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    Created an Instrument Definition for SRX-06

    I couldn't find one on the 'net, so I created one. anyone who needs the instrument definition for the new Roland SRX-06 can get it HERE!
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    first patchbay - half normal question

    i've got my asr-x drum machine and roland xv-3080 synth module patched in half-normalled. the output of which is going into my mackie mixer. when i want to record the midi to audio, i'll put a patch chord in that will mult the signal to the RNP DI. how much of an adverse effect is caused by...
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    festival time is here... DJs and Artist get your *$&@ together

    now is the time to have your demo package together if you want to get on spring, summer, and end of school year shows and festivals. my artist Ras Lidj is doing promos during the mix show on WKYS in DC on sunday night in an effort to drum up some buzz going into the festival season. I'd like...
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    US-428 stutters during playback

    When I play previously recorded tracks (Sonar) via the US-428, it stutters during playback after about 2 minutes. however, if i switch to my internal sound card the tracks playback with no problem. also, if i use the laptop soundcard to monitor while i'm recording via the US-428 I don't have a...
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    wooden music stand instead of metal.

    in my quest for building a project studio that can sound like the big boys, i've now decided to get a wooden music stand. I've been putting left over auralex 2" foam on the metal music stand i have now, because I swear it reverberates while i'm recording vocalist. i'd also like to find a light...
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    fingernails --> bass --> RNP --> Tango24

    I keep my right-hand fingernails a little longer than my fingertips so that when i'm playing the classical (nylon string) guitar I get a good attack sound. I also play the bass (5-string Conklin groove-tools). When I was playing it through a sansamp into the mackie1604 pre I noticed a little...
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    1 reason why i'm a dumbass engineer

    we were working on some scratch vocals but i like to do as good a job as possible on the scratch vocals because sometimes they actually pan out. when i'm monitoring (through headphones) the sound of the vocalist through the microphone i keep hearing something that just wasn't quite right. i...
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    new WDM driver for Frontier Design Wavecenter and Dakota sound cards

    version 3 of the frontier design wavecenter driver has been released. it promises lower latency and more monitor options.
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    PC keyboard stops working when recording

    i'm trying to figure out if this is cakewalk or my wavecenter sound card (audio + midi). it doesn't happen all the time but it's annoying as hell when it does. when i'm recording midi it happens more than when i'm recording audio but my computer keyboard locks up. the mouse is fine. also, if...
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    best bass track i've ever done

    today, i recorded the most consistent (dynamically) track ever on the bass and the timing was just dead right. then, i recorded it again. the first keeper, i recorded it with the tips of my fingers playing between the two soap bar pickups. the treble provided by my fingertips really came...
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    mackie down the tubes

    mackie's founder has stepped down as chairman to concentrate on 'product development'. in addition, the company is outsourcing its labor to china. from an article in the seattle times: But cutting jobs isn't the only cost-cutting measure the company has been pursuing. During the third and...
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    mic-pre with tascam 428

    for those of you using the 428, are you using a separate mic-pre? i know i'm asking for subjective criticism, but that's OK. when recording a line source like a drum machine or sound canvas, the 428 seems to do just fine. when recording vocals i always want more depth and clarity. i'm trying...
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    storm the unpredictable

    a local rapper (AWESOME free-style) who I've done a couple of shows with but do not know person to person just signed a production deal with EMI. he won an unsigned artist competition at BET last year. have a listen and tell me what you think (hell, tell him what you think). through a mutual...
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    lead rapper caught a charge

    after we finished recording ghetto clique, the lead rapper caught a little charge and spent a couple of months in the bing. after he got out on bail, we released ghetto clique as a single having a reasonable belief that he would beat the issue. the trial keeps getting continued and its really...
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    tip on recording dry with effects in the monitor

    the following cakewalk tip shows how to record dry but hear the effected recording in the monitors. http://www.cakewalk.com/Tips/TechTipJuly02_1.asp
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    what instrument/mic cables do you use

    I've got instrument cables from my local guitar shop, and from horizon. i've also got this one instrument cable that i use when recording to go from the guitar or bass to a DI box. i use this one cable because it seems to have WAY less noise than any of the other instrument cables i have...
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    Tascam US-428 mic pre's???

    I see that the US-428 does not have phantom power. how's the gain staging? if i keep my M-audio duo (which has phantom power) and connect its output to the input of the US-428 I should be able to get good sound into the laptop. i've heard that the converters on the US-428 aren't so great, but...
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    hip-hop with a go-go swing

    i re-mixed a song 'Ghetto Clique' that i co-wrote with one of the lead rappers in my old go-go band. the new version of the song is doing pretty well on people's mix tapes and is selling as a single in a few mom & pop stores in the DC area. give it a listen and tell me what you think. go to...
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    compressor tilted my balance

    a song that i co-wrote, produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered sounded good in my studio, my car, my PC at work, and the car of the cousin of the lead rapper. then yesterday, i noticed that the high's had lost the original sheen that it had. i had been working on the mixing and mastering of...
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    finally got a bass mix that thumped

    i finally got a bass sound that just plain thumped. it had the lows and the clarity and just the right compression. today i am the king. tomorrow i will return to being a chump. 1) conklin groove tools 5-string bass (even EQ settings, with pickup position slightly towards front pickup) 2)...
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