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I am working with a mac, protools 9, m-audio fast track ultra, and an Akai mpd26. Here's what I am trying to do: Use the Akai mpd26's drum pads to trigger sounds that I have .wav audio files of saved on my Itunes. SO my question is, how do I assign a specific sound to a specific trigger...

Recording a band today. However, for some reason I cannot get a signal to process in the 3rd and 4th inputs of my interface (a fastrack ultra). The mics are working fine (they send a signal when plugged into the 1st and 2nd input) but the third and fourth will not even register a signal. What...

I am recording a band in a week or so for the first time and was wondering on the best potential setup. I have tracked individual instruments plenty of times and am alright at mic position etc, but I will be recording 2 guitars, drums, and 2 vocals live which is new to me. My problem is mic...

hey so I posted this on the keyboard forum about a week ago to no response. I have a Yamaha P105 and when I bought I was mainly planing on using it as an electric piano for practicing and writing, but now wisely decided to use it for recording. However, I found that it is not equipped with MIDI...

Ok so I have a Yamaha P105 and I love it, but I just tried to connect to my computer with some MIDI cables, and, gasp, no MIDI hookups. I know exactly nothing about MIDI or digital recording (I'm more of a mic-in-front-of-an-amp guy) but I did want to start using my keyboard to orchestrate my...

Ok, so I fell out of home recording for a few months etc etc. Anyway, I have some songs, song ideas and the like, and what is driving me crazy is that I want to 'produce' them with a bit more going on. Adding strings, horns, percussion, drones and the like. Of course, I don't own a wide array of...

Hey, so I'm on PT9 for mac and I jammed for about an hour, and later recorded a track that I want to export to Itunes as an mp3 file. However, I don't want to export the whole project (and don't want to just delete the jam part because there is stuff I want to keep). Is there anyway to isolate...

Hey, I wasn't sure where to post this, or even if this is the right website being that PA's tend to be more live oriented, not as much for recording, but any suggestions on a PA to buy? Obviously money is an issue, and I'd like to keep it around 5-700 dollars, but let me know if this price point...

Ok here's one: So I've been playing guitar for ten years. In the last two or three especially, I've made it my duty to improve my musicianship, playing ability, songwriting, singing, etc by any means necessary. For the last (woefully unemployed) nine or so months, I've played my instrument for...

Alright, dumb question here , but I have nowhere else to turn. My amp is not properly grounded. I bought a new plug for it about a month or two ago (it has the third prong ground on it) and as far as I can tell there are no other issues with my rig. But every time I am singing into my SM58 its...

Ok, I realize this is a stupid question (I'm primarily a guitar player and know that the guitar and amp make a HUGE difference, but the thing is that a great player could probably make a squier and practice amp sound pretty good still). I want to know about this idea and its relation to mics...

Hey, relative newbie here. I've mainly been working at recording guitars for a while, and now I need to move on to vocals. I am recording in my bathroom (natural reverb is good, curtains for dampening, etc) and I need some tips. I know that there is no single "right way" to record anything...

Hey! I have been on and off here for a while, but it has been a while since my last post. Anyway, I had a very broad question, and I'm looking for any and all help that you may offer. I realized my music is lacking because I don't have the capabilities to play the instruments I want to (horns...

Hey, so I have the opportunity to buy a Guild X160 Rockabilly Hollowbody (orange finish) from a dude off of craigslist, and I played it today and it felt really good. I've been wanting a 24 3/4 scale (small hands) hollowbody for way too long, and had my heart set on a Heritage H575, but this...

Hey, so I have been recording now for quite sometime and it is going pretty well, but one thing that I have noticed is that a lot of times the lower pitches of a chord get a touch muddy on the tracks (live as well, but it is more noticeable on the recordings.) Like when I play an Emaj7 and...

Hey so I have some audio that I would like to export out of pro tools onto Itunes and then onto a CD. Two questions: How is this done (would I use the "Export" choice or "Send via DigiDelivery" under file? Or some thing else?) And once I export a recording, can I still have the file in protools...

Hey so I wanted to add reverb to my drum tracks (which are 5 separate tracks of kick, snare, hat, ride, tom) to get them to sound far out back in the "room", and I looked up on here reverb busses, but I don't understand how to use them. If I send them all to an auxiliary "drum" track for volume...

I posted this under vocals a couple days ago, but no responses, so Ill try it here. Hey, So i am getting into the vocal phase of recording some pieces, and I am trying to get a rich tone in the recording. My voice is ok - it is on pitch, tonally full and resonant, but Im not Bocelli. Anyway...

Hey, So i am getting into the vocal phase of recording some pieces, and I am trying to get a rich tone in the recording. My voice is ok - it is on pitch, tonally full and resonant, but Im not Bocelli. Anyway, There are specific vocal tracks on songs that I really like, and despite not being sung...

Hey Guys a couple of weeks ago I posted a thread about opinions on getting either Mackie MR5 's or Behringer 1030A 's. Well it turned out to be a cluster fuck of advice and brand loyalty issues, and after reading it and many many other reviews on the internet - I went with the Behringers (put...