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I finally mixed my first song on my new MR8 last night. After making final adjustments I saved the file as a stereo wave file. It was only when I tried to upload it that I realized the size of the file -- 30 MB! Some obvious (yet necessary) questions: Is MP3 a compressed format? How do I save...

I am trying, trying, trying to survive my learning curve here. I bought Power Tracks after being told that it's very user friendly. However, being a super-newbie I think I thought that meant that the manual/tutorial would be helpful to the uninitiated. I thought wrong. So I'm here to ask a...

I am recording a few demos on my MR8 with just acoustic guitar and vocals. I've noticed that -- though I *think* I'm being consistent in vocal and strumming intensity, the levels wax and wane (I suppose I may move toward the mic a bit unknowingly, or get carried away on my strum during intense...

I am taking my first few runs at recording on my brand new MR8 and have a couple of questions. The counter says I have 24 mins and 02 seconds of memory when the card is blank. Several times I have gotten false starts, and have hit the undo button. I had hoped that this would wipe the slate...

I bought an MR8 today and was offered an extended warranty on it. The cost was about $25 for one year, $39 for two -- either way the contract starts ticking AFTER the manufacturers warranty is up and includes one complete replacement unit, as well as parts/labor for the specified time. I didn't...

Okay. After gleaning a moderate amount of wisdom from this forum and applying it to my situation, I think I've decided that it's best for me to start with a stand alone. I understand the sentiment that one could build a more versatile and potentially powerful home studio by combining different...

Over the last couple of nights I've been reading some of the tutorials and am ready to venture out with a few questions. Be forewarned, I'm a newbie. What is the difference between compressing and normalizing? How do these two things play out in the recording process? From what I can gather...

Hello to all of you home recording veterans! I am hopelessly naive about digital recording equipment and have not had much success researching the topic on the Internet. I don't trust most of what I've been able to find because the information seems like slick marketing rather than unbiased...