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  1. mark4man

    Radio Royalties in Europe?

    Crew… How does remuneration for radio airplay work in Europe? I received an inquiry from a Romanian DJ who hosts a 2 hour show highlighting jazz guitar instrumentals; & he discovered our CD online; & wants to spin a few tracks over the airwaves to Romania (& also into Hungary & Serbia.) I...
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    Another Inane Copyright Question

    OK... I heard back from the copyright office. I had asked them how to go about copyrighting an entire CD release as a sound recording; & about the difference between an SR copyright & a "Phonorecord" copyright [looking at CDs from major acts; you'll find them copyrighted (usually under the...
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    International CD Shipping w/ PayPal (!@#$%^&*)

    What is up with this, man? My CD just came out. 4 years in the works...Sounds great. To sell it & keep the profit (i.e., not pay amazon 60% or CDbaby $4 each)...I have a PayPal button on the sales page of my website that links to a PayPal custom payment page. But the only shipping options...
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    I Want A New Rompler !!!

    Yo... Couple of years ago now I upgraded from a Roland JV-1010 to an XV-5050. I've never liked the damn thing. Why ??? The pianos all sound like they have the "birdies"...these weird upper beat frequencies that chirp & tweet & rattle around like pennies in an empty jar. Sometimes you want...
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    Dumb Sales Tax Question

    OK... In 2 weeks...boxes & boxes of new CD's will be rolling in from the replication plant; & I have a link on my website to my PayPal store for sales. Dumb Question: Do buyers of my CD have to pay sales tax...since it's an internet based purchase? If so...how does that work? Thanks, mark4man
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    DAW (Software) Headroom...how does it work ???

    OK...I'm not hearing clipping & I've got the output overloaded by 4 & 1/2 dB or more. Now...I've always been under the assumption that...for any DAW/audio editor...because of the floating point audio engine...clipping will not occur as long as the signal strength doesn’t exceed the headroom of...
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    Can audition by Cassette help judge...or fix...a mix ???

    Crew... In reviewing my masters (for approval) on different types of consumer audio systems (bookshelf, boom box, auto, audiophile, etc.), I dubbed the ref CDA to cassette tape...to be able to listen on my own personal car stereo. Not sure if this difference is synonymous w/ the specs of that...
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    Why Can't I (#2) ???...[with the right gear]

    Sorry to expand on chazba's thread, but... My ME uses a newish method for mastering that gets things louder without compression. He outputs the stereo files or stems via one world class D/A...pushing the output 'till it's at the brink of distortion...then backs it off a bit...& captures w/...
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    The 64 Million Dollar Question...What Am I Hearing?

    Crew... [Sorry to post another topic again so soon...but this one is related to the previous one...& this one may provide the key to solving an age old problem for me.] As discussed w/ various forum members...SONAR converts 16 & 24-Bit files to 32 FP the instant DSP comes into play...
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    SONAR5 Status Bar: 24-Bit or Bust?

    Crew... Having what may be a problem in SONAR5. I open up 16-Bit, 44.1 kHz projects I created in SONAR XL 2.2, in v5; & in the Status Bar...the project's Sample Rate & Bit Depth read 44.1kHz, 24-bit. [This is true even when I first open SONAR5...with no project present.] Thinking that maybe...
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    Truncation: Inaudible or Significant ???

    Here's a tech question for all you mastering types out there: I am right smack in the middle of a process c/o bouncing track groups & comp sets from my 16-Bit projects (which have more than a fair amount of DSP goin' on...plug-ins, automation envelopes, level/gain changes, etc.) to 24-Bit...
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    Copy Clip Envelopes ??? (v5)

    Well... I thought this was promised in version 5...but it doesn't seem to work for my feeble efforts. I select a clip; & go to the copy dialog (Edit > Copy)...& I can't select Clip Automation without also selecting Events in Tracks. The help files give a weird explanation: So...I tried that...
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    Stupid SONAR5 Question

    The little diagonal, dog-eared button in the upper left-hand corner of the Track Title Header, in Track View... ...what the h_ll is it? Thanks, mark4man
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    ITB Bounce vs. Digital Xfer

    Here's a question for all you "in-the-box" wizards... For a 16-Bit SONAR project, w/ plug-ins applied...will a real-time digital transfer (S/P DIF or ADAT) to an external hard disc recorder be identical to bouncing the project to a .wav file...or will it sound like the parent project? As...
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    v4 vs. v2.2 Audio Engine (Revisited)

    People... Try & follow this...please: In SONAR XL2.2, where I track & mix, I'll have, for example, the guitar tracks routed to a sub bus (to apply plug-in processing to the entire bunch)...the vocals to a sub bus, etc., etc. In SONAR4, where I pre-master from...when I configure the same...
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    AI (PCI) Shootout ???

    Crew... Anyone ever done a PCI Audio Interface shootout? Want to upgrade my AI after the release of my upcoming CD...want to stay with a PCI solution; & was wondering how, for example, the LynxTwo fared against the Delta 1010 (in both converter & overall sound quality)? You hear so much, it's...
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    Automating Plug-Ins on the 2-Bus ???

    Yo... I have this jazz rock tune that intros with drums, piano & voice synth for eight bars...then the bass & vocals drop in. When they do...& for the remainder of the song...I'm in the red a touch, so I've got UAD-1's Precision Limiter across the master bus for spikes. PL works great for...
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    16-Bit Project > 24-Bit Master Project...(bounce degredation?)

    Crew... Is there anything wrong with bouncing 16-Bit comps or sets to a 24-Bit file; & then opening them in a new 24-Bit project for mastering? (in much the same way that one would bounce to stems to take to a mastering session)? I know digital is all about numbers; & there shouldn't be any...
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    S2 vs. S4 / Universal Bus Architecture

    I'm bouncing all my SONAR 2.2 CD projects to .wav w/ SONAR4...'cause I like the functionality (& the sound) of having an input gain on the Vmains (so as to not hit a mastering limiter on the stereo bus so hard.) Now I think I have this right, but I just wanted to be extra sure... ...so...all...
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    Firewire vs. PCI vs. _ _ _ _ _ vs....

    People, Right now I'm running an Echo Audio Layla 24/96 thru SONAR on a Wintel system. If I up the ante & go to higher grade converters, I can go the Firewire route (e.g. RME Fireface 800, etc.)...the ADAT route...up to a mastering grade via AES/EBU, feeding into a 25 pin D-Sub from a mixing...
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