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Just thought of something else to ask. There's no doubt the D112 is the best SINGLE mic I've ever used to pick up a kick, but what about using two mics? I've used the D112 inside the drum close to the beater and a large diaphragm condensor (I've tried various types with varying degrees of...

Lamedrop Couldn't be easier. Just drag n' drop WAV files on it, and MP3s come out. Right click for encoding options (you can even specify a lowpass filter).

I've only ever really used the D112. I noticed it got the most votes. I didn't vote because I haven't actually used many of these mics. I've tried the SM-57 on, by now, just about everything, and I think I prefer the D112 on kick for pretty much any style of music. So what are some...

Seconded, and anything by M-audio is pretty solid. If you've got firewire, you might look into getting an M-audio 410 (I think you can get one for about $250). The 1010 is a very solid PCI card though. That being said, I've got a 2496 Audiophile AND a Sound Blaster Live inside mine (I'm also...

I'd always heard that this isn't nearly as fast. Something about the limitations of the 33 MHz PCI bus. Sell your 3200. Since AMD discontinued them too soon, the price for them has jumped recently. You could probably make a tidy profit by selling yours now, and then use that to get a 64 bit...

Well, quite honestly, you could probably buy a K2600 off of Ebay for as much or less than a VMK-188 and an ES rack. I've never put my grubby little knubbers on a VMK before, so I couldn't tell you how good it feels as a piano. The programming functions on it certainly look impressive...

Maybe it's because of inexperience, but I find when I try to mix at a quiet level that the same thing always happens every time. I can avoid it for awhile, but eventually, I'll pull a track up until it sounds right, and then I'll pull up all the other tracks until they match that one. By the...

You think THAT'S bad, I actually want Genelecs. Heh. Maybe in 10 years! Probably keep NS-10s for reference no matter what. I tried BX5s. They were better in my opinion than any similarly priced active except maybe the Alesis M1. The main reason I didn't go for a larger one like BX8 is...

I wouldn't mind hearing a few opinions on this myself. To add, how about: whether the speaker should be facing the listener directly, or face forward to create a sweetspot where the 60 degree angles meet. I've seen professional studios with monitors set up both ways. Does it depend on which...

Yeah, and crazy thing is, that's the CHEAP version. Did you hear the demos of the Platinum Edition? Though, among other things, the Platinum Edition recommends using no less than EIGHT top-of-the-line computers to run it in real time in 24-bit! Crazy crazy stuff. Silver Edition is quite...

It sounds like you want a Kurzweil K2600 coupled with a highly craftable analog synth, and a computer with softsynths. The Kurzweil is often overlooked because it's a little older than the other workstations. It's also the most realistic keyboard controller I've ever used. It pains me to...

Yeah, it's true. They are speakers that you sort of have to train to mix well on. I looked into the Dynaudios and they look pretty sweet! If I feel like upgrading my monitors again in the future, I might give them a look. But I'm pretty sure that my next monitor purchase after this will be...

More info please. First off, what's your budget? What do you need in a controller, whether attached to a synth or not? Weighted/semi-weighted/unweighted? #keys? additional knobs/silders/buttons for real time continuous controller use? portability? What do you need from your synths...

After thinking about it for quite some time, I've come to the conclusion that, rare or not, passive or not, I just need to get me a pair of Yamaha NS-10Ms, the speakers I mentioned that we had in our studio. They are the speakers I am used to dealing with at work, and I know EXACTLY how a mix...

Honestly, I've had my eye on the 1814 firewire for awhile for my home recording interface. I'm currently using a 2496 Audiophile, which I'm quite pleased with, but of course, now I'd like an interface I could use to record drums with at home. I had been thinking an 1814 and some out-board...

I'm not sure whether or not this is hilarious or frightening to me. It was all really funny. A few of them even had me laughing quite boisterously. Then I got to the end, and the number one thing was: if I understood everything I had read. I realized that I had, and wondered where my life...

Depends nearly entirely on whether you'll be needing to hit the absolute bottom notes and the absolute top notes simultaneously. It doesn't sound like it though. Almost any modern controller has octave shift buttons, so you can instantly transpose your keyboard down an octave for bass work, or...

A timpani, although a drum, falls under the definition of "chromatic percussion", and as such, falls outside the scope of your typical drum machine. Most synthesizers will have a timpani patch. Your milage may vary as to how satisfactory such a patch is. Any synth that has General MIDI...

Those things must make a LOT of air to freak out a 57. You might try a popblocker. Since you've admitted to not having extra funds, that means making your own out of a coat-hanger and some panty-hose. Fun! The pros around here might have to correct me, but isn't it unusual for a pre to have...

Semi-weighted keys are full size piano keys with a little action on them, instead of just springing back like non-weighted. While the nonweighted keys on the Radium are full-width, no nonweighted keys are full size like semi-weighted. Semi-weighted is always more expensive than non-weighted...