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I'm sorry if this probably simple problem has been adressed before, but a search didn't help, and deja.com is gone! And the FAQ's haven't mentioned it, as far as I can tell.. Problem: Using a drum soundfont (SB Live) triggered from a midi keyboard, when I just play live, the other hi-hat...

The Soundblaster has an interesting 'feature' that sounds a lot like your problem. I only noticed it when multi-track recording, and someone here helped me with the problem, and I hope it helps you. By clicking on the little speaker icon to open the volume controls, you can bring up the mixer...

At last, music I can understand! I love the sparse sound, and it sounds like the slightly lo-fi sound (not much hige end) is more the fault of MP3 quality rather than the source recording. Usually mandolins sound much more piercing and biting - did you record it more 'mellow' on purpose, or is...

I have a similar problem. I am using cakewalk express, which came with my soundblaster live card. At first I thought it was headphone leakage, but when I listened more closely, it sounded like digital noise. I mean, it was coming from my other tracks, but it sounded worse than 8-bit samples...

For Canadian prices, I use www.savedbytech.com. That is the ONLY online pricelist I can find in Canadian dollars. I find if I shop around at the various music stores (similar ones in Victoria? Long & Mcquade, Mother's, Axe) they are about the same. Have you checked in Vancouver? If the...

Okay, I completely retract any bickering comments I talked about. Over in the 'other equipment' forum, I just read the most fair, honest, and helpful PC/Mac debate I have ever seen. In fact, I think it was the ONLY reasonable discussion of the topic I have ever seen. So if people can talk...

I know there are several related threads on this subject already. However, I have some questions, and might as well make ANOTHER thread. I have been talking out of my hat, as I don't actually have the damn thing YET. So - the inputs on the live drive, and the inputs on the back of the PCI...

Obviously, the people at this forum have differing incomes and equipment. Some people are producing commercial recordings with equipment that makes me drool. Some people have the soundcard that came bundled with their computer. Still others push certain brands of equipment to such an extent...

As I have said, a Soundblaster anything is not meant for serious audio recording. However, it is about half the price (at least where I live) of the bottom end of prosumer cards. For the half the price, and 'average' fidelity (that would have been pro-audio 5 years ago) I think it is a good...

Number of inputs and outputs: The live drive (I) input on the front of the computer is only one input - it's a 1/4 inch input, a 'big' headphone jack. It can be mic or line, depending on what you plug into it. But, it's only one input. I assume it's stereo so you could (with a Y-cord) put two...

First of all, the soundblaster live platinum is the same card as the soundblaster live, but includes a lot of gaming and music software. It also includes a 'live drive', which is a 5 1/4 inch panel that plugs into the front of your computer, where your CD and floppy drives go. This has extra...

I too, am looking at the SoundBlaster Live Platinum. The Platinum, unlike the other Live versions, DOES have two inputs and outputs - as far as I can tell - the Live Drive that goes in the front of your computer has seperate input/outputs from the ones on the back of the PCI card. However, the...

Ahh, now I understand. I didn't realise that Creative were selling the Live Drive (I and II) seperately. It doesn't come with bundled software. I was thinking of buying the Live Platinum, which, in North America, comes with the Live Drive I, and with a ton of bundled software - Sound Forge...

This was a preliminary recording, to see how things worked. I wanted to get something down, a scratch recording, to get ready for a more 'proper' recording later, with better equipment, and knowing how to use Cool Edit Pro more completely. It's on I-drive, username: jenkmaster, password...

Can you buy the live drive II in North America? Last time I checked, that option was for the UK only. It has RCA line-in inputs, optical, and SPDIF ports on the drive-bay part. (But I have heard much usenet talk about them not being true digital connections - the card resamples ALL...

There are things 'in production' and some very good share/freeware stuff. Check out www.lebuzz.com for an audio guys Beos page, and www.bebits.com to get the stuff. When my computer can stop being a network server as well, maybe I can actually use the damn thing.

Thanks for the excellent FAQ. That did indeed answer my question, and many other ones I was going to ask. Very helpful community here.

Or Impedance, or Ohms, or Load - these are all terms for the same thing, aren't they? Anyway, I have a cheapo microphone (from an unnamed national electronics retailer) that can be switched from LowZ to HiZ. The mic doesn't seem to perform any better or worse either way. My question - other...

About US prices, and those in the commonwealth countries: I don't know about the pricing here in Canada, either. The exchange rate certainly doesn't seem to be in my favour. I think I'll have to drop down to the US to pick up some mics. Anyone know any good sources in say, montana?

Oh yeah, some more info might help: AMD K6-200 MMX is the chip, and my recording is mostly of my folk-based band, running through a JVC mixer to the line-ins of my card. The attempt here was to put some basic FX on the sources - a bit of compression, reverb etc. on acoustic sources. Realtime...