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Hi all -- I'm working on a song that I need to finish in about a week (it's for my sister's highschool project... I'm writing/producing the song, and she's doing the vocals). I have a Yamaha Motif, which has quite "decent" sounding string/orchestral sounds... they work quite well when they are...

Hi - I just wired up my home studio, and for some reason I'm getting a super loud hum if I turn my mixer's Main Mix past unity gain. There's no problem unless I do that. Of course I instantly pulled back the gain to avoid damaging my stuff :D Here's my setup: Mackie 1202 VLZ Pro Echo Mia...

I know I could save money making my own... but I have a feeling I'd mess it up and waste time and money in the end (both of which I lack haha)... I have a project that needs to be done soon, and want to be "wired up" as quick as possible, though not breaking the bank. So can you guys help me...

Hey guys -- I recently got a pair of Yorkville YSM1p (active nearfield) monitors... I'm a real beginner with all this and am still getting my basic gear setup together. Well this morning everything was soooo nice and quiet and I decided to turn on my gear and play my keyboard a while.... no...

Hey guys -- I've had an Echo Mia soundcard for a few months now, currently with the latest drivers in my windows 2000 system... throughout that time it's been making some strange noises... something like a loud fuzzy pop, or jolt of staticy noise. For a long time I thought that it was my...

Hi all -- I'm pretty new at this and am having some trouble getting the volume levels for my system set properly. I have an Echo Mia soundcard in my windows 2000 daw, and my outputs are going into a basic home stereo minisystem right now (until later this week when I buy monitors hehe). Ok...

Hey guys - The power around my home has been going out more often then I'd like, plus I've found that the wiring in my house is not all that wonderful... so I've begun wondering about getting some sort of power supply/surge protection unit to plug my computer, synth, etc into. I'm not sure...

Hey - I just got an Echo Mia soundcard for my system (Athlon XP 1800+, Asus A&V266-E, 512MB DDR2100).... I installed it just fine, plugged the L and R 1/4" (Livewire) cables from the back of my keyboard (Yamaha Motif) into the appropriate inputs on the soundcard. I then realized I wouldn't be...

Hi - Well... I just got an Echo Mia soundcard today... I haven't installed it, and was about to, but a question hit me that I wanted to figure out before going ahead. I have a keyboard (Motif 8) which I plan on plugging the L and R into one of the soundcard's stereo inputs using a Y adapter (I...

Hi all - Sorry this post will be a bit long... I just reallly need help hehe :D I'm a real newbie... trying to build a modest but good-sounding home studio. I know this is probably asked a lot... sorry - pleeease help ;) I'm seeking some professional advice on which soundcard I should buy (I...