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What format do I need to make a CD that will play on an ordinary CD player and what software would I use? Dr. V

I've had a Roland Keyboard MIDI controller lying about for a couple of months and now I'm about to unleash the power of MIDI for the very first time on my computer. Firstly, what cables do I need? Is that MIDI-MIDI from the controller to my soundcard or would it be MIDI-USB? Secondly, since...

I was advised, I think quite rightly, to leave some 'headroom' for other instruments in my mix - until I come to master - then push the levels up to meet the normal kind of volume expected for playback. Now I've read up on the basics of compression and have learned to apply basic compression to...

This is driving me mad... The process does not seem at all intuitive. Apparently, you're supposed to paint it in to the events editor. I'm trying to set up an automated event pattern in FL Studio. The purpose: To alter the volume of the drum bus track over the course of and at specific points...

We were talking about mixing drums earlier in the Mixing/Mastering forum and one or two people asked if I could put it up, so they could have a listen. So here is the piece I've been working on. Now please - feel free to give your HONEST opinions on this mix. I don't mind if you tear it to...

Where do you put your music, so that others can listen? I've seen people talking about an 'MP3 Clinic' in here... How does that work? I want somewhere to upload music, where it can be played when someone presses a button, on some kind of MP3 player thing. Dr. V

What's the best way of arranging drums in your digital mixer? I'm using FL Studio. Do you think it is best to clump several (or all) drum-instruments into one strip and adjust the levels on each of the channel settings or seperate each drum sound into seperate tracks and use the strip level...

What kind of mic do I need for speech and vocals? Condenser? Diaphram? I have no idea what any of this means. I want it to be hand held so I can put it on a stand. I have a mic which cost £3.99 and now I have a budget of £30 and I might even buy a second hand one. So what features and specs...

Here's the set up: 0404 card running DSP Patchmix Guitar pre-amped and into mixer; routed to alt bus; FX loaded into signal from mixer. PCI analogue outs to line level input on mixer. Monitoring on control room/phones output which picks up the main mix and the bus. Alt bus to PCI analogue input...

My question is: What exactly are sends and what are they used for? Are they used for recording effects? FL Studio Help says: Okay, so my mixer looks like this: So why am I sending to those tracks over there on the right? What exactly am I 'sending' and why am I sending it? Thanks Dr. V

DAW appears to be echoing when active. I think I need to set up a better listening mix and could do with some advice. I have my mixer set up to send my guitar to the soundcard (E=MU 0404 into Patchmix) via the Alt BUS. I'm using FL Studio to record and sequence my tracks. My mixer is the...

Can anyone throw in any advice? I have an E-MU 0404 soundcard which uses DSP Patchmix. I have tried reading the manual and it makes my head hurt and my stomach feel sick. I can't even understand the first thing the writer is talking about. So I'm thinking of getting rid of it. The question...

First off - sorry to sound so in need of spoonfeeding but it's true - I've got somewhere with Fruity Loops (unlike all other applications I've tried - I can actually USE IT!) but I've read helpfiles until they are burned onto my retina and still can't get to grips with recording anything into...

I've gotten over the basic hook-up issues I was having and made some successful recording tests into both Steinberg Cubase and Cakewalk Sonar LE. Now I want to move on with Sonar and begin learning the basics. I've started with reading Help and loading up 'Tutorial 1'. Now I'm stuck! The...

On my mixer, I have alt 3-4 sliders and outputs. Do I have to have something in strip 3 and/or 4 for them to work or are they like an alternative 'main mix', through which I can send all of the stuff plugged into my mixer to my computer? Please can someone explain because the instructions...

Okay, I was looking for some hardware so that I could record guitar. I was looking for some no-nonsense hardware, such as a standalone recording station . I asked what I should purchase in another forum and everyone advised me to stick with the PC and upgrade it. I said all I wanted was a...

Uh, where to start? Hello! I'm one of these people who love pressing buttons and moving faders about. I don't know what the hell I'm doing, but I know I can learn. Okay, I started with a physical mixer, just for listening. It's a Behringer UB1204fx-pro. Not a bad little mixer. I bought...