Moseph

It's not a USB issue, or at least not a bandwidth issue. Is there a software mixer of some sort associated with the interface that everything gets routed through on its way to the device? If so, check the settings on that. Are you positive it's not the case that you just didn't notice the clipping before because the audio quality on the integrated soundcard was lower?

oh hai majora's mask

Superman 64 with less Superman 64.

Can you leave the browser open in offline mode without it freezing? (And/or with the ethernet cable yanked or the wireless disabled,)

These are songs that come up fairly frequently on classic hits/80's sorts of radio stations. The Who: Pinball Wizard Blondie: Peter Gabriel: Solsbury Hill The Police: Synchronicity II U2: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Want to Have Fun Queen: Lynyrd Skynyrd: Sweet Home Alabama Heart: Eurhythmics: Sweet Dreams Pat Benatar: The Eagles: Hotel California Life in the Fast Lane Don Henley: Boys of Summer Derek and the Dominos: Bruce Springsteen: Don McLean: Tom Petty: John Mellencamp: Electric Light Orchestra: Carly Simon: You're So Vain Genesis: Misunderstanding Berlin: (used in Top Gun)

Also, listen to for another asinine and thematically contradictory use of '80's rock. The lyrics of the chorus don't even make sense in the Gym Class Heroes context.

using a song about being a stalker to talk about missing someone you love? ... the hell?

If you evade the police long enough, they'll eventually lose interest in you.

no, fishsticks are what dogphins fetch

It's not GPS, it's a mini-map.

Speaker jack is broken?

This thread is really just about dolphins who are furries.

Dogphins eat catfish, amirite?

No, you won't need MIDI I/O if your keyboard is USB. Don't know if it's an issue for you or not, but having MIDI ports gives you a little more flexibility with older keyboards. I started out with a (lousy) 49-key USB keyboard (more on that below), but my family had an older (slightly better) 76-key keyboard without USB that no one was using, so I eventually took that for myself as well. Since my interface has MIDI ports, I'm able to use the 76-key in addition to the USB one, or I can hook up my non-USB digital piano if I feel like recording with that. My interface, if you're interested, is an EMU 0404 USB, which is the same price as the Mackie you're looking at but also has MIDI, SPDIF, and an 1/8" speaker out (in addition to the normal headphone and 1/4" outs). I have heard that Mackie's preamps are really good for the price, though. One other thing to think about is whether the interface is powered by USB or AC adaptor. It looks like the Onyx is USB powered and the Fast Track can be USB or AC adapter powered. I don't have direct experience with the difference, but I recall reading that USB power is generally less stable than adapter power which can potentially be detrimental to the sound of what you're recording; on the other hand, USB power is more convenient for on-site recording because you don't have to find a wall outlet. I haven't ever used an M-Audio Axiom, but my M-Audio Radium 49 is a piece of crap. Some of the keys stick, the potentiometers don't center in the same place, the mod wheel went out of alignment and had to be disconnected, the keyboard tries to reinstall itself if I don't plug it into the same USB port every time I use it, and the M-Audio driver CD has a bizarre, unevenly weighted label that causes the CD to make a huge racket in the drive. I don't know if M-Audio's higher-end/more recent gear is better than what I have, but personally I would never, ever spend $500 on an M-Audio keyboard. I'm pretty sure you can get something similarly featured from a better company for $400-$600. (Just looking around Musician's Friend, I see a StudioLogic with faders, etc. for $520.)

I use a set of AKG K702 headphones and have been really happy with them, but they're on the expensive side ($250+) and have a lengthy burn-in period.

College student, eh? If your school has a music department, they probably have a grand piano that you can use if you ask. Depending on what programs the music department offers, they may also have students who would be willing to record (or play) things for you. If you want to go the MIDI route and are willing to do some digging around, there is a very good free piano VST called the Giga Continuous Velocity Piano that TASCAM released several years ago (Windows only, unfortunately). TASCAM got bought out, though, and their site no longer offers the download, but you might be able to find it elsewhere online (I haven't looked).

I would assume that they'd format it as part of a refurbishing process. EDIT: Or by "total stranger," do you mean whoever does the refurbishing and not the subsequent purchaser?

Since a couple people were interested in how I did the strings at the start of my track, here's a more complete explanation than I gave in the write-up: Bass/cello (purple) is tremolo, violin 2 (green) is trill, violin 1 (red) is sul ponticello tremolo.

So when is this listening party happening?

Eh, just found a minor rendering error in it. I may take it down and reupload later this evening if I feel like fixing it.

Curse you and your auto-truncation that cuts off my title! *shakes fist some more* Nevertheless, my entry is submitted.

Curse you and your 6 MB size limit! *shakes fist in air*

It's done except for some minor tweaking, level adjusting, etc.; I probably won't upload it until Friday or Saturday. I was holding off on finishing it because I was hoping to get my new computer music-worthy before the deadline, but I need to buy a Sonar upgrade, and the upgrade won't have arrived by then so I've gone back to the old computer to wrap things up.

I feel like I'm on the second dream level and should be expecting a kick.

http://ocremix.org/forums/member.php?u=38251 Only post is an ad in Composition/Production.