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Hi, I am looking for recommendations for an audio interface to replace the Presonus Firestudio 26x26 (8 mic. pres) that I have been trying to use with my Mac Pro for the past 4 years. I say "trying" because at times the Firestudio will work for a couple of weeks at a time, and at other times it...

Hi, I have recently been having some problems in GarageBand 09 which might eventually involve, as someone suggested in another thread, a call to Apple Support. However, I'm hoping that someone might be able to suggest a 'quick' fix to one specific problem, which is that I am no longer able to...

Hi, I'm having a problem in GarageBand 9 that I have never previously had. When I split part of a region in a Real Instrument track (Audio), delete the part of the region that I have split off, and then join the two parts of the region either side of the deleted 'gap', the part that I have...

Hi, I would like some help with a problem in GarageBand that has only recently become relevant to me as a problem (i.e., I was able to get around it / deal with it up to now, so I did not matter to me previously). Stated briefly, I cannot set the the Record Level and Track Volume level in...

Sorry, couldnt' think of a better title for this thread. I have been doing some mic. tests, and have encountered a phenomenon which I haven't previously encountered. Put simply, I have found that sometimes the sound that I heard in my cans was very different from the sound that went 'to tape'...

Hi, My regular set-up for recording is to go straight in (guitar and mic.) to my Presonus Firestudio pre-amp. The signal then gets passed to my Mac Pro via firewire. Today I got hold of the Golden Age Pre-73 one-channel preamp, which was recommended to me as something that might warm up and...

I have been testing microphones, and was wondering if people could make some recommendations. Budget Maximum $1000 Requirements / Preferences 1. Microphone must boost mid-frequencies, as my voice is thin ('reedy' sounding), particularly in the mids.. 2. Preferably clear high frequencies 3...

Hi, I've been struggling to get the same kind of tight, controlled sound with my DAW that I used to get with a Minidisc multitrack recorder a few years ago. I used virtually no outboard gear with the MD recorder, other than two guitar distortion pedals plugged into one another (I didn't like...

Hi, I have been transferring some old demos from cassette to digital format, and find that I need to clean the heads and transport mechanism of my cassette deck but no longer have any tape head cleaner. Does anyone know where I can locate good tape head cleaner, preferrably in Toronto, Canada...

Hi, I just bought a BR800, and would appreciate people's advice with two problems that I am having. First, and most important, when recording a line in source (mp3 player) at the same time as two mics. (XLR's), I want to fade the mp3 player down to complete silence, and cannot do this: there is...

Hi, I'm looking for advice about purchasing a portable 8 track recorder, and have narrowed down my search to either the Zoom R16 or the Boss BR800. My requirements are these: 1. Ability to simultaneously record at least to 4 tracks at once 2. Ability to record to minimum of 8 tracks 3. Stereo...

Hi, A couple of years ago I posted asking about ways to record two vocals and a stereo line in (CD player) simultaneously to GarageBand. I was asking about this because a friend and I wanted to record a demo for a radio show in which we would be playing music on the spur of the moment (rather...

My trusty Archos Gmini XS 202 MP3 player has finally given up the ghost, and I have been looking around (in vain so far) for a player with similar specs.. Basically, I'm looking for a unit which acts like a simple external hard drive, as did the XS 202. I would be grateful if people would...

Hi, Although I have been recording for many years, I have never used MIDI before, and am having a problem getting GarageBand to recognize it. Actually, I have always had many, many problems with GarageBand despite my Mac Pro being 'empty' of all files except those created in the program. My set...

Hi, A friend of mine and I will be recording a demo in GarageBand 08 for a radio show. An important part of this is that we won't know ahead of time what tracks we will want to play; part of the idea of the show is that my co-host and I decide what tracks to play on the spur of the moment based...

Hi, Sorry if this is the wrong forum. A few months ago I was uploading tracks to a free site (which didn't require *any* form of registration or giving details - one simply uploaded the tracks, and they were up for about 2 days). I have forgotten the name of the site, though, and would...

Hi, I’m having several problems mixing a track in Garageband ’09 (I’m tracking into a Mac Pro with tonnes of hardware and memory). I put down a track with virtual keyboards, a modified drum loop, and some guitar, bass and vocal tracks. Problem 1: when I mix the drums to what sounds like a...

As part of my research in helping me to decide on a better quality microphone than I currently have for vocals, I today went out and rented a Rode K2. As some of you will know, the K2 is a condenser which comes with it's own power supply, and a continuously variable polar pattern. I have never...

Hi, I'm about to make the move 'up' from low-budget dynamic microphones (SM57) to (I hope) a better quality model for use with (mainly) vocals (and probably, occasionally, acoustic guitar), and would like some suggestions, advice and opinions. My needs for the mic. are: 1. Should be in the $400...

Hi, Is anyone able to record and monitor through their Firestudio 26x26 on a Mac of any sort? I have been having problems successfully monitoring from my Presonus Firestudio 26x26 with my Mac Pro. After I finally (recently) got to grips with the Firestudio's software mixer/routing (the Control...