Harmony

It comes in a few other formats too, however you should be able to use the FREE Kontakt Player for Groove Bias.

If you're talking about Groove Bias, that was with bustatunez (Will Roget). Good stuff, great price. It doesn't cover as many bases as AD or SD, but it really wasn't designed to.

You know, I hadn't thought to read through the support forums before you posted this. I'll bet I can get a really good idea about user experience by just taking the time to read complaints Thanks.

ahh, good point. If so trublvrs, then just try out some other demos! you might find one that's a little easier for you right off block

Since you've already paid for FL Studio, I'd say go ahead and stick with it. Any interface is going to seem somewhat complex at first if you are, as you seem to be, new to computer-based music production. I know my beloved SONAR, then called Pro Audio, scared the life out of me when I first bought it, so much so that I actually returned it (with a little begging to the store manager and some help from my mom)! Now, after I manned-up and took the time to learn it, it's my favorite interface. There are probably more tutorials for FL Studio out there than any other sequencer, so you've got lots of help if you want it. Once you learn and get comfortable working with the Piano Roll (the alternative to a sheet music based approach), audio editing, mixing, FX, VSTs and other sequencer basics, you'll be able to move on to another sequencer if you want, and it won't seem nearly as complex. Have fun.

HahahaThese pictures are awesome everyone! And don't believe him, Velocifero and I are SOOOO not cool, as that pic clearly shows

Thanks! It's a Nikon D70s and I love it If I remember correctly, it wasn't so feisty after it had a little accident trying to cross the street

WOW, they're both THAT good!? Yeah, maybe I will just flip a coin then But seriously, I'm just afraid that I'm not going to be able to really tell with the type IV. If I set my levels properly, then it doesn't do anything. The latency issue bother me though. The SOS reviewer claimed he got 1ms latency with ASIO (128 samples) on the Ionix. Not sure what computer he was using or even what recording setup, but that sounds impressive.

Next weekend I’m dead set on buying a new audio interface and since this will most likely be my biggest musical purchase in the next year or so, I’m trying not to screw it up. I thought I had it figured out, and I was going with the Lexicon Ionix FW810S, but I just read the SOS review of it and it casts some doubts which make me think the M-Audio ProFire 2626 would be better for me. Lexicon: PRO: Lots of DSP input fx processing and the Pantheon II reverb plug-in (how useful would that really be? I'd rather track clean and mess with fx during mixing) CON: Single headphone output (Profire has 2) CON: No pad on inputs (Profire has 20dB pad) CON: 55dB of preamp gain (Profire claims 75dB!? That seems questionable for this price) Profire: PRO: It’s M-Audio. I trust M-Audio. PRO: Lots more I/O than Lexicon, although most is digital that I won’t use CON: No fancy type IV conversion on input (Lexicon has it) CON: No front-panel XLR inputs (Lexicon has 2) CON: 2 LED front-panel metering (Lexicon has 3 LEDs) Anyone have any experiences they want to share with either? I wonder how preamp quality compares; I've heard that both are 'good'? bgc, would you trade your Profire for the Ionix?

Oh there's more.... Dyne + Brushfire's hat zircon + Brushfire's hat zarggg + Brishfire's hat Brushfire + Katsurugi's frisbee?

the birthplace of phat beatz

Frisbee Who knew playing in a tree vagina could be so fun?

Most persistent bee EVER. I have no idea why, but this meetup included lots of examples of people trying to balance things, usually on their head smores and smiles

Just got back and I had an awesome time. BBQ, frisbee, video games, phat beatz tutorial...yes, yes, yes, and YES!!! Thanks for hosting Andy 'n' Jill! Here are a few pics. I'm sure there will be massive amounts of media from others soon enough. (prepare for lazy captioning) fire it up! Brushfire's hat made it's rounds throughout the day... ... ...

I use an M-Audio Fast Track Pro ($200) which I've had no significant problems with. It's not USB 2.0 though. The biggest problem with that is that you won't be able to play+record 96kHz audio at the same time. No biggie for me, but may be for others. Read the first couple of pages of the users guide for a few other USB 1 related limitations. If I was buying a USB interface now, bgc got me interested in the Lexicon Ionix series. The U42S ($325, sale) and the U22 ($250, sale) seem cool They look great, have 4 and 2 preamps, respectively, come with a great reverb plugin, and are $50 off for a limited time.

Harmony+bro will be there

So a long time ago, analoq (i think) posted a video of Exile doing his mashup thing with Reaktor 5 and a fairly simple laptop setup. Can't find the video now, but it was like without the suck. I thought that micro was already available to Reaktor users? If so, then doesn't this only offer a similar capability in Kore format?Cool that lame people without Reaktor can use it (like me), but nothing new?

Some of those are combinations of EQ, stereo widening and maybe some excitation (which are the elements that I think are at play with the Windows Media Player WOW feature). Pulling back the EQ mids (or pushing up the low and high frequencies) can give the illusion of a thicker more clear mix. The reason artists don't just blindly do it to all of their tracks is it messes with the relative volume of the instruments, it can make the bass sound muddy and indistinct, and it can make the highs sound harsh, amongst other things. Stereo widening can be done in a number of ways, but the common method involves taking a stereo signal and delaying one channel by a few milliseconds then panning the two signals. This gives the illusion of more depth, but it messes with the timing of certain instruments and gives the music a looser feel, imo. More advanced methods minimize these problems, but getting the song to have lots of depth is best accomplished at the mixing stage through panning, reverb and other stuff. Excitation of higher frequencies gives the illusion of a higher 'quality' song by taking some of the high frequencies and amplifying the volume of their higher harmonics. That's all well and good, except too much of that leads to a song that's tiring to the ears and possibly harsh, depending on the quality of the exciter. Bottom line is, while those "make music sound better" buttons do give a cool effect, most of them come with side-effects that artists just don't want in their tracks, or at least want to have more control over than what they offer.

What would be the required number to book a night?

As long as I don't have a time conflict I'll be there! Dude, just move to the east coast already!

haha, I'm glad to see that other people share some of my OCReMixer fanboyism And of the many that I've met (non-remixers as well), most have been totally cool people. So next MAG, Avatar of Justice and everyone else reading this shouldn't hesitate to seek out the OCR peeps to hang out with, even if you've got your own crew. Plus, our crew has matching shirts

Well, the best way is to just google for "acapella for XXX", "vocals only for XXX" or something similar and hope to get lucky. If the song is popular, you shouldn't have too big of a problem finding what you're looking for. Pulling the vocals from the full track is no simple task and you'll never get it as clean as you would with finding the isolated vocals from the recording session. Good luck if you have to go that route.

When it comes to meeting remixers, I'm easily star-struck. Everytime I meet a new one I have a mental battle with myself to stay composed:<OMG it's zircon! don't say something stupid...don't say something stupid...don't say something stupid...> "Hi zircon, er, Andy, er...Mr. Aversa...umm...hurrr, I like ur muzic cuz it's real good" <DAMN!> So yeah, my poorly made point is that I feel like I know people and have stuff to discuss IRL through their music, just like so many people feel like they know something about their favorite celeb even before they've met them.

Haha, I remember seeing that a while ago

If only that weren't so expensive! They should make an introductory model