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I think this is probably the place to start. A soundcard's Mic Input is meant for those little crappy PC mics and are noisy as all hell. You should be plugging into the Line Input of the soundcard (and muting the Mic Input in your soundcard control panel), but to do that you need a preamp. I...

I do not know of any such feature, but I was thinking... maybe a CAL script could do something like this? Does anyone know?

Yes, you can record 2 separate tracks at once with a stereo line in as Monkey Allen described. For more tracks, you'd need to upgrade your soundcard/interface. However, for recording drunken jam sessions, you could always just set up a few mics around the room, plug them into your mixer, pan...

Yes, luapleba is right - you can add the effect to the track itself and use an envelope (in most cases it will accept automation) to control the application of the effect. This is a good point, and who knows, maybe you don't want a "typical" reverb treatment - maybe you'll actually like how it...

Yes, what dachay2tnr said... Also, then you can set up an Aux Send envelope on the track and set it up so that you only are sending to the effects bus during just that one part. :) -Jeff

If you want all the notes to be at the same velocity, you should be able to apply the Velocity MIDI effect to the track, which allows you to set all the notes to a specific velocity (or even spread them over a range). There may be a way to turn off velocity sensitivity on your MIDI controller...

You are right to be concerned... The bird tweet is essential in creating decent-sounding tracks! ;) :D As to why your birdie ain't tweeting, I'm not sure. What are you using to create the audio output for your MIDI track? It could be that whatever synth you're using for output doesn't have...

I'm not sure how things work in Cubase, but I'll tell ya how I do it in Sonar and hopefully things will be similar. I set up an Audio Track and patch in a virtual instrument as an effect. Then I set the output of my MIDI track onto which I'm going to record using the keyboard to that audio...

Thanks for the confirmation, Strryder. Good to hear I'm not quite as confused as I think. :D I've always used my soundcard's control panel (and my mixer level controls) to optimize the input level of recorded signal - never this Trim control. Anyone else care to weigh in on whether this is...

I was under the impression that Trim controlled signal level before the FX bin while Volume controlled the signal level after it. Anybody know if this is indeed the case?

You gots yourself some latency there. The bane of many a digital home recordist... You can try adjusting it in the Audio Options and see "how low can ya go" with your soundcard/computer without getting pops/clicks/dropouts. See if you can get your latency down to <10 msec - that's generally...

I was also thinking some sort of controller message, but if you say you looked and didn't see any, then what about this: Do you think maybe it's possible that the V-Drum module actually keeps track of Note On/Off messages for the pedal (G#)? So maybe if the last message for the pedal is Note...

Set up a softsynth and direct that MIDI track to use the softsynth as its output. Then you should be in business. :)

I'm totally with you on the cover band thing, scrubs. And, it's interesting to hear you coming at the origs/covers in terms of reviewing a mix from a different angle than I am. I appreciate your response though. I do hope to spend more time in the clinic (and on music recording in general as...

I think it's safer to speak for yourself. I, for one, completely disagree with this statement. I enjoy listening to both, but sometimes I find that it's almost easier to listen to a cover of a song that I know to be able to better consider the mixing quality (after all, this is the mixing...

Thanks for the ideas and suggestions, guys! :) What would be really great would be if there were some help for these effects. Anybody know of any? I can find help on some of the other Cakewalk effects in the SONAR Help, like FX Reverb, Delay, Chorus, etc., but not for these Dynamics...

I don't know Pro Tracks Plus, but if it's anything like SONAR, you don't necessarily need a MIDI controller to record with it. Of course, that makes it a helluva lot easier though! But, there is the option to just draw the notes in with your mouse by selecting the note duration and then just...

take management If you right-click on the track and make sure the the Show Layers option is checked, then when you record to that track in Sound on Sound mode, it will create a new "lane" in that track with the new clip. You can then mute/solo at the clip level to create comp tracks. It's...

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What's your Recording Source set in your audio control panel/soundcard? If it's set to something like Stereo Out or What U Hear or something like that, then you're recording what's echoed from the Line In (your vocals) as well as what's being played back (the guitar track). Just set the...