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I have a Roland XP-50. It came out around 1994. It has around 500 sounds, 8 drum sets, 3 effects units, a sequencer and a disk-drive. (one reviewer, Julian Colbeck, in his book "Keyfax Omnibus Edition", called its sounds: punchy, in-your-face, dance oriented). I don't do dance-music. I just want...

I got a Dell computer a few months ago and found that I could not properly plug in my best headphones into the headphone jack. The jack is slightly recessed into the body of the computer and the design of my headphone plug (the area you grip when you push in and pull out the plug) does not allow...

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Often the bass just gives a bottom to the song and that is okay...When I think of good bass I think of songs where the bass seems to be the crucial instrument holding the song together. I appreciate Getty Lee's playing (already mentioned) and I thought of some songs by Blue Oyser Cult...

On the subject of peoples viewpoint of their own voices: I know a guy who I think is on a professional level as far as his voice and guitar playing (his version of "Stormy Monday" is great). He is doing some recording with a 4-track and his mixes sound pretty good except he loads his lead vocals...

Hey bbz and wakeupbomb...I haven't looked seriously at new keyboards in a while(satisfied with what I have and don't need the temptation) but today (with you both in mind) I looked at the keyboard section of a several month-old Musician's Friend and for what it's worth here is some of the models...

About 10 years ago I was in the same boat..looking for a "real" keyboard...I wanted something with a sequencer and disk-drive, all self-contained...I live in guitar country so there was not a lot of avenues to get first hand education on keyboards. An aquaintance said he would help me but he...

Hey, I think there is a lot of talent here...makes me think of the group Garbage...I like the levels and the atmosphere (the beginning of "The First" has an unexplainable cool "air" about it). Trying to digest all five songs makes it hard to be specific about things I didn't like. In the first...

Hey, I don't listen to a lot of blues but have heard some Stevie Ray Vaughan and I like some songs by the Robert Cray Band...with that in mind I think this is a very decent blues song. The playing seems effortless (no awkward feel to it), well-timed, and the levels all sound good to me...

Really interesting. I have heard that a 4-track was used but never knew any of the details (like the brand of recorder or mics). I listened to Nebraska (on cassette at that) a few years after it was released and, though it hit me as unique because of its stripped down approach, I never thought...

I think as you get into more expensive keyboards/synthesizers you are often getting more memory (overall) and more memory being allocated to each individual sound (a bigger sample size) which contributes to better sound (also you are paying for how much knowledge and effort the sound engineer(s)...

Yea, I agree with memriloc, deepwateraudio.com is cool, and proaudiosupply.com is okay...the other two just don't appeal to me.

I liked this...sort of a dance-trance thing...sounds professional to me (like something I might hear on the radio)...I would considered making the song a minute or two longer and adding some more voices and/or an edgy or weird lead instrument during the last 30 seconds and into the fade-out.

Hey...tried to find your songs...got the picture of B & D with the bullet in the middle, clicked the bullet and nothing happened...thought I would let you know.

Hey manning1...I am very new to recording with the computer. I did get version 8 of PowerTracks a few months ago, recorded a song, and am very satified with the software. (I even posted a message about a month ago to alert people to the July special price, which it appears they are continuing)...

Hey...electronic music is a big subject but I might can help you start filling in the pieces of the puzzle...I have a Yamaha PSR540 and I like the sounds but I can't edit the presets sounds or create new sounds...a lot of high-end keyboard instruments (often designated as "synthesizers") give...

rdozz, I am super low-tech (mostly have experience with a 4-track cassette recorder) and there are people on this forum that could give you more knowledgeable/detailed advice...but this is what I would try with the bass (if it is on one track by itself): isolate it (solo it) and listen to see...

Yea I think the vocals could be louder and I would like to hear more definition on the bass guitar notes...I know it must be in there but I would like to be able to pick out the distinct notes of the bass. Just to nitpick, this doesn't sound like southern rock to me (which to me is bands like...

I have never had to write album credits but I have seen how a song gets created (and how sometimes many people can be behind one song's creation)...I will throw some thoughts at you: If you had the space and desire you could describe the creation of each song just as you did in your post ("Joe...

I've heard it said that once something gets on the internet that it never dies...This thread poves it!