mbsmike
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Welcome to the group Eclipse!
Welcome to the group Eclipse!
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ecc83
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Hi Phil and welcome. I don't have a DP03SD to play with but I read that it records to an SD card? You could therefore try a 'brute force' method to get tunes into it...
I am assuming the Tascam uses, or can use, standard '.wav' audio files and so transfer some audio to a card on your laptop, a USB 2.0 card reader is cheap as chips. A USB 3.0 is dearer but better. Then slot the card into the DPO. It should then read the file.
I don't know what recording software you are using on the laptop but the easiest to start with is Audacity. Saving the files at 16 bits and 48kHz should be readable by the Tascam though I am sure it can cope with other formats.
Better than Audacity will be Reaper and depending upon your musical leanings you might find Bandlab's free Cakewalk very useful.
I am sure a DPO3 owner will be along to slap me soon! Meantime I shall see if I can find you a sensible review of the wee box. Oh yes! EVERYTHING is stereo these days!
See? Rich knows! BTW I suggested 48kHz because that is the only option for some devices and just about anything else can read 48k/16 bit files.
Dave.
Slouching Raymond
Well-known member
I believe my DP008 EX only does 44.1K. I can't see that the DP03 will manage 48K.
pipegrid
New member
Hello,
I try to make music with Fruity Loops, Started in Summer of 2023 and have been making some progress, Not much but normal progress for 1 year i guess. (I guess because I have been drawing for 10 years and it started at same phase.)
I try to make music with Fruity Loops, Started in Summer of 2023 and have been making some progress, Not much but normal progress for 1 year i guess. (I guess because I have been drawing for 10 years and it started at same phase.)
Steenamaroo
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Welcome aboard @pipegrid
Everybody has to start somewhere and we're all learning.
Feel free to share something in the MP3 Mixing Clinic, whether finished or work in progress.
Everybody has to start somewhere and we're all learning.
Feel free to share something in the MP3 Mixing Clinic, whether finished or work in progress.
Slouching Raymond
Well-known member
Welcome, pipegrid. Good to have another artist here.
Perhaps you'll get to posting some of your music soon.
Perhaps you'll get to posting some of your music soon.
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peccary
New member
Hey folks!
I joined here a few months ago when I was looking for some information, but didn't take the time to post until now. I just wanted to thank all of you for the collective knowledge here and say "hello."
I've been a bedroom musician most of my life (I'm 42 now, mainly playing bass but I can flub my way through guitar, synths, and a few other instruments) but never really though about recording seriously until the past couple of years when a friend of mine encouraged me to buy a Tascam 424. Working with the 424 showed me that I I actually did like recording, I just didn't like dealing with DAWs and computers. I have a desk job 40 hours per week and like to get away from screens to have fun.
So now I'm living in the 90's with my Tascam 4-track and Alesis ADAT along with some rack gear - it's a pretty fun little budget studio I've set myself up with. I've been having a lot of fun even though I don't record as much or as often as I should/would like to.
I joined here a few months ago when I was looking for some information, but didn't take the time to post until now. I just wanted to thank all of you for the collective knowledge here and say "hello."
I've been a bedroom musician most of my life (I'm 42 now, mainly playing bass but I can flub my way through guitar, synths, and a few other instruments) but never really though about recording seriously until the past couple of years when a friend of mine encouraged me to buy a Tascam 424. Working with the 424 showed me that I I actually did like recording, I just didn't like dealing with DAWs and computers. I have a desk job 40 hours per week and like to get away from screens to have fun.
So now I'm living in the 90's with my Tascam 4-track and Alesis ADAT along with some rack gear - it's a pretty fun little budget studio I've set myself up with. I've been having a lot of fun even though I don't record as much or as often as I should/would like to.
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Steenamaroo
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Welcome aboard @peccary
That's great, that you've figured out what you're comfortable with.
We've got some great analog-heads around here so feel free to pop in there and say hi too!
That's great, that you've figured out what you're comfortable with.
We've got some great analog-heads around here so feel free to pop in there and say hi too!
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Yariel Zabala
New member
Hi my name is Yariel. I'm currently start studying audio music production. I'm so happy being in this gang!!New to the forum? Say hello, tell us a little about your self. Meet the gang
Welcome to HomeRecording Forum!
Slouching Raymond
Well-known member
Welcome Yariel!
PorterhouseMusic
Well-known member
Welcome. This place is a great resource with a lot of helpful, knowledgeable people.Hi my name is Yariel. I'm currently start studying audio music production. I'm so happy being in this gang!!
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ecc83
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stephloveher
New member
Hello everyone,
Thank you guys for giving me this opportunity to learn from each and every one of you. I'm enrolled in Los Angeles Film School. I'm majoring in Bachelor of Science in Music Production. When I obtain my certificate I'm going to have my own group and maybe someday I will have a look back at how I got started and how we became famous.
Thank you guys for giving me this opportunity to learn from each and every one of you. I'm enrolled in Los Angeles Film School. I'm majoring in Bachelor of Science in Music Production. When I obtain my certificate I'm going to have my own group and maybe someday I will have a look back at how I got started and how we became famous.
spantini
COO of me, inc.
How can we get your Rookie Cards? 
Slouching Raymond
Well-known member
Welcome stephloveher!
AngeloDLab
New member
Hello everyone. Just the beginning of my music prod.adventure.. thanks in advance.
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shmaller
Member
hey all, just found this site, looking forward to reading through everyone's techniques and sharing my own. Working on recording an album at home and learning all about room acoustics, mics, hardware, plugins, etc.... Have been recording stuff for a long time but still have endless things to learn!!!
