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I've got Cool Edit Pro on my PC now, but I haven't used it yet and probably wont for another few weeks when my studio's done and finished. I downloaded the demo version to my pC at work and I've been screwing around with it. It seems really incredible!!! Only problem is that I can't seem to record in multitrack mode, only in the Edit wave mode. Someone told me it was my soundcard. If so, I'm wondering if my soundcard on my PC at home will work. I don't know what I've got in my work PC, but my home PC is using a Soundblaster Live Value, is it compatible?

Also, to any Cool Edit Pro vets: any advise to a green horn in the CEPRO dimension? I'm thinking I'm going to be getting into it hardcore before too long , I have a lot of pent up creative energy ready to release!
I'm using:
Pentium III 800mhz
20gig
128 MB
Windows ME

Thanks fer yer support...
 
I think your setup looks fine. You have the memory, chip, and space for audio. I used ME for a while and really couldn't complain. The SB Live usually works ok. Stay away from cheaper soundblasters, (AWE, SB16) and any ESS/ENSONIQ cheap cards, they often cause flickering and whatnot.
MIKE
 
Thanks for your input Masta. Sounds like I might be in business then. I'm used to recording on Portastudios, and have grown very attached to their simplicity and ease of use, but I'm geeked to get on CoolPro and make some higher caliber recordings. I'm a little skeptical though, because I've heard some real crap recorded on CoolEdit. Then again I've some real crap recorded on Portastudios, so I guess there's going to be an art to it like everything else. I hope the learning curve isn't too bad. I'm hoping the essentials I've learned recording on the Portastudios will carry me through a bit and I will just have to get used to the program. Problem is that the band is only getting together about 4 hours a week for a while and I don't want to waste a lot of time learning a program instead of playing.
 
A problem I run into on occasion is my damn 5,400 rpm hard drive... if you don't have a 7,200, get one... Also, I'd suggest at least 256 meg of ram...
 
Whoa Kelly speaks!

I do have the 7200 RPM...

But what difference is the 256 Megs going to make? processing time? Will it be that bad?
 
The processing speed is defined by the capacity of your processor. Check the CompRec board for long discussions regarding that. as far as memory goes, I always think of it like this: Your hard drive is the storage space in your desk... how many drawers and cabinets and stuff it has. But if you wanna pull shit out and actually work on it, you need to put it up on your table. And RAM is how big the tabletop is.
So no matter how bomb everything else is, if you only have X amount of RAM, you can only do X amount of work on it.

FOR instance... my 5min 24/48 file is, what 50MB? so with NO effects or anything... Im opening 3 of these and gettin to the max of my RAM chip. Of course its not THAT simple... parts of the wav hang over the edge and I dont look at it ALL at once.... But if you take into account running two or three copies of each instrument and multiple mics... I usually think 50MB per instrument for a 5 min track. So I mix a threepeice pretty easy with my 256MB... no cutting out or rebuffering or anything like that. and a five peice is BARELY cool... but I need to start working it with a six-peice. Im getting rebuffering after a few minutes and having to mute unneeded tracks....

xoxo
 
I don't think I totally understand what you're saying, but I get your general drift (you'll have to excuse me but some consider me mildly retarded). I do understand how RAM works conceptually, but still don't quite get the rebuffering thing...

What do you mean by the wav hanging over the edge?

When you say you can mix a 3pc pretty easy with 256, do you mean actually recording the three instruments simultaneously, or mixing them after the fact? Cause your scaring me thinking that my 128 megs aint gonna cut it. When I first encountered this board I was fishing for clues into pC recording and how much/what I needed in my PCs specs, andd the general consensus was that 128 would do me fine for starters. I can handle editing tracks seperately, are you talking about mixing down? How many tracks of a single instrument are you dealing with? I was thinking about one or two max...
 
irie mon.

what I mean by rebuffering is when your computer runs out of pre-mixed buffer and has to catch up... like if you're playing a 128kb mp3 stream on a 127kb connection. Every once in a while it has to catch up... not deathly, but not so cool.

what I meant by a wav hanging is that your computer doesnt need the ENTIRE 50MB all in RAM at once... so the ends "hang"over the edge of your conceptual tabletop... only the middle 6MB (or whatever your buffer settings are) are actually in RAM-space at any particular moment.

what I meant by 3-peice is working a 3peice project with as many mics and effects as I need to get a high quality sound. For me, thats 5 or 6 tracks for drums, 3 or 4 for guitars, 2 for bass and 3 for vocals. Thats, like, 16 tracks, no plugins. I was also talking about COMFORTABLY working an entire project. Not having to pinch tracks or scrub that exra compressor cuz Im out of power. If you cut corners, you can get more out of you setup, definately. these are just rules of thumb for me.

party on wayne!

xoxo
 
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