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Noobs should be warned of you... Nah, nvm.

YES

What are you talking about? Both systems use both types. Bwahaha. Whoops I fubbed it.

Beautiful tirade. Really. Self-important, tangential...only remotely on-topic at all. Next time I care to know why GLL thinks he wouldnt be a good judge, I'll subscribe to his newsletter. You can stop PMSing now, they have a real female on the board. Guess you can also return that pink dress. lol, self-justification.

Macs use FireWire, PC's use USB. FireWire rocks USB's boxers. I'm not sure if there's a converter or something though, or an interface that has a USB input and FireWire output . I tried googling "usb firewire converter" and it didn't look to promising.

First Jimmy conquers marriage, now, can he conquer the queue? Gratz to both of you, and have fun

Test...ching! Edit: Test failed, i'm an idiot.

Maybe tommorrow? Take as much time as you need.

Hey, pretty cool man! Different than what I had in mind, but it's cool nonetheless. To be honest, I was actually JUST about to edit my post in regards to the size. About 1/2 to 3/4 the size I originally requested would be a lot better. Would that considerably lower the quality though? Let's see what others can come up with, if they do. Edit: I just shrunk it in MS Pain, no prob.

I have a rather unique request What I had in mind was my name seperated by each letter in vertical rectangles. Each block would stand on its own with the OCR gray around it (however you guys do that, like Doulifee's). The blocks don't HAVE to be rectangles (they may vary a bit), and the letters can be whatever font you think is cool. Though, with each block, I would like a different human eye (real, not drawn), behind it, so the letters I guess are semi-transparent. However that would work, I trust you. Also, I don't want the entirety of the eye to be seen, maybe cut off by the edge of the block or something. Have the whole sig about as high as Kenobio's. No nasty-ass pus-filled eyes please. As far as colors go... i'm not sure, i'm a happy guy, so take that as you will. <3

An audio interface isn't always a soundcard It is though, in general terms, an interface in which to connect/tweak your audio. Standard external ones usually come with some XLR and 1/4" jacks, phantom power, and gain knobs. The Mbox is a perfect example of an external audio interface (an overpriced one I might add). You are very much so right about the soundcard though, and it's always going to be in the chain, unless you're recording with analog tape! I reiterate:

Again, I highly recommend you check out zircon's tutorials. Specifically the mastering section, in the Production Values one, if you want to find out more about compression. Geoffrey's right on the button about compression, but in regards to limiting, it is simply a more extreme form of compression, with very high ratios. I'd say anything above or around a 25:1 ratio is pretty much limiting. Compressor/limiters can also have more advanced parameters such as attack, release, range, makeup, knees, and many others, but threshold, ratio, and output gain are the most common. Limiting is mostly used at the end of the mastering process to prevent any peaks at all from getting through. It has a very fast attack, because there can be peaks so fast that it doesn't show in the wave form, and you may not be able to tell until the final product. Some don't even trust putting the threshold at 0 decibels either, and may go for -.3 or something. I wouldn't trust those defaults, nor the automatic gain control, merely because i'm not sure how well they will apply to your specific mix. I don't know what specifically the AGC does either, but i'd imagine you don't have the options to apply automation to the volume control for large, gradual increases or decreases (to provide your own sort of "manual" compression). As far as the DeEsser goes, i'm not sure you could find a soft one that is compatible with WaveLab. Audacity may have one, i'm not sure, but if not, you may be able to get by without one. For beginners, Audacity may have an overwhelming way of displaying its parameters (another reason you should check out the tutorails), but it does indeed rock for being free.

I don't know if you all do .gif's, but is there anyway somebody can get me Tommy Lee Jones' head going back and forth in the tunnel in Men in Black, when he's driving upside down? I have no source, so it's a long shot, but I saw the movie again last night and thought it had potential

Oh, ok. Got it. I understood it in a different way. So how I know my recording chain?

