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by exalted wombat
Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:37 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Finale Drift like bad Fruity Loops
Replies: 15
Views: 7925

@?,*???&? wrote:This affirms that the audio side of Finale is completely secondary to allowing the user the ability to 'write' sheet music.
Well yes. Did you think otherwise? It (and Sibelius) isn't meant to be a performance sequencer, it's a score publisher with playback.
by exalted wombat
Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:33 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Building PC from scratch???
Replies: 11
Views: 4170

Re: Building PC from scratch???

AnalogousGumdropDecoder wrote: I've also been told (not sure if this is correct) that USB interfaces are going to be about 2 channels (maybe 4?). .
I'm all for getting away from Mac. But USB interfaces are now better than that. For instance, http://www.rme-audio.de/products_fireface_ufx.php
by exalted wombat
Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:22 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Mixdown to computer or tape?
Replies: 9
Views: 3317

jrdamien wrote:But what is lost mixing down to computer (obviously using a good interface) vs mixdown to tape?
Nothing. Some distortions will be added by going to tape. Some people like these distortions.
by exalted wombat
Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:19 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Limiter or technique to handle claps?
Replies: 20
Views: 8533

I expect you'll find a way to bodge this track into acceptability! But next time, don't forget to monitor while recording. This should have been sorted out after the first take, by modifing either your mic positions or the performance.
by exalted wombat
Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:31 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: looong overdue Mac Pro Harddrive question.
Replies: 22
Views: 7048

starbearer76, SSDs are awesome and I would highly recommend them, just not for the reason you mentioned. I have an SSD in my laptop, and it makes a huge, easily noticeable difference in how fast the computer is. Programs will certainly load faster. Apart for saving a few seconds at that stage, do y...
by exalted wombat
Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:13 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: looong overdue Mac Pro Harddrive question.
Replies: 22
Views: 7048

Re: looong overdue Mac Pro Harddrive question.

Jon Nolan wrote:i have a mac pro tower, quad core, with only one HD in it. i want to make full use of this rigs capabilities (finally). what third party HD's should i get, and from where?
What particular capability do you wish to add or enhance?
by exalted wombat
Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:36 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Balance levels of several different audio tracks?
Replies: 8
Views: 3055

Metering can help. Looking at the waveform can help too. A "denser" wave picture will sound louder. Unfortunately, some of your backing tracks may have been heavily compressed, others may have more natural dynamics. It can be difficult to UN-compress a track. You may feel that compressing a natural ...
by exalted wombat
Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:45 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: UAD now with Firewire. interesting....
Replies: 15
Views: 5500

Re: UAD now with Firewire. interesting....

... at least there is an option for those of us with iMacs and no PCI option. Yeah, I'm running an imac too so this seems pretty cool. I'd love to hear from somebody with an imac who has been using one of these. That one Firewire port can handle just so much. If you want an expandable system, maybe...
by exalted wombat
Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:30 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Anyone using Solid State Hard Drives yet?
Replies: 40
Views: 19391

I've heard very varied reports about the performance of these, has anyone used them for recording 16+ tracks? People use them as system drives. OS and programs load satisfyingly quickly. Once loaded, it's difficult to see how there would be any effect on how the application actually RUNS What if th...
by exalted wombat
Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:34 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Anyone using Solid State Hard Drives yet?
Replies: 40
Views: 19391

iamthecosmos wrote:I've heard very varied reports about the performance of these, has anyone used them for recording 16+ tracks?
People use them as system drives. OS and programs load satisfyingly quickly. Once loaded, it's difficult to see how there would be any effect on how the application actually RUNS
by exalted wombat
Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:26 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: value notebook + s/pdif input for mixdown?
Replies: 1
Views: 1143

If you're on a budget, does it HAVE to be a new computer? Why not the one you're reading this message on? There's also the point that you know you have an obsolete system. Money spent on propping it up is wasted money. Perhaps you just HAVE to find some more cash from somewhere. Is eating really nec...
by exalted wombat
Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:06 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: New DAW same Sotware Windows7?
Replies: 12
Views: 2967

On the practical level, I can't seem to get output from an application that is not my DAW to record into my DAW, without going through analog. Its about the only negative thing I've realy experienced on Win7. I am presuming that it is because my sound card manufacturer is writing DRM-compliant driv...
by exalted wombat
Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:19 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: The "I've Upgraded to Pro Tools" thread -- General
Replies: 105
Views: 30040

Re: The "I've Upgrade to Pro Tools" thread -- Gene

I've been a Cubase user for years and migrated from Cubase 5.5 (Windows) to Pro Tools LE 8.04 (Windows). So far the experience has been almost totally positive. I'm working out the following things: -Looking for a good replacement for Reverence and -Trying to figure out how to survive without VariA...
by exalted wombat
Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:16 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: The "I've Upgraded to Pro Tools" thread -- General
Replies: 105
Views: 30040

Figure that sound travels a approximately 1 foot per ms. 4ms latency is what you get when you play a guitar standing 4 feet from your amp. You aren't going to notice it. Once you start getting above 20ms, it starts getting pretty noticeable. Yeah. But it doesn't work quite like that when both signa...
by exalted wombat
Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:59 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Network hard drive for recording?
Replies: 9
Views: 2426

How's performance if you record to the internal drive? Forget the numbers, just give it a try. Maybe you've got enough internal space for tracking, dump all but the current project to an external drive for storage.

You can't expect miracles from a laptop computer.