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Michael Miller writes very good guides The Complete Idiot's Guide to Recording with Cubase

Hi, You might like to check out the Eleven Rack . It has a huge range of programmable effects, amps, cabs etc and you can record both a dry signal and a processed one at the same time onto separate tracks. Using it for re-amping later seems to be well catered for. It comes bundled with Pro...

Hi, Interesting design. Looks good. :) I have a few of the usual single stands scattered about, but I also like to make things myself. The one at the back of this pic holds 5 and was made from left over wood in the workshop, so didn't really cost anything. The space at the back keeps the...

As others have suggested, increasing inputs is not an automatic function of switching to a mixer, it's a separate issue. Unless you have a specific reason to want to mix audio 'outside the box' then for home recording a popular solution is to get a better quality audio interface with more...

Yes, you can do whatever editing you like at home and then drop it straight into Garageband. You can simply drag and drop files into GB using WAV, mp3 and AIFF formats (those are the ones that I've tried anyway). However, you'll probably need to save them as individual tracks first. You can...

"...get your own internal click going..." is definitely the key to it. One of the most common examples of that is the good old "Footronome" - musicians tapping a foot in time. But the only way to calibrate that foot is to put in the necessary hours of work on improving your timing! :)

Matter for what? If you want to capture a certain sound in a certain way then yes it can definitely matter. If you're talking about whether you can make recordings that you'll be happy with, then the answer might well be no. As we've said before, it's a personal choice - your choice. I enjoy...

I think that an initial dislike of click tracks is very common. It's much harder to be really accurate than most of us give credit to, especially when you're in the early stages. There's some interesting tests you can do (further down the track) when you think you're pretty darned good. One is...

Hi, I did have a fairly open ended budget and I bought one of these: An Mbox 3 Pro with plenty of inputs for now and a bit spare for later. Came with Pro Tools 10 and some useful plug-ins (all of which I wanted, especially PT 10). Pre-amps that have been favourably reviewed in their price...

The analogy only doesn't work if you're determined that it doesn't! :) Nobody is saying that expensive, or even good gear automatically improves the underlying performance or that it is somehow more important than the artist. What we are saying is that the idea of good recording equipment is...

I don't think that it's essential to own expensive gear. :) Cheap gear is not necessarily "a waste of time". You can have a heap of fun using cheapo equipment, mixing on crummy headphones, and doing all the things that many enthusiasts and pros will say you shouldn't. But that doesn't mean that...

Hi, I wouldn't give up on the gear you already have just yet. It could be that you still don't have something set up correctly. It's unlikely to just plug and play. Depending on the system, there could be USB/Midi drivers to sort out, the Casio may need to have something set, and the...

Good that it's working and the gremlins have decided to retreat. Does this mean that you are now getting vocals on both lines now - top and bottom - as you told us that you were getting before? Or did that turn out to be a mixed up memory that was really about the piano tracks?

Hi, I use what they call "powerboards" here. Just a row of Australian type sockets. You can get them either with or without individual switches but obviously having one with all the switches makes it easy to turn all the gear on and off in the recommended order. Nothing fancy, just a...

Unfortunately they're always fowl sounding.... Ba-boom...

Jimmy is right on the money with Melodyne. It came bundled with some gear that I bought and it really is an amazing tool. Like anything, if you want to get the best results it pays off if you read the instructions and put some work in, but you can jump right in and shift pitches without much...

When I'm not sure what to buy I usually find that it means that I haven't yet finished figuring out what problem(s) I'm trying to solve. I haven't yet found a mic that could automatically make my voice sound 'better' all round - much as I would like to track down such a thing - so it's...

Weird little thing i want to try Apart from my obvious disappointment that it turned out that you're not a supermodel with a can of oil, a rubber sheet, and a penchant for elderly gentlemen... I can't really see any great advantage in what you're contemplating. Why not just set up your gear...

Hi, When I had a similar choice I went with Garageband. It's a good program in its own right, but as BassMan53 said it's pretty simple to learn on, and the general things you learn will be useful if you decide to step up later to something more complex like Logic or Pro Tools. There's a lot of...

Hi, I've spend a fair bit of time looking into the same thing over the past few weeks and it takes a bit of working through. About the only thing that I've seen any sort of consistent answers on is what a bad room looks like - which is an unfurnished cube shape, where all three dimensions are...