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    Monitor Noise?

    I just bought a pair of the KRK V6's and I have no experience with mixing (first studio speakers I have ever heard) so I wasnt sure what I was looking for, and I couldn't get very conclusive examples of what to buy from the search button cause everyone thinks that something else is better. So I...
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    Compare these two!

    ok here is the myspace of a couple buddies of mine Friends Band , they had their tracks professionally recorded and mixed, then heres a track that I recorded of my own band My Band , a home recorded job and home mixed (very amateur i might add) help me realize the different in how the...
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    Help Me Setup My BG-01

    Ok so I have a BG-1 from Mick, I am trying to make sure I set it up absolutely correctly for the best potential sound.. I have a Delta44 connected to my PC and want to attach the BG1 to the Delta44. The BG has XLR output and the Delta44 has all 1/4" Inputs. Do I need to get an XLR-TS cable for...
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    What does Hard Left mean?

    I am using Adobe Audition where the PanPot has a range of -100 to 100 with zero being dead center. when I am told to pan something Hard Left or Hard Right, should I be panning it all the way to -100 or 100? or is there a general guideline of not panning anything more than 50% one direction or...
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    How to use balanced inputs on Delta 44

    Ok, my delta 44 has 4 balanced inputs, as far as I can tell, and my new keyboard (Roland Fantom x7) has 2 balanced outputs, as can be seen in this photo of the rear panel.. http://www.act.co.il/articles/reviews/fantomx/Fantom-X6-rear.jpg (the x6,7,and8 have the same rear IO) now My question is...
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    soundproof my bathroom?

    here is the problem I am facing... whenever I try to listen to the changes for mic placement... the noise from the amplifier itself tends to get into my ears through the headphones and its not very isolated, i cannot exactly tell what i am getting through the mic since i can hear the amp very...
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    Volume changes from audition to windows

    when in windows my volume is at a certain level, but once i go into audition its a completely different volume, I cant figure out how to adjust the vol. once in audition. I am using one soundcard, the Delta 44 which i use for playback (everything from itunes to audition) and recording...
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    BG-01 Calibrating?

    ok I have the BG-01 from Mick in the UK, but I am curious how to calibrate it to be at "line level". I am a newbie by the way. This preamp doesnt really have much as far as meters, so do I just watch its level from the computer and adjust it accordingly? I have heard that -18 is line level...
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    n00b questions!

    ok, i just bought the BG-01 preamp from mick in the UK and it sounds great but I have realized a very important thing... having great equiptment does'nt magically make your stuff sound better, so im back to learning things and I need to start with some basics... Ok, first off When recording, I...
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    Roland versus Kurzweil

    Ok so I need a good keyboard with excellent voices for symphonic black metal and some classical/baroque style stuff I am doing. I played the fantom today at the local guitar center and it has AWESOME sounds, the cello and harpsichord were excellent, and the weight of the keys was excellent, it...
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    Audition cuts out every now and then.

    It seems that after 2 minutes or so of recording, audition will just drop some sound data and it shows up as a half second space of just nothingness on the waveform... even if im sustaining a note, it will sound like "ohhhhhhhh_hhhhhh" the underscore indicating where there is just nothing. any...
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    Recoding Ambient Sounds?

    I live in the sticks and would love to capture some of the night time critter noises that go on. mostly frogs that act up when it rains but when you hear it mixed with all of the othe bugs like crickets and owls and stuff, its just unreal. i realy want to capture this and use it at some point...
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    Ideal Studio Location

    So where would your ideal location be? Consider all of these locations to have to same resources (power, equiptment, protection) assume that outside doesnt involve wind or rain. which location has the best acoustics? I am trying to compare a sound treated studios acoustics and a large open...
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    A Tent for my recording studio?

    Yes... After reading up on acoustics, I began wondering if maybe I didnt need a studio at all... here are the facts: 1. I live in the foothills on 20 acres of ranch, neighbors are next to zilch so noise making isnt really a problem for me... 2. the place i was thinking about making my studio...
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    my potential studio!

    Ok so the place where i work is letting me use an abandoned room for my recording purposes... its a pretty square room with a smaller room inside of it that shares 2 walls with the outer room.. the two walls that it doesnt share both have a window on them and one has a door, you can see a pretty...
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    How to set-up AA 2.0

    Had some trouble getting a thread on this, first duplicated so i closed one, now i can only find the closed one, so heres the real deal.. question: what should the settings in the below pictures be? I dont know whats best. http://home.att.net/~darkecho/opptions.JPG...
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    Setting up Adobe Audition

    Hey guys. Im new to recording but im learning. I use Adobe Audition 2.0 and have seen a lot of options in the preferences that i have absolutelly no idea what they do, so ill list them and if anyone could tell me what to chose to get me start that would be superb... mostly recording acoustic...
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    Im a sucker for M-Audio

    i just went to the local proaudio shop looking to spend about 300 on a mic preamp but long story short i ended up getting the M-Audio Octane for $580 which is just less than musicians friend at 599. Did i waste my cash? haha I got him to bring it down about 20 from what he wanted and its got 8...
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    Transfer rates of USB/Firewire/PCI

    Ok, This has always been a cloudy subject to me so im going to try and figure it out with everyones help so anyone else with the same fog might get enlightened. from my research i have found: USB1.0/1.1 = 12mbps Firewire = 400mbps USB2.0 = 480mbps PCI2.2 = 533mbps IEEE1394b (New firewire) =...
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    Should i get a mixer or a preamp?

    hey there... i have 2 sm57s and a akg condensor on the way, i would love to produce my own album (folky metal stuff among other genres) and im a little confused, i will probably be recording everyone seperately and most editing/effects through software (i use adobe audition, but i havent seen...
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