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anyone in here know of a website that can teach me how to write drum beats? Specifically Cymbals. I don't wanna learn this so I can play drums. don't even Have a set. I program them on my comp, but I don't know how to cymbals are supposed to be like. I can only tell when they suck, and with the...

Ok, I'm playing drums on my casio keyboard, which is connected to my Presonus Firepod[ with Cubase LE]. I'm using the lm-7 as my synth. Here's the problem: The notes are recording, but the rhythymn at which I play them is not recording right. Somebody give me an easy, newbie-compatible, step by...

It seems, in my songs, the level of intensity and excitement is the same on my instrumentals throughoutt the whole song. How Can I change this? Is It a matter of volume, or a matter of adding in different elements such as an orchestra compisition or synth in the background. If it is a matter...

Is there anyway to get the metronome to play only in a certain place?

Whats the lowest amount of my mics I could use to get a good recording of a drum kit with a badd drum, snare, three toms, one hi-hat, and two or three cymbals?[ besides the option of using one omnicardioid mic.]

If I buy a mixer and plug four mics into it and plug the mixer into my firebox and record, will four tracks record, or one?

Ok, I have a project with both audio and MIDI tracks in it, and sometimes, during play back, something will mess up[ I dunno if It's Cubase, my computer, or my monitors.] and it will stop playing. Then it'll start playing again, but the audio file won't be in sync with the MIDI files. Obviously...

Anybody here ever use the line out from a guitar amp into your recorder,whatever it maybe ? Does the result sound good? Does it sound like the amp?

Does anyone ever listen to a CD, and there's a guy singing and maybe one instrument, and there's something in the background filling out any spaces in the song? What are they using to fill the background?

Is it possible to dissolve Audio by pitches? I see thats a choice, but for Cubase isn't letting me choose it when I select and audio track to dissolve.

Is it true a MIDI track, even if it plays n yoyr recording program, won't play on a CD?

Ok, tell me if this would work: Once I have the track I want to convert ready, I use the MIDI Output of my firebox and run it to the MIDI IN of my Keyboard. Then, I use the audio output jack of my keyboard and connect that to the line in of my firebox, then I play the track I want converted...

I can't get my midi drums to play on my monitors. They'll only come through my computer speakers. In my choices of the output in the midi tracks' inspectors, i have three options: two of them are microsoft things, and one of them is the Midi out on my firebox. If I select either of the microsoft...

I can't get my midi drums to play on my monitors. They'll only come through my computer speakers. In my choices of the output in the midi tracks' inspectors, i have three options: two of them are microsoft things, and one of them is the Midi out on my firebox. If I select either of the microsoft...

Ok, here's what I want to do: I want to import my drum part from Audacity into Cubase LE. So far, I've been able to import it, load the drum vsti on Cubase, and make it play. The only problem is that it plays the wrong drums for different parts of the midi file. I want to dissolve it so that I...

What do they do? Are they the same thing basically as a compressor?

Okay, as I understand it, if I want to apply an effect to an audio track, have to "send" the audio track to an FX track, so I need to create an FX track, right? Only problem is an FX track is not a type of track that LE is letting me choose to make... And how can I use an effect on only a...

I've heard home made ones work just as well as ones that are overpriced at guitar center? Is this true?

I get my firebox with LE tomorrow and I can't seem to find a list of vst plug ins included with the software. Anyone not mind listing them for me?

How many takes do you do per mic position on ,say, a guitar track? How many different mic positions do you try? Then after you finish, do you decide which take to keep before going on to other instruments like vocals and lead guitar, or do you wait to see how each track sounds with the full song?