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    Help! Never used a mic before and finally in the market....

    I am in the market to purchase a microphone to record both my acoustic/electric guitar and my electric guitar into the Mic input of a Terratec DMX 6 fire. I can't seem to find much information on the specs of the input for this card and don't know enough about impedance matching and phantom...
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    How can I "tighten" up my midi drums?

    I have a pretty decent sense of rhythm (even though I'm a guitarist):D and my midi drumming isn't horrible, but I'd like to be able to tighten it up somewhat. How does the quantitize feature work? When I used it, it through my kick drum into some awful off beats. Any ideas or solutions...
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    Here's my first attempt....

    need some honest feedback on these..... thanks. Arrival Cresendo What's good, what's bad.... where can I make adjustments and improvements.
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    Help, I can't hear the metronome....

    Sonar 2.2XL. I read the help file about how to set up the metronome feature for recording and I'm able to hear the "click" through the PC speaker, but when I'm recording while monitoring through headphones, I can't hear it. Any ideas?
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    nforce 2 mobo with ultra 400 and mcp chipset compatibility

    My soon to be old setup is this... Athlon 1.2ghz 640mb sdram Abit KT7 20 gb WD HD Does anyone know of any conflicts running a mobo (Shuttle an35n-ultra - nforce 2) with these chipsets along with an Athlon 1800 ,100gb WD HD, Terratec DMX 6fire and Sonar? Or have any first hand experience...
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    How should I be hooking up my SP5b monitors?

    I have a Terratec DMX 6Fire and the M-Audio sp5b's The Terratec has the standard 1/8" output on the back, but also has seperate left and right line out on the breakout box. The SP5b's have both balanced/unbalanced 1/4" inputs and XLR inputs. What way would be best to hook these up and what...
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    Sonar DXi softsynths

    Are there any other good DXi softsynth plugins for Sonar other that what comes with it?
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    midi latency in sonar question (Jaymz?)

    I just purchased a terratec 6fire audio card. It has midi plugs on the front of the breakout box. I'm using an Oxygen 8 controller to trigger soft synths in Sonar. The Oxygen 8 is set up to plug into the USB port or standard midi plug in. I used to use an Audigy 2 (sold it) for midi and it...
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    Big problems with my terratec 6fire

    I just received this card yesterday and so far, not so happy. running: 1.2 ghz Athalon 640 Mb Geforce2 20gb WD hd I can't seem to get a decent wave file recording with my guitar for the life of me.... I'm plugged in through the line in port on the back of the card, mixer settings: ASIO =...
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    I think theres something going on.....

    Ya know, I get the feeling these card manufacturers are up to something..... all of the sudden some of the 24/96 low latency ASIO2 recording cards have dropped in price or been discontinued. Makes me think some "new" technology is forthcoming......
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    Audipphile 2496 or Terratec DMX 6

    The Echo Mia is discontinued and Guitar Center is out of them in my area (they were only $99.00 last month on closeout) :( So I'm narrowed down to these two audio cards.....Audiophile or Terratec. Anyone have any last minute advice, one over the other, before I make my purchase? Using it to...
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    will I still be able to use midi with the Echo Mia?

    If I ditch my Audigy 2 , and pick up the Echo Mia, will I still be able to apply, record and monitor soft synths in Sonar using my midi controller? I'm plugged into the mobo USB port not the soundcard. Also, I'm using desktop speakers for now , not monitors. What will I need to pickup to...
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    What makes one of these cards better than the others?

    Echo Mia M Audio 2496 Terratec dmx 6fire LT They're all similarly priced, so what makes one stand out above the rest? I'm trying to convince myself I need a replacement for my Audigy 2 since that seems to be the consensus......
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    How do I convert Midi to a Wav File?

    I'm running soft synths in calkwalk via Midiman Oxygen and USB..... I can save the files as midi files (*.mid) but can't figure a way to convert them. Can someone help me out here?:(
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    Which of these keyboards should I get on my limited budget?

    All I have is $250.00...... that's it. No more. Which keyboard should I get and why?
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    Breaking into the world of "synths" question

    I've been basically recording/mixing/editing - guitar tracks along with whatever loops I've been lucky enough to find on the web. Now, I want to purchase a Key/synth that I can use to record drum, bass and some synth sounds as well. I dont know squat about midi at this point, except that my...
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    How do I record soundfonts?

    I'm using my PC for recording and multi tracking guitar tracks, but would like to record the soundfonts that came with my Audigy2, to enhance and add ambiance to my recordings. I've been able to to play stuff from the soundfont bank using my PC keyboard (I know, I know.... pretty generic)...
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