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What kind of noise? Like white noise? Buzzing? High-pitched ring?

Agreed. I think the way they're going about this is pretty lame and rather insulting, really. That said, if you ARE in the market for some of these plug-ins (I definitely wouldn't mind having the included convolution 'verb and Sound Replacer), it's a pretty sweet deal. But really, as you've...

Yeah, the $500 pricetag, while justifiable (I guess) when you consider the price of the included plug-ins, is pretty ridiculous. What if I don't want or need the plug-ins? What about all the people who already paid for 2 of the included plug-ins when they made the upgrade to 7? They get to...

and, How many tracks and plug-ins are you using? Which plug-ins (if any)?

If you happen to use iTunes you can do it right in there.

True, but though LE doesn't have ADC (yet another relatively basic feature Digidesign is dragging their feet on in hopes that people will break down and buy a TDM rig), it's not as big a problem as one might think. As long as the total delay caused by plug-ins doesn't exceed the buffer size...

I'll go ahead and mention it: Sonar kicks ass. I've never really used their less expensive programs, but I do own Sonar (Studio Edition) and think it's pretty great. YMMV.

If you're not dead-set on working in Pro Tools, the PreSonus Firepod is pretty popular around here and from the looks of it a pretty damn fine deal ($599 new, cheaper for reseals and b-stocks @ zzounds). 8 pres, Firewire, comes with Cubase LE software (allows for 48 tracks)...

To counter the above poster, back when I ran Pro Tools on my PC (2.4GHz, 512MB RAM [2x256]) via MBox, I ran into my 'plug-in ceiling' too quickly, and figured adding more RAM would help. I added an extra gig [2x512] for a total of 1.5 gigs, but was disappointed to see that it didn't help at...

Did you look in 'Other' on the pull-down menu? That's where mine shows up...

In addition to inverting phase (as has already been stated multiple times), a great number of plug-ins (especially EQs, including the free Digi EQs) have a phase-reverse switch built into them, so you can listen on the fly. If I simply want to check phase on a track I'll use the Trim plug-in...

Personally I'd give it 6 months for them to get any kinks worked out and for the studios to catch up (if that's something you need to consider) .... that's just me though. They had a deal for awhile where you'd get 2 free plug-ins with the upgrade, which was pretty killer. If it was still in...

Take each track, and duplicate it using a new playlist, so that you have the original, dry track on one playlist, and the same track that you'll be affecting on another playlist. Next, save your Amplitube settings for each track, and make the plug-ins inactive by Windows + Ctrl-clicking on...

Check out a shotgun mic. These are what are generally held over the actors' heads while they're doing a scene, and are very widely used for voice-over and ADR work. If you want to go the LDC route, look for something that is pretty neutral, not too warm. I've had decent success with an AT...

The MBox has better preamps than the Digi 002, though they are pretty low gain and kind of a bitch to set for dynamic sources like vocals. The 002 pres aren't terrible, but if you aren't going to be recording more than 1 track at a time, just save the cash and go with MBox. Actually, go with...

I really wouldn't advise recording with an active noise gate in the chain. Too much potential for cutting off beginnings and endings of phrases and lower-level stuff (unless you set it to be really non-agressive). In fact, I wouldn't use a noise gate on a vocal at all. Much more precise and...

ElectroVoice RE20 or Sennheiser MD421

Looking at the IK Multimedia website I don't see anything about updates for Amplitube, but that'd be the first thing I'd check. Also head to Digi's site and see what it says about compatibility with Amplitube and PT7.

Mic it! The hi-hat is just as important, rhythmically, in many songs as the kick and snare. ESPECIALLY closed-hat stuff. Now, if you REALLY trust your drummer to be able to hit his hat consistently at just the right volume, then you'll probably get enough of it in your overheads. But what...

I also have one of the lower-cost Dells (Dimension 4600) and I also haven't had much luck using it as a DAW. It has both Sonar 3 Studio and Pro Tools LE 6.4 loaded on it and both perform pretty damn poorly considering the computer's specs (P4 2.8GHz, 1.5GB RAM). Even with a reformat and a...