Run the installer again and make sure the "Audio processing plugins" box is checked. No need to uninstall first either :)
In REAPER's FX browser, there should be a Cockos category and a JS category. The Cockos ones are the ReaPlugs (ie: ReaXComp their multiband compressor)
Well, you could use ReaXComp. That has and unlimited amount of bands and the ratio goes to 100. From what I've learned, anything over 10 is basically working as a limiter.
The HP/LP in ReaComp only tells the compressor where to look for peaks, but if I remember right, the entire signal still...
Does this link work for you?
http://reaper.fm/userguide/ReaperUserGuide360c.pdf (it's a big PDF. right-click > save as)
(taken from http://reaper.fm/userguide.php)
As for the ghost effect:
Right-click TCP > Duplicate selected tracks
on the new track:
Right-click item > Item settings >...
32-bit for a bit rate is pretty high. I'm not sure if it'll fix the problem either, but it's worth a shot.
Open an empty project.
File -> Project Settings.
In the "Audio Settings" tab, change the WAV bit depth from 32-bit FP to 24-bit PCM
Click "Save as default project settings"
Now you won't...
...bueller?
I'm guessing it's not too much of a big deal. Things still sound great. My guess is that I'll be missing out on some airy frequencies that are more "felt" than heard anyway.
But I would like to know your opinions on this :)
I had to sell my FirePod a little over a month ago to fix my car so I put a M-Audio Fast Track Pro on an in-store credit card to get by for now.
I've been noticing that there isn't much of anything above 13kHz. I manually swept with a tone generator and things really start to drop at about...
You should take a listen to the .wma he posted. It's definitely not just a level problem.
gafadi, do you have any other mics you can try with the icicle?
I think it's pretty stupid, but sadly it can be the truth a lot of the time.
I've know I've recorded bands who couldn't play to a click or sing in tune if their life depended on it.
Use high pass and low pass filters together until it sounds "radio-ish" then add a guitar distortion plugin if you want a little more "fuzz"
With the HP/LP, try somewhere between 500Hz and 1kHz for the HP and maybe between 4-5kHz for the LP.
That's a good point. I couldn't find anything online about the icicle using ASIO (it says no drivers are necessary so I'm assuming it uses the standard Windows sound system)
Try Alan's advice and check to make sure the levels are up in your Windows mixer.
In Windows 7, right-click the speaker...
...and they always have been. PC stands for Personal Computer. So unless Apple makes computers that have nothing to do the user's personal life, they're also considered PC's.
..but PLEASE let's not let this turn into a Mac vs PC thing.
Eh don't mind him..
I'll check out the .wma file you posted later tonight. I'm on my netbook right now running linux and I can't open it :\
I'm not sure why the gain knob on the icicle isn't working. Their manual online isn't really helpful..
What levels are you peaking at when you record?
I had the old model, StudioPro 3.
Don't expect much bass from these.. but if you're using PC speakers right now, it'd probably be an alright upgrade. I would save up for something better if you could though.. These are probably more like glorified computer speakers than monitors.
But then...
I'm using a FirePod with a $10 FireWire PCI card from newegg.com. It has a VIA chipset and it's been working great for about two years now.
It's not PCI-Express though...
The Dynex card didn't work for me when I tried. Maybe they were using a different chipset back then?