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I am using a fairly old desktop PC, but have been running fine until a few months ago. Lately, I have been getting Dropout in the middle of recording, and it is really busting my stones. My Setup: Sonar 6 Producer 2.4Ghz, 2GB RAM, C-Drive is Apps-only. Audio data is on an internal (250GB)drive...

Not sure what's going on, but my Focusrite Octopre is connected to a FW host (RME Fireface 800) via ADAT optical and I'm getting an ungodly hum on the first two channels, which can be connected to via 1/4" in the front or XLR in the rear. The hum has come whether I'm plugged into the front or...

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My favorite scenario when recording a band in my home studio is to have the drummer in a separate room, all other musicians in the control room with me. We can see each other thru a glass door I bought at Home Depot (not soundproof, but everything is pretty much bleed-free.) The drummer has cans...

I'm looking for an 8-channel pre to connect to my RME Fireface 800. The Mackie Onyx 800R is a bit more expensive than the Motu 8 Pre. Not sure of quality or other options. I'd like to get opinions.

I am retiring my old DAW, but when I last used it for recording it was still viable. For some reason now, when I use it for day to day use, it will reboot itself for no apparent reason. It is a 1GHZ P3 running Windows XP. I have 3 sticks of RAM (pc133). Two of them are 128mb, one is 256. I have...

So far so good. Setup on my laptop was a breeze. I'll be using it to record my band live on Saturday. Can't wait!

I just bought a floor model of a MOTU 828 mkii from Guitar Center. I tried to negotiate $20 off from them due to the fact that it has no manual. The MOTU website charges $20 for these. Anyone got a pdf? I'll even take scanned pages just to get started. I plan to order one but I'd like to get...

You know what this is. http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Delta1010-main.html It's extremely stable. High-quality and works with most recording software. I use two of them simultaneously with Sonar. I will throw in an extra PCI host card that you can put in a backup PC. You can't buy the...

Has anybody using Sonar 3 or higher been able to get Studiomix to work? If so, how? Control Surface menu? Is there a patch/plugin from Cakewalk? Thanks.

Here’s a 3D model of my control room. It’s in my attic so you can see the pitched roof (with skylights) and a 4 ft knee wall. The room dimensions are 19’l x 12’w x 7’h. The floor is carpeted. The ceiling is plaster. I have access to 2” insulation with nearly identical SAC as OC 705. The corner...

I got some of my best vocal tracks yet with a Groove Tubes GT57. Discernably better than my Marshall V67 (which has since died). I can't knock the Marshall for the money, but rather than spending $100 on a new one and not upgrading my selection, I picked up a GT55. The 57's weren't available and...

Right now I'm using two Delta 1010's and they work beautifully together. I routinely track 10-12 tracks simultaneously at 44k, 24bit onto an internal IDE drive thru a 2.4ghz with Sonar 2. I've done 16 with no probs. This has been my setup for a couple of years, but recently a power supply went...

Cyan Jaguar helped me out last time. I'm looking for two.

I'm thinking it may be a loose ground caused by someone pulling too hard on the xlr cable. Any ideas?

If I edit nodes in fader automation by dragging them with the mouse, add nodes, etc. and do this too many times between saves, Sonar crashes. Windoze stays up, but I lose my changes. I suspect it's ram. I think I have 256k.

Here's the first song in a collection I'm engineering and playing bass on. It's called "Let's Go" http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/album.php?aid=1400&alid=-1 The other tunes on this page have been up for a while. Please just comment on "Let's Go" Thanks

So I'm hearing "Compression can cause phase distortion. If you have a DAW, use fader automation to tame your levels, etc." Well my attitude towards compression, (and this is mostly with plugins in Sonar as I don't have a decent hardware comp), has been if you don't know how to use a tool, then...

Dachay2tnr and I have collaborated on Chicago's "Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?" It's here. Under XP I only had to click on it. http://home.comcast.net/~jcaporaso/music/ All vocals are the Dachays. I played trumpet and bass guitar. My friends did drums, sax and keys. The keyboard...

I'm pretty happy with my drum mixes given my experience and equipment. Snare, kick, hats, cymbals all sound pretty good. But I'd like a little more ring in the toms. Is this eq? Compression? Multi-band compression? Drum tuning? Effects on tracking?