Hello all,
Some of you here may be aware of a dizziness problem that has plagued me since August 1st of this year. In a continuing effort(seems non-ending) to put a name on the problem, I had an appointment yesterday with another Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist and among other things, he...
Congratulations !!!
Manning,
Just saw where you signed your first label deal - way to go man!
Don't forget us little folks - keep providing the good info!
manning1
Thanks again for the info - I just gotta be careful of GAS(Gear Acquistion Syndrome) :)
I built a bunch of PAIA kits in the 80's and got into that MORE than making music.
Thanks for the mic suggestions - I'll check them out.
Happy New Year right back atcha Manning !
In fact, I wish everyone here the very BEST in 2004 !
BTW - the 24/32 bit MultitrackStudio Pro Plus Version is $119 US with a year of free upgrades.
manning1,
I think you said it well - "in summary all i'm saying to newbies is AT LEAST TRY THE DEMOES".
For a newbie, it's hard to know where to start with all the hardware, software, OS's, tweaks, etc. etc., available. I was fortunate to have some friends that have been doing this for many...
Hi t,
I'd like to toss "MultitrackStudio" into the mix, for your consideration. I got into home recording early this year along the lines that you describe - mainly to get my ideas down with the least hassle and best quality I could afford, as well as having fun with it.
After demoing a lot...
Found this on another forum and thought some might find it interesting. A fast read on pushing the MIDI envelope.
http://www.soniccontrol.com/content/interviews/artofmidiseq.shtml
manning1,
Yes, MTS is easy on my processor - P4 2.4. When I first installed MTS, I loaded 24 wav files - each on a separate track - just to see what it would do. If I remember correctly, my CPU usage went to about 30-40%. (I can recheck and let you know if you want) I wasn't using any effects...
manning1,
I have friends that use ProTools, Sonar, Nuendo, etc., and to me the biggest difference between the sonic qualities of their and my recordings is experience - but I'm closing the gap. I haven't found anything I can't do in MultitrackStudio - it's as easy or involved as you want to...
It's a tough process you're going through - been there/done that. When the dust finally settled, I chose MultitrackStudio.
You may want to download the free demo (Lite Edition) at http://www.multitrackstudio.com/index.php and give it a spin in addition to those already mentioned.
To change your theme, right click on a blank space on your Desktop > click Properties > brings up Display Properties > Themes > select the theme > click Apply > click OK.
Check this link for tuning WinXP for music apps...
http://www.musicxp.net/
Also, make sure you kill your Anti-Virus...
No expert, but a few things come to mind...
24/96 really works a HD even @ 7200rpm.
24/44 should work fine.
Check your latency setting in the Delta control panel.
Poorly designed plug-ins can drain the cpu.
Mastering can help ANY source - of course better in = better out.
If you have a fairly new pc, you may want to consider a multi-input soundcard, ie, Delta 44, 4-input @ $230 and multitrack software - anywhere from $50 on up.
Being a one-man show is hard, but........
You are on the right track : ) Just record a "scratch" vocal track for reference, after the "scratch" drum track. It doesn't have to be a great performance - it's just for reference and gets dumped later. You may WANT to keep it though - sometimes a...
Thanks for info!
I have a V-amp2 I really like and just picked up a J-Station I'm happy with as well - of course they both have their pros and cons, but are perfectly usable in sound creation. In fact, I've been experimenting with using both and blending the outputs - some pretty cool sounds...
Second the motion on the FREE dbPoweramp. "Straight out of the box dMC can convert to and from Wave, Mp3 and from CD Audio (CDA) files". Fast and easy.
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
You can also download additional codecs ( Windows Media Audio v8 (WMA) , Ogg Vorbis, etc. ) if needed.
ProTools Free wouldn't work on my old Win98 HP Pavillion - it has problems on a lot of systems - according to the ProTools site.
Also, it won't work at all on WinXP.