. In drawing a volume evolution, I accidently crossed lines. You can do this without noticing it if you're going down and up quickly. Apparently, the laws of physics prevented me from going backwards in time (at least...

I can't figure this one out: I've already used aux 1 and aux 2, and I've also already got an effect or two just on the various tracks, but I want to tweak a couple sections here and there with some extra EQ. I know how to use the "draw send to aux..." volume control, but it seems like I need...

I'm pretty happy with the tracks I've recorded for a particular song. I'm having a great old time mixing, trying out various effects on various tracks (I'm using N-track, although I doubt that matters for the purposes of this question), etc., using this first serious effort as a learning...

I just went shopping with a friend who wants to buy an acoustic guitar with electronics. He was looking at Taylors and trying to spend under $2,000. After trying Taylors in the range of $1400 to $2200, we tried a Breedlove (SC25 maybe, I'm not certain). It had the same pickup/internal mic...

I've been trying to figure out whether some old blues songs are in the public domain, and it aint easy. ASCAP will tell you who's published a song, to the extent they have that info, but don't have the answer as to whether the song itself is copyright protected. The US Copyright website...

I've pretty much understood everything so far, laying down tracks, playing with the plug-ins, etc. But there are two basic (one extremely basic) things that I don't see. They are: 1. How do I close a .sng file other than by closing N-Track altogether? Is that the only way? 2. I'm...

I have an AT4047 mic (which I love so far) and one of the switches is a 10dB pad (switch is set for either -10dB or 0. I'm not sure exactly what this does. I have read that when you switch it on (which I'm assuming is the -10dB position) it handles really loud stuff better, and therefore one...

I've just installed my new Aardvark Direct Pro 24/96 along with the Samplitude software that comes with it. The installation went smoothly. I plugged in a mic and set it up to record and to monitor the recording with my headphones. I can see on both the Aardvark mixing screen and the...

It's mostly just me and my guitar. I want to keep the process as simple as possible and still end up with good quality downloads and cd's. I can figure out what I need to figure out. I just installed my Aardvark Direct Pro. It comes with Samplitude software; I've only begun to use it but it...

My studio will be my den and living room. The den is about 9 by 15 and opens through double doors into the living room, which is about 18 by 15. I have several windows and don't need to worry about sound either coming in or getting out. I will be recording mainly acoustic guitar and vocals...

I play a Martin classical, 00016C (1970), for blues, folk and the like. So far my favorite strings are the D'Adarrio composites. Two questions: Does anyone else have a heavy fave? Martin classical guitar strings were once recommended to me, but as yet I haven't found anyone who sells them...

After dutifully using the search function and otherwise preliminarily researching the issue, I'm ready to spend up to $500 on my monitors. Here is part One: Some people have advised spending the money on passive monitors and powering them through a stereo. I could do this, but it seems to...