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When we record in a DAW, we're recording data, not audio... therefore sound quality is dependant on the audio engine and it's processed output to the monitors... right? My question is - can I expect any real significant drop in sound quality, by sending two channels of audio, out of my DAW...

Not sure where to put this thread, but anyway... I think I understand the basic principle of the 'patchbay', in that it makes it easier to route a lot of complicated cables from one place to another, without having to desk-dive to change out connections between gear. Because I like to move...

Can I have some help in choosing some software, please? Preferably something free (or low priced) and reasonably simple to use. I'm layering sound effects over a series of speech tracks, in audio plays/talking books. What I want to do is trigger samples on individual channels to route to my...

When I try to open FL Studio while Ableton Live is open I don't get what I expect. Instead, I get a small box-thing appear called 'FL STudio Rewire'. The program does not load up with my personal options and the pattern sequencer is full of instruments & VSTs I never intended to load. When I...

So what's the deal here? Any ideas? I just get an error message saying the audio format is not recognized by Wavelab. The file can not be opened. I'm trying to open a WAV file. The program is called: WAVElab. What files is it supposed to open, for shit's sake??? :confused: Dr. V

I've found better sound quality is to be had by applying FX (namely reverb) from my outboard mixer than from my DAW. I can record back in to the DAW but only the sum of what comes from the DAW is possible, because the computer just can't output more than 2 channels. I'm nearly there...

I posted this in the Newbs section because it sounds like one of those 'dummy' questions... Open ended and rather broad washing, I mean. Is there anything, generally speaking, that we should take into account when mastering for MP3? Like, what sort of things will generally be compromised...

Please listen and give your honest thoughts on the mix so far... http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=1013934&songID=9353048 This is just the opening part. I'm setting up the mixer at this point, to hopefully set a precedent for the entire piece. I'm really not sure how...

I'm having a spot of bother when exporting MP3 previews from my DAW... I have automation on one track which controls the postfiltering on an overdrive unit and this has come through in the MP3 perfectly. Not so for the volume envelope on my background sounds. To achieve fade-in at the start...

I'm mixing this with ears, not meters... but I am curious: I'm told I'm supposed to set my volume levels around -12dBFS to leave some headroom for mastering. All of the tracks in this piece are voices and when I do look at the meters, some of them are hitting around the -12 mark on the DB...

During this audio play, there's a long car journey, where the characters' minds drift off into their pasts, which are described by the narrator and then there are times when my characters talk amongst themselves, in the present day. I've given my narrator an obvious reverb, like the one you'll...

To save your time: PROBLEM SOLVED. Read on if you think you can find a better solution though. I feel the need to start a new thread for this question even though it originates here but I want to start again, so I can concentrate on the track routing problem it's thrown up. So, from the...

When I record stuff, there's a button on the recording software called 'normalize'. When I press it, it makes my recording louder. But what is normal? Normal to what? Dr. V

Can anyone suggest to me a good process for de-essing vocals. What would be the best type of plugin to use... I have filters, a limiter, compressor, parametric EQ - but no dedicated 'de-esser' as such. Would anything work alone or is there a combination of things I should use? I found a...

I have SO many questions about the subject of mastering, I've sat down and made a list of the grains I need before baking the whole loaf. First up - here's my mixer console above. You can see it has a MASTER track (earlier presumed just: 'output buss' or whatever). Now, before trying to...

How would you go about constructing an audio book (play), in a DAW, which has many characters and scenes? Okay - the history: I have been working on the first play for about a year and a half. I recorded nearly all the speech samples, editing them as I went along, for volume, pacing etc. I've...

Hi again, guys! :) Having taken a break from recording, now coming back to it, I thought it about time I popped in to catch up with everyone here. I'm digitally recording voice samples for an audio play, so the main bulk of the 'song' (so to speak) constitutes the spoken word. Most of the time...

I anticipate a number of differing responses to the question; I'm interested in your opinions. There are rules but this is music and rules can be broken in music, right? I just can't seem to write a song, without mixing as I go along. In fact, I can't seem to resist the urge to EQ and apply...

I'm using FL Studio, but I hope the principle will be the same, whatever you're using. Last week, I built several automation clips for controlling the reverb, levels of sub-groups in the drum mix and for the overall drum track level itself. Now I have come to remove the automation, for the...

I want to play my MIDI keyboard in FL Studio. So far, I've got the controller triggering the VSTs. How do I record what I play, into the song? The keyboard is not a synth, it's just a controller. Dr. V