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Perhaps - but what's the point of buying a much crappier mic for $15 instead of a cable and adapters for about the same price? At least the cable/adapters could be useful down the road...

This is almost what I did - Computer Science degree with music minor. I'm really happy I did it this way - I can afford musical toys for myself, and I only work on music I like, when I feel like it.

Damn strait. Anyway, there are a lot of ways to answer your question, depending on your budget, whether you already have a good computer, etc. You really should read through the guide here: http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm Its kind of long, but if you read through it, you'll understand...

The out from the SM58 is XLR - you should be able to find an XLR-1/4 inch cable, or you can get a standard XLR cable. From there, you'll need either a 1/4 inch to 1/8 inch adapter, or a XLR to 1/8 inch adapter, depending on which cable you get. They may refer to any of the connection-types by...

First of all, here's a great reference: http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm Take the time to read it, and you'll have a much more specific questions. The first things you're going to need are: General multitrack recording software (I use FLoops for beats, too, but its really not suited to...

The top thread over in the hip-hop forum (https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=144424) has links to a LOT of articles. Under "Synthesis", there are links to a 41-part (!!!) series called Synth Secrets at Sound on Sound. This is a pretty good "bible" of synthesis, and it includes...

Does Cubase have any options for setting buffers? You might poke around in the options menus and see if you can't make them larger.

Actually, what came packaged with mine was a cheap version of Cakewalk Home Studio, which I was already using - I've moved up the ladder to Sonar, but am still a Cakewalk user. I have no explanation for the brand mix-up - all advertising I've seen implies that cheap Cubase should have come...

Yeah, its what I'm using now. The only downside is that its not USB 2.0, so it apparently can't handle recording 4 simultaneous inputs very well. I never use more than 2, though, and haven't had any problems with it. As long as you have the manual, everything should be pretty easy for you.

Read up at Tweakheadz.com for general info. A few specific answers, though: Unless, the P60 is REALLY cheap, its got MIDI in/out - if not, you need a controller that does. You need some kind of MIDI port on your computer - this can be the game/MIDI port (looks like a serial port) on some...

To clarify, the Firepod IS a soundcard (though we use the term "audio interface" around here). It connects through a firewire port, so there's no need to physically replace your current soundcard - rather, you'll just configure your software to record from, and play out to the Firepod. So...

Iv'e found other, similar charts, but since its so subjective a thing, I find it useful to have multiple of them. In other words, Thanks.

n-track is software - using it would involve setting up your computer to do recording. While I personally endorse this idea highly :), it may be more than you really want to get into. "4-track" normally implies a stand-alone device, and it sounds like that's what you want. Here's a much...

Yes. Here are a couple of links. http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837/cat--Keyboard-Controllers--2684 http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Radium49/ http://www.americanmusical.com/sort--Keyboard-Controllers--k-AKBC1--m-0507.html

I'm under the impression you can record MIDI into Floops (though I haven't tried - all I do is program drum lines in it with the mouse and slave it to Sonar). If I were you, I'd get a USB MIDI keyboard and see if using it with Floops is good enough for you. Something like this might be good...

I use Sonar for everything else, but Floops is just cozy for beats.

What are you trying to do with it? My best guess (from your username) is that you're trying to mix down a drum kit to a stereo signal. In any case, you should read through the mixer portion of this site to get a basic idea of what's going on...

I could be wrong, but I'm under the impression that any software that can encode mp3s has to pay a royalty to the patent holder of "mp3 technology," or something like that, so its very unlikey that you'll be able to find something for free (they would have to pay the royalty on it, so would end...

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Rep points are about abusing the system. Wheeeeee!!!!