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"Low latency RAM?" The latency of memory is measured in nanoseconds. You can't hear a nanosecond, or even a thousand nanoseconds. Memory is okay or not okay. You won't fix a latency problem in your audio system by choosing a certain brand of RAM. What do I use? Whatever is available at...

Each horn? A Leslie has only one horn. People do it different ways. The way I do it is mic the back of the Leslie, one mic on the tweeter and one on the woofer. Not so close that you hear the wind blowing. I use cardioid, not super- or hypercardiod, so that the mics hear the speaker coming...

This is good when you want the guitar to be featured and take up a lot of space in the mix. Guitar radiates sound from a large area, so stereo recording is good in these cases. However, if you want a rhythm guitar track or want to feature something else, mono recording is perfectly adequate...

Rules of thumb: If the sound comes from multiple points in space or from an instrument which has stereo outputs (drums, choirs, keyboards, etc.) record in stereo. If the sound comes from a single source (voice, electric guitar, bass, horns, etc.), record in mono. Anything that can be recorded...

The comparison/contrast is between SATA and PATA, just to get technical. In general, we use our faster drives for digital audio. And, now that the price differences are negligible, it would be silly not to use SATA all around. BUT - unless you have very large track-count needs, either SATA or...

I learned to play ukulele when I was 8 years old. I'm sure I annoyed the hell out of everyone around with the same four Stephen Foster songs over and over. It made learning guitar chords easier, because the chords are fingered the same (minus the bottom two strings).

Someone else is gonna have to answer this question. I'm not a keyboardist. I just know that, when I started doing recording with Cakewalk 8 years ago, I used the MIDI instruments quite a bit. It was fun; I was COMPOSING! Then I started hearing the cheese...

A mixer does have preamps. It needs them to amplify the signal of microphones and instruments which have low output. A microphone preamp amplifies signal so that it reaches "line level." Where people get really passionate about preamps is in the sound that some, if not most, of them impart...

Well, since you mention a "Hammond organ sound" rather than just "Hammond organ," I'm going to guess that your instrumental backing is all synthesized, making your voice the only "natural instrument" in the mix. I'll bet that if you recorded an actual Hammond organ, things would be more to your...

Umm... isn't that what makes it harmony? Or are you talking about different inversions?

I've found that any ribbon mic will help in taming sibilance.

IF your cables are standard, phantom power can be switched on and off with no damage to the ribbon. The danger lies in improperly-wired cables OR in the possibility that one pole may connect a tiny bit earlier than its opposite when connecting/unconnecting a ribbon mic to phantom power that's...

It sounds like a lot to me, unless you have a super-duper computer! If you haven't done so already, there are some tweaks you can do to make your operating system less hungry for CPU cycles and hard drive access. The principle is to turn off what you don't need while you're doing music.

I think they CAN be good. As others have written, it depends on the application. I recently did sound for a show. I brought some great dynamic mics (MD 441, 421, Beyer M88, etc.). The singer tried a couple and then opted to use his Beta 87. And I have to admit it sounded better for his...

I think the MD421 IS a step up. Problem is, once you try it you won't have any use for the SM57... Seriously, the SM57 doesn't suck, although there are many other better dynamic mics around. What you seem to want is something DIFFERENT, which would imply condensor.

I CAN export from Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 to MP3, but it's a lot faster, easier, and simpler just to export to WAV and use another program to convert that WAV to MP3.

If the mic is right up against the grill, and the mic is working okay, the problem is NOT your room - at least nor your room through that microphone. 0. Make sure your 57 works okay. 1. Try recording ONLY your guitar, using your current setup, but with no one else playing. 2. Now pull down...

Hey, will phantom power hurt ribbon mics?

Gosh, by all the criteria people have posted, I'm a guitar player... except for the "Teen Spirit" thing. My answer was gonna be "I don't know, 'cause I've been doing it for 40 years and I still don't call myself a guitar player."

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