Here is an acoustic panel build I just did:
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Here is an acoustic panel build I just did:
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PoSuM
New member
Hi everyone,
Just registered today.
I have been involved in music one way or another since the late 80s; organising and holding early acid house parties in London. And then on into the 90s in western Ireland doing similar but smaller scale DJing. At the moment I`m living in the West Midlands in a small flat after a break-up. I`ve invested in some new Kali Audio 2nd gen 6.5s, Volt interface, Arturia Mini Freak, Zoom F6 field recorder, dBX 268s preamp/processor, 2 x NT1As, Shure SM7dB, 2 x matched Usi Pro, and various other stuff run on Ableton 12 standard. I`m going to focus on ambient recordings (I`m older and quieter). I`ve had a lot of fun with Ableton since getting it though I had to up the Ram to 32GB running in an Acer i7 (probably should`ve gone straight for a MacBk).
I do a little field recording, which is a sort of new hobby. I am going to use the recording in my music. I`m training as a hypnotherapist and will put free recordings out for relaxation etc, as well as making some ambient tunes in purely musical format.
Individually, the components put out great quality audio and the Kali Audio monitors are just epic. I invested in good cables and am still buying stuff to get me on the road I want to travel. Trying to get all the equipment to work together has become an issue though. Running things through Ableton and through the interface using both midi and usb has sometimes been a little counter-intuitive for me. I`ve realised where the boundaries lie for my knowledge. It`s been incredibly frustrating tbh. I can play the Mini freak through Ableton once I bring up the software on screen but this alters my audio settings and stops me using the PC through my monitors. A silly thing like putting the SD card through WMP has been a problem also with it only able to be heard through the Zoom F6 unit itself, on headphones. Despite upgrading everything, including codecs, it won`t play on the PC. I see a lot online about this issue but the problem is with the audio output (I think) and it`s difficult to know sometimes just what configurations to have set when using what hardware (or software).
There are so many elements and configurations that the combinations seem endless. I get one thing working; say the mini freak through Ableton or the Mini freak software but this stops and video playing on the PC. I put the SM7dB through the interface and 286s but this won`t allow sound from Mini freak. It`s proven impossible for my small brain to work out exactly what is going on in the input and output master.
I wondered if there was anybody in the UK, around the West Midlands, that had a good knowledge of set-ups such as mine. I`d be willing to pay for their time obviously.
Anyway, great to be able to get onto a forum such as this; such a great resource.
Very interested to hear views on my problems.
Pete
Just registered today.
I have been involved in music one way or another since the late 80s; organising and holding early acid house parties in London. And then on into the 90s in western Ireland doing similar but smaller scale DJing. At the moment I`m living in the West Midlands in a small flat after a break-up. I`ve invested in some new Kali Audio 2nd gen 6.5s, Volt interface, Arturia Mini Freak, Zoom F6 field recorder, dBX 268s preamp/processor, 2 x NT1As, Shure SM7dB, 2 x matched Usi Pro, and various other stuff run on Ableton 12 standard. I`m going to focus on ambient recordings (I`m older and quieter). I`ve had a lot of fun with Ableton since getting it though I had to up the Ram to 32GB running in an Acer i7 (probably should`ve gone straight for a MacBk).
I do a little field recording, which is a sort of new hobby. I am going to use the recording in my music. I`m training as a hypnotherapist and will put free recordings out for relaxation etc, as well as making some ambient tunes in purely musical format.
Individually, the components put out great quality audio and the Kali Audio monitors are just epic. I invested in good cables and am still buying stuff to get me on the road I want to travel. Trying to get all the equipment to work together has become an issue though. Running things through Ableton and through the interface using both midi and usb has sometimes been a little counter-intuitive for me. I`ve realised where the boundaries lie for my knowledge. It`s been incredibly frustrating tbh. I can play the Mini freak through Ableton once I bring up the software on screen but this alters my audio settings and stops me using the PC through my monitors. A silly thing like putting the SD card through WMP has been a problem also with it only able to be heard through the Zoom F6 unit itself, on headphones. Despite upgrading everything, including codecs, it won`t play on the PC. I see a lot online about this issue but the problem is with the audio output (I think) and it`s difficult to know sometimes just what configurations to have set when using what hardware (or software).
There are so many elements and configurations that the combinations seem endless. I get one thing working; say the mini freak through Ableton or the Mini freak software but this stops and video playing on the PC. I put the SM7dB through the interface and 286s but this won`t allow sound from Mini freak. It`s proven impossible for my small brain to work out exactly what is going on in the input and output master.
I wondered if there was anybody in the UK, around the West Midlands, that had a good knowledge of set-ups such as mine. I`d be willing to pay for their time obviously.
Anyway, great to be able to get onto a forum such as this; such a great resource.
Very interested to hear views on my problems.
Pete
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shmaller
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Welcome PoSuM, sorry to hear about the breakup. Nothing like throwing yourself into a musical project to work through it... Sounds like you have a wealth of experience, can't wait to read about what problems you get into.
Living in West Midlands - do you follow footy? who's your club?
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PoSuM
New member
Hey, Yea, the breakup was crappy, after 25 years married, kids etc. But, I`m feeling ok about it. As you say, nothing better than project to dive into.
Really sorry to disappoint, not a great footy fan. My uncle played for Walsall back in the day and went on to coach, I believe. I also was a groundsman at the WBA pitch back in `84 but never got a taste for footy myself. I was more of an outdoor guy tbh. My son follows Celtic as he was brought up in Scotland. Who`s your team?
Pete
