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I've just recorded a song on my digital recorder and transferred all the song data to my computer. I imported the song into Sonar and when I play it, it sounds awesome. But! When I look at the Peak and RMS meters on the master slider, they peak out at around 5.2 db's. If I were to lower the...

I currently have the factory have the soundcard that came with my dell computer which is a Soundblaster Live. I thin that this sound card is like a 1 in and 1 out thing. I have a couple of studio monitors and I'm using a splitter cable right now for both speakers, but I'm only getting one side...

Hey folks, Me and my brothers are back into the recording stuff again. The other night, I had set up my drums and miced them and all of the other equipment as well and did a couple of tracks of one of our songs. It's not a really mixed down version yet, but is the raw recording of the song...

I have two snares, one piccalo and a standard 14x6 steel snare. The piccalo is I believe a maple 13x3.5 inch in very good condition. What snare drum would you guys prefer on using to record?

Hey folks, I've done a recording before in my bedroom, but it was in like small different sessions. The last time that I recorded was using the Yamaha AW16G recorder and a couple of mics and guitars and bass and electric drums. Now, I still have the recorder and I have a Mackie CFX20 board...

Which is a good keyboard to start off with? I'm wanting to learn how to play keyboard and do some midi recording with it as well. So I was looking at these two keyboards. Yamaha DGX-203 76-Key Digital Grand Portable Keyboard, and the Casio WK-3200 76-Key Portable Keyboard. Which would you...

I just came from the local music store and I was looking at the keyboards that they had. Some sounded great, but were expensive and there were those that weren't too bad for a small price. Then I saw the M-Audio Oxygen 8 midi controller keyboard. It was small and really not too expensive...

My brother got a keyboard for christmas, nothing really expensive, just the average radioshack brand keyboard. It does have the midi in's and out's as well as built in little speakers. My question is this, could I just connect the midi ins and outs to my computer and use the recording program...

I'm looking for a set of microphones for my drums. Purpose is not only for recording but for live performances. I'm in a toss up of the Shure PG6 drum mic package or the Audix Fusion Series 6. I saw these on the Musicians friend website and they aren't bad for the price. There's a friend of...

I don't remember if I ever posted anything about recording with a mixer board and using its sub outs sent to the recorder?! So, thats what I usually do with my recorder and use the subs to record my drums from usually 4 subs going into the recorder for a total of two tracks. I have a Mackie...

hey folks, when you guys are mixing and your ready to do the mixdown of your tracks, where is your volume set at on the main mix channels? When I do a mixdown on my tracks, my master volume is set at 0 (zero). And at that volume, my song sounds a little on the soft side, but the meter doesnt...

Are there any other mastering plug-ins other than Izotope Ozone 3? Maybe some that are free plug-ins that worth trying and have good remarks?

So I went and I bought my monitors today. I took all of you guys advice on what to look for and I've been reading some of the reviews on some of the websites and found that these were the ones that sounded best for the price. I went and bought the Event TR5's and for one thing, they are loud...

I'm still in the process of building my studio, but with the size of the whole entire room its pretty small. The deminsion of the room is 11x15, and in a previous post I gave some drawings on how I would like to make it. Now I'm considering of making it into a live room instead. Would...

hey folks, One of my music genres is Spanish music, i.e., tejano, mariachi. A friend of mine has a group of guys that play in a mariachi band and I would like to record them for a song that I would like to do. I don't think they are that professional, but do a very good job playing. I just...

hey folks, just want to know what kind of studio monitors would you recommend for at least under $200. I'm not trying to be cheap, but want to buy something that I could afford. Thanks.

Hey folks, I'm using the Izotope Ozone 3 plugin, I'm using Sonar, for my master mix and was wondering if its ok for the main channel strip meters to go a little into the red? When I listen to it through my little speakers and my headphones I have no distortion or anything like it. Is this ok...

This is a spanish song that we recorded and I would like some comments on what I could do to improve it. I used the Yamaha AW16g recorder and I did the final mix with Sonar 4 and mastering with Izotope Ozone 3 plug in. Thanks for giving an ear. Ocasos

When I go to mix, some of my or my main mix level sometimes peak in the red. It doesn't stay in the red the whole time, just when a long sustain in the vocal. I've turned it down, but it helps for a little while. So in retrospect, is it ok if it peaks and doesn't distort the whole song...

I just installed sonar 4 producers edition and I tried to use it, but I'm getting no sound. I have a previous program from cakewalk, homestudio 2004, and that one works fine. I have the latest updates on my drivers and all, but still I can't get no sound. What are your suggestions on getting...