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Don't know anything about that unit. However, if you're hearing the hiss in headphones attached to the Zoom's headphone jack, try recording something and mastering it out to some other medium through the main outputs. Some/Most of the hiss may actually be coming from the headphone amp (a...

When will people learn? It doesn't matter where you get the funk, just as long as the funk gets you! OB

Well, whatever works :) I'm not so much recommending anything over anything else as I am worried that something like SONAR, when all punx wants to do is record a couple of tracks straight from his board, might be a rather Byzantine and costly solution to a simple problem. I'm a Cakewalk Fan...

That's just wrong!!! Although this probably is this best time to build the secret escape tunnel... It looks like it's gonna be a good sized place, though. I'm certainly jealous. Especially since that Starflight helicopter just loves to buzz my apartment when I'm trying to record something. OB

If all you are doing is recording your band "live" (all at once) through your mixer into your soundcard, Cakewalk might be overkill. Cakewalk is a combination audio multi-tracking and MIDI sequencing program, and it sounds like you don't need to multitrack or sequence MIDI. You just need to...

I don't have my DMT-8 or my manual in front of me, but my first guess is that you'll have to go into setup mode and turn the metronome off. I don't think the metronome beeps are actually recorded as audio data on the track, so I don't think you can record over it unless you turn it off. I...

I'm pretty sure they did make at least one model of 1" 16-track. The inhabitants of the analog-only forum on this site would probably be able to confirm it and tell you all about it if you were to head that way... OB

I say the vocal booth depends on your situation. If you're in a thin-walled apartment where the neighbors aren't going to appreciate your artistic efforts and you won't appreciate the sound of them watching MTV with the TV volume on "11", the booth is probably a lot more useful than if you are...

Alan, Sounds like you have it figured out! I don't have CWP9 in front of me right now, but you should be able to double-click on that "PATCH" field and, using a button that says "define instruments" or something similar, set up your own set of patch and note names specific to your Zoom using...

The problem lies in the fact that the Tascam never quite plays at the same exact speed twice, and the speed of the motor varies slightly as it runs. Over time, the tracks will get out of shape as small variances in the speed of the tape motor get exaggerated. There are a couple ways to...

BAM? What are you, Emeril? ;) I have a Pilot Pro, too (bought around the same time), but haven't run into this issue. I also haven't taken mine apart to look inside. A bad battery on mine sounds like crap for a while before dying, so I don't think that's it. The output jack may be the...

I don't think the quality would necessarily be better, but you would gain the flexibility of being able to process the individual outputs by themselves, assuming you have a way to mix everything down outside the PC. If this mixer doesn't sound as good as mixing the signals in the digital domain...

Re: Okay now, here's another option,... DMT-8 std vs. FD-8 I have a DMT-8. The display is actually bright blue flourescent, which to me is even better than LEDs. To me, the recorder sounds as good as any 16/44.1k recorder I have ever heard. The routing is flexible but not terribly...

I would still recommend getting the closed ear ones if you can only get one kind. If you find it helps to sing with one can off your head, you should pan/balance the monitor mix so that it only plays in that one side...stuff bleeding into your vocal track can be a real bummer when you are...

Adam, what service pack are you running on that machine? A little poking around revealed this article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q266344 While it is not specifically your issue, the article does specifically mention VIA chipsets and hanging with regards to ACPI...

>>>THUD!<<< Thanks a lot, Kabudo. I bruised my jaw when it landed in my desk! What a deal! :)

A laptop like that could do it (I was able to do 4- and 6-track projects on a 133Mhz PC), but the soundcards built into laptops are generally pretty poor quality and may well yield a worse recording than the Zoom unit. A slightly newer laptop (at least 300mhz pII--I have one of these so I...

Having found the thing I was after at Home Depot, I wandered around the store for a little bit and spotted something that I thought may be of interest to those looking to find a quiet place to put their CPU box on a budget. It was in the kitchen cabinetry section, and was a section of cabinet...

1--Some modules do have more than two outputs, but they are typically higher up the price scale. An EMU Proteus 2500 has six, for example. An Alesis DM-5 drum module has four. A lot of other modules have four. Better samplers often have four or more, too. Another way to get more outputs is...

Dunno for sure what exactly that device is capable of, but typically a MIDI port on an effects device allows you to send information, change patches or parameters via MIDI. Things people typically use this sort of thing for include: Using a MIDI footswitch to change or bypass the effect that...