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lawrencepd
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I’d really appreciate some help. This is my current setup:
Alesis QS7 with 2 expansion cards (Hip-hop Qcard & some other expansion card)
Planet Phatt Sound Modules
Mackie 1202 VLZ PRO Mixer
MLZ?? 310 Studio Mic
SBAWE64 GOLD Sound Card
AMD K6 – 400, 128MB RAM, 20GB IDE Ultradma drive, Windows98
Cakewalk Pro Audio 8.0, Cooledit Pro, Sound Forge
Currently I’m having a hell of a time trying to use the internal effects on my ALESIS, so I’ve just about given up. Instead, I’ve started recording my dry midi tracks into 44KHZ stereo WAV files, applying effects to each one that needs them, then mixing down to a 2 stereo 44KHZ wav file. My first question is: Can I just as well record the midi tracks to 44KHZ MONO .wav files, apply the effects, and then mixdown to a 2 stereo .wav file without losing any noticeable sound quality? This would help cut down on hard drive space and my computer could probably handle more mono wav files of smaller sizes. This brings me to my second question: When I’m recording the vocals, should I record them ALL in stereo wav files, or just do the background tracks in stereo and do the leads in mono? Any help is greatly appreciated.
[This message has been edited by lawrencepd (edited 08-19-1999).]
Alesis QS7 with 2 expansion cards (Hip-hop Qcard & some other expansion card)
Planet Phatt Sound Modules
Mackie 1202 VLZ PRO Mixer
MLZ?? 310 Studio Mic
SBAWE64 GOLD Sound Card
AMD K6 – 400, 128MB RAM, 20GB IDE Ultradma drive, Windows98
Cakewalk Pro Audio 8.0, Cooledit Pro, Sound Forge
Currently I’m having a hell of a time trying to use the internal effects on my ALESIS, so I’ve just about given up. Instead, I’ve started recording my dry midi tracks into 44KHZ stereo WAV files, applying effects to each one that needs them, then mixing down to a 2 stereo 44KHZ wav file. My first question is: Can I just as well record the midi tracks to 44KHZ MONO .wav files, apply the effects, and then mixdown to a 2 stereo .wav file without losing any noticeable sound quality? This would help cut down on hard drive space and my computer could probably handle more mono wav files of smaller sizes. This brings me to my second question: When I’m recording the vocals, should I record them ALL in stereo wav files, or just do the background tracks in stereo and do the leads in mono? Any help is greatly appreciated.
[This message has been edited by lawrencepd (edited 08-19-1999).]