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Hammerhead is a very basic freeware download that is mostly for house/hip-hop style, but is a lot of fun, easy to use, and is a good intro to using this kind of software. http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/ FruityLoops is a lot more advanced. A recent review by Electronic Musician of the...

Hey TheBlues, I have used FruityLoops for about a year now. I started out just looking for the same thing. The thing is, for "realistic" sounds, nothing beats the real thing (believe me, I tried to go cheap on this, and it didn't work out). Electronic samples yield electronic sounding...

I am using SoundForge4.5, Cakewalk9, and FruityLoops for drum tracks. I am trying to use SoundForge to doctor up my acoustic drum sounds, and I'm familiar with the Pitch Shifting function, but I'm not sure how to go about tuning the sounds. Should I just play the sounds through my monitors and...

I'm going for as good as I can get, but I've already shelled out quite a bit of dough recently for this stuff (especially for a cheapskate like me!). I'm hoping not to spend more than $200, really.

Well, I've pretty much got everything that I need, I think! I've purchased a Rode NT1, and an ART Tube MP to go with my PC, and Lexicon Core soundcard. The only other thing I need is another preamp, or a cheap mixer for my two Shure SM57s, for stereo miking. The ART is mono, so I'm out of...

I have no idea what the heck Wave Digital is, but I think I can offer some advice on the PC front. I would agree with kennedy in that it's just better than tape, any way you cut it! I went from a Tascam cassette recorder as well, and the difference is amazing! But there was a pretty big...

Ultimately, you can really only go with what you're comfortable with. I would advise you to do some searches in the forums on the site here, and do a little research if you're not sure about what you would need for the computer. But in the end, if it's outboard stuff you want to go with, then...

There are a whole bunch of audio file formats out there. The three most common ones for digital audio are file extensions .cda (CD Audio), .wav, and .mp3 I've had a lot of luck with the software that they offer for free on mp3.com, MusicMatch Jukebox. It is really pretty versatile for a free...

Well, I made the first big step toward having a decent PC recording setup, I bought a new PC to replace this Packard Bell PIECE-OF-*%&$!! Now I'm in the market for a soundcard, and a preamp. OK, Soundcards. Which one will it be? I haven't got much $$$ Right now I have a regular Creative...

Outstanding advice, fellas! Thanx for taking the time. I am pretty new to all of this, and so I don't know much about applying real-time reverb. I thought you could ONLY do the destructive kind. Is that something I can do with Cakewalk, and just haven't discovered it yet, or are you talking...

Hey all. Quick hardware question here. I recently started using Cakewalk Pro Audio 9, but I have found that when I try to record and play at the same time, I get almost unintelligible garblydygook! I have since found that, although I have a 300MHz processor, it is a Cyrix, which have been...

Rusty K, Thanx for the reply, dude! Those links are pretty cool. "FruityLoops is the number one loop creating tool at the moment. Started as a drumloop creator it evolved to a complete loop and song creating package that might even replace your sequencer." This is from the...

Anyone out there know a good place to get drum samples from the internet? I know, there is really no replacement for a real drummer. Although I know this to be true, I do all of my recording at home, in my 500 sq. ft. home, that is. I had been using a DR 5, but I like the FruityLoops thing a...

Chill out, peeps! Out with the jive, in with the love! Obviously, both programs have their merits, or else they wouldn't both have such loyal followings. Since I started this post, I have checked out both demos, and decided that Cake was for me. I liked the interface, and I was also swayed...

Well, Dee. He's playing a Strat now, but if he usually buys whatever, then I guess he's probably not too attached to it, or is he? When you're looking for a guitar, budget or otherwise, you have to decide if you're going to go with the strat thing, or the les paul-type thing, or other. There...

Defnitely a preference thing, as you can see from the many opinions here. In my experience, if you are using a passive soundhole pickup with an acoustic, electric guitar strings actually work better through a PA than bronze because bronze isn't a very magnetic metal, and so the pickup will...

Thanks for the post, Scott. I will look into the Soundblaster. I just ordered a copy of your book on Amazon a couple of days ago, and I'm looking forward to the release of SoundForge Power! Thanks for the much-needed references! -MJ

I've got a technical question that I'm sure has been covered in the BBS somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it, so here it is... I am a singer/songwriter/guitarist type who has been recording on a Tascam cassette 8-track for years, and recently, I started sending the stereo mix from my...

Thanks, folks. I was able to do it just by going to "save as", and then scrolling to "wave". Check out this bonehead move... I thought that you had to hit the record button to mix down to a wave file. So I was hitting that, and ending up with a wave file that was basically dead air, and...

Well, you could definitely get better sound using something besides your PC mic, but I guess you already knew that. Even when using an expensive mic, you will get loud plosives on the hard syllables, if you don't use proper technique with the mic. You should be about 10 inches away from the...