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there is a big difference between not hearing people terrible bad and not hearing people. All it takes is one good thump in the middle of an otherwise perfect drum track to drive both you and the drummer nuts. But since eliminating footfall noise is so hard, you might be able to get by. I...

Okay, time for round two. You can get by treating the window. This would be done with either really heavy, thick drapes or you could make a kind of acoustical "plug" made of mineral wool covered in fabric. The thing is that windows are bad when it comes to acoustic energy. The plug or...

Sorry, but I don't see a beatles knob, so it can't be as cool. Besides, has there ever been a better name than the excellentaliser? I mean, come on.

There are a lot of options here. First I want to talk about soundproofing. Insulation helps with absorption, not soundproofing. Soundproofing requires mass (like extra sheets of drywall, deadsheets, etc.). If the others in your house don't mind hearing drums, then the real issue is how much...

20 min to half an hour is not at all common. Acoustic energy shouldn't hang around for more than several seconds. It could very well be that there is something like F.S. was talking about. You might want to check your seals around windows and the like and also think about a sound lock with a...

Okay, I am going to refer to the blueprint posted above for my suggestions. This is just my opinion, so yeah. First, I would make the room in the bottom left of the blue print the tracking room because it is far away from the wc, and the sound of water going through pipes can ruin a recording...

The arrangement you have should work relatively well, you just need to make sure that the window behind the desk is treated. You will also want more room treatments. Some portable panels will help, as will some bass traps in your corners. I would also suggest pulling the mixing desk out from...

First off, there are a lot of things to consider. These include, will you be using an existing building or new construction? What kind of location is it in, are there neighbors nearby, etc. Are you considering building basically from scratch or starting off in a basement or something like...

If you are talking about mp3's or wma's, etc., you can just search for a free tag editor. There are a lot of free ones out there.

Word clocks and A/D converters are very important to ensure accurate syncing and minimal jitter, this is true. You also might want to put all of your gear on power conditioners (if you are getting to this point, i.e. trying to get that "last little bit"). Of course, extra finesse on a vocal...

If you are still interested in amp sims, amplitube has a metal version now that you can try free for 10 days or something like that. That might help you see if that suits your needs. Beyond that, I think the others have covered it very nicely.

The only thing I can think of is that you need to tell Cubase to look for the sound coming from the mixer and not the onboard soundcard. I don't use Cubase, so i am not exactly sure where in the program it would be (some settings menu) but that seems to be the most likely cause.

possible, yes. The quality of the sound will depend on your instrument, distortion and quality of di box, but yeah, nothing says you can't do it. The only concern is the impedance difference between a guitar and an xlr jack. If you have a line in on your mixer (which you should) you should...

The first step is to take your original mix (without compressing the entire thing) and turn up the master volume so that the loudest peak never gets above maybe -2 or -3 dB on your meters. Then you can put on your compression, and then try a limiter like the TLsMaximizer (it's freeeeee!). See...

The only real way I have found to avoid headphones and avoid the mix of instrument and monitors is to record a short clip (~10 sec.) and listen to it on just the monitors. Tedious, yes. More effective than headphones? Depends on the room, monitors and headphones, really, but it works in many...

fitZ, that is one sweet looking room. What is the operable bandwidth of that ginormous diffusor on the back wall?

It is inadequate absorption. The curtains won't do hardly anything for bass, and if you have strong modes, then the diffusion won't help much either. What you need are some thick (4"-6") panels of mineral wool or rigid fiberglass placed so that they straddle the corners of your room (wall-wall...

If you really want to isolate between the rooms, look into putting some deadsheeting in either between your drywall layers or behind. That will act as a pretty good sound barrier if you plan on loud sounds (like in a home theater when it's an action sequence). Of course, that stuff can get a...

pcmcia is not so much of a port as it is a slot in the side of the case. There might be a little flap covering it, but it will push out of the way if you press it. They are usually on either the right or left side of computer. If it's not there, then you could have a problem.

Cubase should be able to record both at the same time, it should just be under settings. You may have to change the drivers, though (e.g. to wmd or whatever the heck it's called). I don't think you need new software.