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Can I get some help here? I want to put together a setup to make some music thru midi. Ultimately, I want my end product to be an audio cd What I have now is a yamaha p60 keyboard which I think I can use as a master keyboard. But it has little to none sounds, so I think I'll need something...

I have been advised to buy "the heaviest speaker cable" I can, and use "the shortest length possible". Why is that so?

I can't find a pn script for my keyboard. But I have its manual with all the parameters so I think I may be able to write one for it. Any programs or guides on how to write patchname scripts for SX?

After I set the default MIDI IN/OUT in the "Device Setup", it doesn't stick when I create a new track. The new track's MIDI OUT is always "Not Connected" and I have to manually choose the correct one for it to work properly. I know that its just a small gesture to set it manually, but I don't...

I'm using windows 2000, and I am trying to use the kx drivers. Is it enough to just go to Device Manager and uninstall the drivers there?

I have a moderately fast laptop, p3 600 256mb ram. I'm thinking of putting cubase sx in it, then hooking it up with my keyboard, a yamaha psr 280. I'll probbably add in a USB midi interface. The problem is, the laptop uses onboard sound. Would lantency be an issue?

When I press my midi keyboard, the sound comes out about half a second late. I'm using PIII 850MHz w/768mb ram, Windows 2000 Pro, SB Live! Value. Is it the soundcard? ps. I didn't have this problem on cubase.

I am thinking of using Reason (w/ Cubase). But I heard it requires a soundcard with ASIO. If SB Live! Value is not usable with Reason, what soundcard would you reccomend I get?

The mackie d8b is a split console right? What about the yamaha o2r? ps. If you can't tell, I'm having trouble identifying inline and split consoles. : )

I've done a couple of recordings before, and in terms of phase, I didn't hear anything wrong. That could just be my inexperienced ears. So what are the methods you use to detect phase in your recordings?

I read something that says... "THD is measurable statistically, but a a jump from 0.1 to 0.001 would not be audible in a well executed audio application. Dynamic distortion, on the other hand, is something you can hear." Basically the article reccomends choosing mikes with lower dynamic...

I don't have a regular job, or hundreds of raw recordings dumped towards me so.... How do you improve your EQing skills?

I plan on hooking up a tone generator to a master keyboard. My aim is to use the sounds from the tone gen ONLY. Is this how I should hook them up? Tone Gen OUT <--> IN Master Keyboard Master Keyboard OUT <--> IN Midi Interface The software I plan on using is cubase 5.1. Pls help.

I was wondering if there's any "standard" TG/SM which has the sounds for trance and house music. Pardon me if I'm looking in the wrong direction.

I'm stepping into a unfamiliar recording studio in a couple of days. Is there any tips or guidelines for me to follow, so that I can get acquainted to the gear quickly?

Is there any difference, quality wise, between recording to harddisk and recording to adat, then dumping to harddisk for editing on a computer.

I have 3 ata66 harddisks. How should I set them up for maximun performance? The programs I use are protools, sound forge and cubase.

I have a yamaha psr 280 with midi in/out. I got myself a copy of cubase. Is this enough for making music with midi? I don't think I'll need any mikes as I'm just one man and I don't know any instruments. Also, can I eq and add effects from within cubase on midi tracks to create those crazy sounds?

What is it used for? I thought recording was usually done with 1/4 and XLR cables.

I keep hearing/seeing people say "roll off the highs/lows", but I don't quite understand. What does it mean to roll off at, for example, 300Hz? And is there a thing as roll on?