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Monitoring through my computer is so bad (about 20ms) that I can't use input monitoring and have to do stupid things like just put one ear of the headphones on so I can listen to myself singing/playing guitar/etc with the other ear.  I also have found that, when recording bass, I can actually...

Also, I think that if you can put the singer somewhere where he's out of sight, it might help. He's laying it all out there on the track, which can cause enough anxiety, but if he can at least get into the zone without worrying about how he looks too, it can help. Playing a show is...

Wow - you're gonna have a sweet setup, man - I'm jealous. I don't really know what you mean by wanting to make your own "bass beats". Either way, dog, you should be very happy with Sonar. If you want to get into MIDI, which I believe you probably will since it opens a lot of new doors, then...

I think Al's giving you an explanation of what IO is... IO = Input/Output You wanna record stuff going in? (Input) You wanna listen to the stuff? (Output) Simple as that. Stereo IO means you can record/listen to a stereo signal. (Also means that if you're recording mono sources, you can...

Wow - that is a good price! I think that everything on your list, HS2004 will do probably just as well as SONAR does. Also, regarding the effects, most of them do come with some presets, and you can also tweak as your stuff is playing which I do a lot. (As you drag the slider, you get...

Sorry to hear that, Steven. :( Sounds like another thread is in order. Come on, share your problems with us. You'll feel a lot better once you get them out in the open and off your chest. ;) :D Seriously, we're here to help. (ok, well me not quite as much as others who know lots more...

Hey, cheap bastard. I'm a newbie and a cheap bastard too, so I hear where you're comin from. :D I actually started out with Home Studio 2002, but then I realized ACKUS (All Cool Kids Use SONAR), and I thought "Hmmm.... I'm a cool kid." :cool: So I ponied up the extra beans for the Sonar 2...

Was really digging Alien at the outset. I liked the whole super-compressed, sort-of radio transmission fuzziness you had going at the beginning. :cool: I thought that at some point you would bust out of that, like right when the drums came in would have been sweet. Or if you wanted to tease...

That "whoosh sound" in the intro sounded to me like it's probably simply a wah-wah pedal on the guitar that's panned left with a clean sounding guitar panned right. (Or could be 1 signal split left/right with the wah-wah just on the left channel)

This was a joke, right? :) Was there actually a spot the autotuner wasn't used? I think the autotune should definitely be toned down some - it was quite extreme and distracting. I really like your sister's voice actually. As far as the mix went, it sounded good to me. Oddly, I found the bass...

Because other media can handle it - DVD for example can handle 24/96, and I'm sure that there are others, some not even invented yet perhaps. Plus, it's so much cooler when your amplifier goes to 11... :D Also, recording at the higher sample rate gives your stuff more accuracy. And the...

Howdy, folks. I'm thinking of adding some more memory in my computer (currently only have 256M with WinXP - gonna add another 256M). The memory that my computer (a Dell) came with is ECC (error correcting) memory, which I understand is common in servers but not so much in PCs. I also...

Oh - good to know. I guess I was putting more into setting more punch points than I needed to be. It actually makes sense now that you point it out that it's just important during editing, because I guess when you punch in/out, there's nothing to say that the audio coming in will be at a zero...

Hilarious! :D :D :D Being chased by a time-travelling robot assassin! I love it!! :D I don't really like that kind of music, but the comedy of it roped me in. There are some really funny lines in there. Good stuff... As far as the mix goes, I thought things sounded mixed pretty nicely...

Also, make sure that your punch in/out points are at "audio zero crossings" (where the amplitude of the sound wave is at zero). In the software I use (SONAR), there's a "Snap to Audio Zero Crossings" snap setting, which helps find those more easily.

Don't know about the MIDI synch thing, but regarding your second question, you can always split the audio at the trouble spot. Then, you can slip-edit (drag the edge of the clip) so the bad stuff is edited out (it still exists at least until you choose apply trimming, but it's not played). You...

That does sound strange. Do you think it could be an aftertouch effect, where you can press the key down a little harder after you've initially pressed it? That's all I can think of...

Yes. :D That way you can go to your informed critic most of the time to get the real scoop on your stuff, but on those days when you just need a little encouragement, it's nice to be able to go to your cheerleader, even though you know he/she is just blowing smoke up yer ass. :)

Yeah, just nudge them gently in the direction of an AutoTune plugin. :D I agree that you should find yourself a good informed critic (still looking myself - applications accepted ;)). I think having a good cheerleader critic on hand can be good too for those times where you're feeling down...

I liked it and it sounded like a good mix to my (fairly inexperienced) ears. Good stuff... :) I did think the vocals could come up a tad. The toms didn't sound very good (the section starting around 1:20) - hopefully it could be a fix-it-in-the-mix kinda thing... Sorry I can't explain what...