Plugging your mic into your PC is your recording chain. The audio goes into your mic, runs through the cable, is converted from analog -> digital through your sound card, and stored. Thus, a recording chain is merely what your sound has to travel through. As you can imagine, recording chains can vary greatly. Mine personally was (my hard drive gave out) MXL 990/991 -> UB802 mixer -> Echo MiaMIDI sound card.

The SM57 is a good mic overall, but the SM58 is more tailored towards vocals. It has a natural low-end rolloff, more presence in the mid to upper range, and of course the included spherical pop filter gives notice towards its intended use. If you want even more of a focused vocal response, you could go for the SM86 condenser, and it's only around $50 bucks more than an SM57. I've used it as an overhead mic on the cymbals, just to give you an idea of it's superb high-end response. Audacity is another commonly used freeware sound recorder. You usually don't have to use a HP filter to make it audible... but, yes, it is typically used for vocals because that is where the pops and booms from breathy syllables are located, lower than 100Hz, and that may even be too much. On the opposite end of the spectrum, you might want to look into (if the wavepad doesn't have one) acquiring a DeEsser for sibilance. A DeEsser is merely a frequency specific compressor. In regards to the "telephone effect", that is an effect typically found by applying a band-pass filter at the mid-range. A band-pass filter only allows a select range of frequencies to pass through. 1K is most often refered to as the middle of the frequency bandwidth (10Hz to 20KHz). If you can see peaks from the SoundMAX control panel, lower the gain there, otherwise, do it from Wavepad. I don't know if the SM57 has a pad or not, but you might want to try that as well. Pad's typically lower the output by about 20 decibels. Mixer's usually include them as well if you have one. That's all up to you, master engineer Play around with it until it sounds good to you. There's honestly no formula other than more prominent vocals being more up front (louder), and even that's relative. There are A LOT sound processors out there, and it would take a long time to explain what they all did to you. I recommend taking a gander at zircon's tips. Have fun!

lol, sounds like your daughter is taking after the little kid from Big Daddy. Give her same water proof boots and an aluminum foil helmet, and she'll be rockin'.

I'll definitely consider it. I see no reason not to. I've bought a couple things pre-affiliation and it worked out great.

Wow, that shopzilla ad is annoying, like those graphic design ads that take up 1/3rd of the t.v. At least this one doesn't have the chance to take up valuable captioning or some dialogue with SFX. But whatever keeps my OCR runnin'!

Thank-you for removing the information under the torrents, and thus removing the scroll bar. My mouse would always get stuck there when rolling with the scroll wheel Now, will more people not use the torrents because they decide not to find the information on how to use them on their own, who knows.

Or, if you move from the front of the fret (towards the bridge), to the back (towards the nut). It's a much more restrictive pitch variation doing it laterally, but nevertheless, it's vibrato. And in regards to the tremolo, just listen to mandolins, they commonly use they rapidly plucking version.

Fine! I'm doing the Rascal Flatts show tommorrow, I dun need yal. <3

Moving it up in regards to nut -> bridge (lateral) that is (for those who might confused by what I meant by "up"). po!'s way is much more controllable though, as bending the strings up or down with the fret can get sloppy. If you're not accustomed to it, the amount of steps/cents you raise the pitch becomes inconsistent (unless that's what you're going for).

Any live people in the house? I'm recently being considered as an audio technician/engineer at Louisville's local IATSE union and am going to be talking to the Business Representative about my "specialized skills" at the beginning of next week. My training though, was more geared towards the mixing aspect of audio with a decent amount of recording session training. Herein lies the problem, and here is where I hope you all can give me some help I need any information I can find on the topic. Here are some examples: -Terminology -Speaker/mic placement (avoiding phase cancellation techniques and such) -Equipment -Pet Peeves -Websites/articles You can even discuss how you set-up your band and their PA or whatever. If all else fells, use this as a general "Live Set-Up" thread.

Just a typical 1/4" to 1/8" instrument cable. Something like this. Though you could probably find something cheaper, it's an Apple product, and that website only deals to students/teachers, but you get the idea .