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I understand I can record bits of music at home using something else and then bring them to school to import into Garageband, but I want to be able to arrange and edit at home. I know it's probably impossible to use another program (especially on PC) and actually "save as" a finished Garageband...

I attend the University of Iowa and they offer a class on Garageband software through their music department. I never used Garageband and don't own a Mac, but I decided to take the class anyway because hey, why would you take a real class when you can get college credit for recording music...

I have one day left on my trial version of Reaper and I’m still not sure if I want to buy it because I haven’t been able to do exactly what I want with it yet. I was hoping some of you could point me in the right direction, because I think its more lack of knowledge on my part than shortcomings...

I know Acid and some other programs have the reputation of being "looping" kinds of programs, which is how I like to make music a lot of the time. I'm not playing techno or rap or other genres which have a persistant beat, but even rock is sometimes easier to write using repeated loops rather...

I was recently in the market to buy an acoustic electric and did a lot of research before I bought mine. My budget was a little higher, around $500, but I found that the Takamine and Ibanez guitars proved to be the ones that played and sounded the best in that price range. I went to quite a few...

Since I’ve gotten my hardware running relatively error-free, I’ve spent the last couple weeks learning and tinkering with different software, trying to figure out which one is best for me. I have downloaded trial versions of lots of different software including Reaper, Acid, Cubase, Sonar, and...

Thanks for the feedback... I'm a long way from the mixing phase, but great things to think about for when I get there.

Actually, I hadn't planned on doing anything in the way of room treatment or monitoring... I was going to record exclusively direct to PC, through headphones. Is that bad? My situation is: 1. I live in a townhouse apartment so I can't be too loud 2. My music equipment doesn't use any amps...

I finally got everything working properly, for the most part, and I wanted to make a follow-up to this thread in case anyone else ran into a similar problem. Although there are still more questions than answers, the solution’s overall theme is that the Alienware Laptop was finicky. Pretty much...

The Saga Continues I think you're right... I uninstalled the drivers and the problem went away, even with the unit still plugged in (of course, without drivers it was unuseable). I tried all 7 or so drivers they had available on the Tascam website, and also tried ASIO4ALL but it didn't make a...

Ocnor, thanks for your suggestions. I tried adjusting the USB power management you specified, but it didn't make a difference. Post-rebuild the problem continues. :( As I noticed it did before, the fault is occurring computer-wide, not just in the recording software, but in anything that...

Hey, thanks for the help Chili... Yes, the interface is USB powered, and I have experienced the same problem with it plugged into all 4 USB ports on the laptop, with all other devices unplugged and not. I'm not really too firmiliar with Cubase yet (this setup was supposed to be my grand...

I completely disabled the wireless connection using the function key, but no dice. :confused:

The Cubase LE4 is a full version that came with my interface, so it's not the case there. The Acid and Tracktion are both trials, but I just downloaded them to eliminate software as a possiblility and they both have lots of time left. Thanks for the idea, though... I've run out of them. :(

I’m having a mind-melting recording problem and I’m wondering if anyone out there can help. I have been working on this problem for over a month and have still not figured out what is causing it, and this post is my white flag cry for help. I have a modest home recording setup using a TASCAM...