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By normalization, are we talking about maximizing (i.e. just increasing the gain to use the whole range) or compression (lowering the gain of the louder parts so that everything can be made louder)? William Underwood

Ya, unless you spend alot (I mean alot) of money on monitors, you're probably beter off just checking your mixes on as many different stereos as you can. I'm actually starting to think that the 'prosumer' monitors that one can buy are just making everything sound better so we amateurs don't...

I wouldn't put the extra speaker output unto the GadgetLab, if I'm not mistaken, that's a bit more power then the recorder can handle. The 3 pin DI socket is probably an XLR plug, like those generally used for microphones, that is what you would want to plug into the recorder. You say you have...

Pay for it in advance... why does that seem familiar? Oh yes, I remember, I was foolish enough to do that as well!! Oh, well... Thanks William Underwood

*** 12/23/99 - Aardvark has finally released the Direct Pro 24/96!! *** Hey, has anybody heard anything on Aardvark's Direct Pro soundcard? Last I heard, it was supposed to be released on the 20th of november, anyone know if they made their deadline? Thanks! WIlliam Underwood [This message...

small note: One thing that I've heard, and have had some success with, is burning cds at 1x or 2x, seems to make them more playable in 'less capable' cd players. Reason? Might have something to do with the media having more time to react to the laser, resulting in a cleaner burn. Maybe...

S8-N: I guess it does say something about their tech support if they can't recognize a common problem like that, though, eh?

hello Have you seen Goldwave? You can download a trial version for free off their website (www.goldwave.com). All the functions are fully enabled, you just have to restart the program every 150 commands. It should have all the editing functions you'll need for a while. William Underwood

and just for the record, a cda file is a figment of windows' imagination: it's not an actual file with the song in it, it's just how windows shows that there is a audio track on the cd. Also (and I may be wrong on this, as usual), if a CDRW is made with the proper format, it may be possible to...

I don't claim to be an expert, but I have read a few articles where they say that the purpose of the overheads is to get the whole drum kit, and then the individual mics just to balance the levels. Try it, you might get a good sound. But then again.... :) Good luck! William Underwood

Stupid question of the day..... How does your guitar rig sound when you record it with out any of the bass and drums along side? It may (or may not) make a difference, you never know... One thing I've heard from a few sources is that a good track from a recording rarely sounds good on it's...

Okay, I may be mistaken, but here goes.... DC offset is when a sound wave is not centred on the reference voltage of a signal. It's easy to see when you look at the waveform of a sound, it won't be centred (vertically) **** <PRE> no offset DC offset...

Gee, I hate to drag this out any further, but about the 96khz vs. 48 khz: I have a hypothesis about that... Human hearing only goes up to about 20khz or whatever, however, at that frequency, can it distinguish between a square wave and a sine wav? Considering those two things are about as...

You need to get cd software that will read the data between tracks and other fun stuff. Easy CD creator isn't designed to make exact copies. A program I've been using which can do this is CDRWIN, you can get a trial version at "www.goldenhawk.com" The only limitation is that it will only read...

My humble opinion: although I'm not for people copying songs of cd's so that other people can get the songs for free, if the RIAA sues Napster for enabling copyright infringement, they should also sue Netscape, IE, and other web browsers which enable files to be downloaded, as well as...

My two cents worth (and that's canadian... :) Yes, you can hear the difference between 16 bit and 24 bit. That's the difference between CD and DVD (never mind the sampling [as opposed to sapling] rates, although they account for some difference, it isn't very significant). William Underwood...

I don't know if this'll help, but oh well... There may be a difference between express, and pro audio (there is, in fact). You may have done this, but make sure under 'Port' in the track view, you have it set to 'Something-or-other Midi Out' If you don't have this as an option, make sure it is...

Hello a CDROM device simply refers to the physical way the information is put onto the disc, in this case, a spiral of microscopic pits on the cd which represent the information. The actual information stored on a cd (or a dvd), on the otherhand, can be stored in those pits in several ways...

Okay, quick response here, off the original topic, but oh well. Several people have said that it's their lack of experience that keeps them from getting better results, so why worry about the better equipment. My response: I'm not great at any of this myself, no better then any of you...

I don't know too much about mic placement, but one thing to make sure off: don't point the mike directly at the sound hole. The distinct sound of the guitar comes from the sound resonating in the hole of course, but also directly from the strings, and especially from the sound board into the...