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Hello, I'm looking for advice on how to best set up a practice room. Right now, my band is playing in my basement, which is kind of long and narrow. I know the room is not optimal (especially since half the walls are unfinished fiberglass and the other half are painted concrete brick), but...

Yeah that's really not right. I'd send that in. You shouldn't have problems like that in a laptop ever. Reminds me of this certain model of Compaq laptop that ALWAYS had an overheating issue. There are bad models, but they are few and far between. I always really liked the Sony laptops...

Well, I worked for Best Buy for five years. Sold computers for a year and worked for Geek Squad for two years, so I'm pretty familiar with the eMachines. When they first came out, they were junk. Really underpowered and really cheap. But after a while they started getting better, and now...

I'm not familiar with the soundcard, but if you set Cubase to use the driver for that card and go to "connections", you should be able to see all the different outputs. If you can see 8 outputs, then go to the routing area, you should be able to add more output busses. I can't remember exactly...

Also, what kind of computer do you have (processor, motherboard, manufacturer vs. home built, desktop vs. laptop)? Do you have Firewire integrated on the motherboard or do you require external cards? Do you have USB 1.1 or 2.0? That would help determine whether you should go Firewire or USB.

What exactly wasn't working about the FireWire Solo? If it was due to a Firewire issue, that may play a part in future purchases. Did you update all the drivers for the product, as well as for your chipset? With external devices like that, you need to make sure the computer plays nice. I...

There are several reasons, some of which I'll explain, some I couldn't quite put my finger on, and some I've forgotten. First, even though USB 2.0 is technically faster than Firewire (480 mb/s versus 400 mb/s), in reality, Firewire tends to outperform USB 2.0 by about 15%. I think this is...

While I've used and liked some Waves stuff, I don't think they're worth the price anymore. Here's what I find myself using a lot: DB Dynamics Plugin - $40 This is my ghetto sidechain plug for ducking, etc. PSP MasterQ - $150 This is my go-to equalizer. May or may not sound the best or most...

Oh, and does your laptop have USB 1.1 or 2.0? I didn't see a requirement for 2.0 on the Edirol unit. Firewire is technically more stable and preferred to USB, but I wouldn't rule one out over the other with newer drivers and technology.

If I were you, I'd check out this guy. If you're looking to spend a max of $200 + firewire card, this guy at $240 would be about at the top of your budget, but I think you'd get a quality product. Summary of features: Solid Aluminum Chassis 24-bit/96kHz recording and playback via USB. A...

Yeah, it's probably got something to do with the proximity effect of the skin and diaphragm (at least with the SM57 and most mics). I remember when I wanted more of a snare sound a couple years ago, I pointed a mic almost straight down at the hoop about an inch or two up. I got more snare, but...

Is your motherboard limiting the hard drive space? What does the hard drive space show up as in the BIOS / XP setup screen? If it's 80000 MB or thereabouts, you could split it, but I'd imagine that if the MoBo limits it to 40000 MB, you're stuck there.

Is it a new hard drive? If so, try running the software that came with the driver before installing Windows. With XP, though, it has a pretty good installation routine. It sounds like the Windows setup isn't even showing up. As they guys have said, check your jumper settings and make sure...

Well, I thought I'd share some of my experience with computers with you guys who have been quite helpful in the past. I've spent quite a bit of time working on PC's and doing software work, and here's a bit of what I know. Detection First things first, determine the cause of the problem. I...

I think Bleyrad's quote definitely applies to lossy compression...frequencies that aren't heard by most people as well as frequencies that aren't reproduced well on most consumer (read: absolute shit) listening devices are tossed out. Instead of operating on the Nyquist theoremthat sampling...

Yeah, I might add that you can try a tighter-pattern mic like the Beyer M201 to help isolate the sound. If you really want both the attack and snare sound, you'll have to use two mics. If you only want to use one mic, you have to compromise. Personally, I find that some of the snap gets...

Thanks for the tip! Don't know why it didn't occur to me...

I guess you could do this with sidechaining ducking (i.e. on a hihat mic), but I'd imagine you'd get better results with a noise gate that has sidechain EQ. Floorfish is a cheap one that isn't really all that fancy, but gets the job done. I use Sonitus (Sonar), which is the best gate I've...

What is your CPU speed and type, memory speed and amount, other hardware, sound card, etc? I've used Waves X-Noise, but it's really expensive and kind of a CPU hog. I don't really know of any really good cheap ones, but I'd be curious to know for myself.

As an aside to Glen's statement, I use reverb both before and after compression. Really the only time I use it before is to fatten up a snare drum. I have nothing but plugs, but I find that adding a short (tempo varies with tempo/style of the song) reverb and messing with the high- and...