SnappleMan

I checked those out. They look great except for the additional $20 on top of the shipping charge. I'll see if Guitar Center carries em.

Hey fellas, I need a pair of inexpensive monitor stands that are slim, tidy, and durable. Either that or any cheapo alternative that's been proven to not fail... but, everything I see is so needlessly expensive. Any suggestions?

Personally I think that's the best way to do it. Even with average pickups you get the best recorded tone out of the bass.

Take the hint...

Theoretically, the line out should be a low impedance balanced signal meant to go right into a line in jack. There are two issues here, either that's a CAB OUT, SPEAKER OUT, or just play OUT jack meant to go into a bigger cab, or he's going into the mic input on his soundcard with mic boost on or whatever other fagotry his onboard soundcard came with.

Good intentions my ass. I can guarantee you it's just another lame attempt at getting more "HEY GUYS LOOK I'D MAKE A GREAT JUDGE!" points. Only the assholes here do things out of good intentions.

If I were you guys I'd welcome more opinions, guides, FAQs, videos ETC. The stuff already on here is good but nowhere near comprehensive enough to be definitive. And with the way it's hidden in the forums, only those who come here, register, read the forums and realize they need help will seek it out, most are completely ignorant about lacking the skills they need to make the cut. Maybe I'm just reading too much into this, but OCR should promote the guides and tech support forums way more, that way we'd get better music more often.

You're not being smart about sticking to bad advice. You never want to drastically EQ something BEFORE recording, whether or not you like scooped mids or not, that's a horrible idea, and it is NOT fine. Stop sticking to horrible advice just for the sake of your ego.

You try to find me anything that's an Ampeg tube preamp for around $30 and I'll suck your dick once a day for the rest of my life.

So cmon, release this shit. it's been over three fucking years already...

Wait, what? You're going amp->soundcard? The fuck is wrong with you, that's NOT how to record properly. Unless the amp has a clearly marked LINE OUT jack, you do NOT want to record it that way, you'll blow out your soundcard! get a cheap DI box, $30 can get you a decent one on Musicians Friend. If you MUST record without a DI box, go right into the soundcard from your bass, it'll sound much better than through the amp output. Generally I've found that basses sound best recorded totally dry, the DI signal is always my main bass channel, anything I add is sent to an FX track and kept relatively low. Again, I can't stress it enough, get a DI box. And avoid those "SUPER TUBE DI BOX WITH A REAL TUBE INSIDE FOR WARMTH!!!!!" they always add a shit ton of noise.

Sorry, timestamps don't make your text true. This is way below 50/50 in terms of preserving the original.

Consumer s/pdif is different from the professional version. It's there to sync up multiple cards, send audio, timing, word clocks etc. As far as a mixer goes, any inexpensive mixer will do if you need it as a patchbay and to control your monitors. Behringer makes some decent stuff that's under $100. As for multiple cards at once, you don't have to switch, your 5.1 card can be set to your windows default device, your DAW will be set to use the audiophile drivers. Just be sure you set your DAW to use WDM or ASIO, and not ASIO Multimedia or Duplex modes. It should work fine unless you're doing something strange with your system configuration.

Great chill song, but doesn't do it for me in terms of arrangement. All the elements that made the original so great are gone, replaced by a completely different song that slightly follows the originals bassline. In terms of production it's good, I would have taken care to keep the low mids of the guitars under control, but otherwise good. But the arrangement doesn't meet the 50/50 rule OCR seems to hold so dear.

You can't mix your multimedia machine and your DAW and expect everything to run smoothly. The Audiophile 192 is a good card, but it wont give you 5.1, only stereo. The sub and monitors will most likely hook up to eachother, a monitor sub is NOT like a multimedia system sub, same with the speakers, they wont act as a surround unit, but as stereo speakers (the speakers start at a frequency range where the sub leaves off). As for plugging in a guitar right into your soundcard, BAD IDEA. It's not made to take unbalanced high impedance signals, you can blow it out, and even if you keep it careful you'll still get bad input quality with noise and unfiltered tone. You need a mixer or DI box for all your instruments and mics, and then that goes into the soundcard. Professional and "prosumer" soundcards are not made to be used as multimedia cards. They do have superior sound quality and drivers, but they're made to be used in a completely "sterile" environment in terms of software. As far as I know only M-Audio cards have somewhat of a multimedia support because the drivers allow more than one process to use the soundcard at a time. So as far as that goes, you can play MP3s and use your DAW at the same time. As for the 5.1, getting a professional 5.1 card and system is pretty expensive. If you are dead set on having 5.1, keep your creative card around. You can always use the Audiophile strictly within your DAW and the creative card as your windows default device.

So is this thing done yet or what?

No, wait, I made a mistake, Cubase 4 64bit works in Vista64. But vista itself is a steaming pile of FLStudio so I switched back to XP.

Yeah, the video is a reversed sample. A suspended cymbal is just a cymbal that's not on a floor stand but mounted on a rack. It has little to do with the sound, though it does allow for a few extra techniques, which is what you're really asking about. What you're looking for is a technique called a cymbal swell (like the sound swelling up). It's done like tensei said, quick low velocity hits to the cymbal which increase in velocity up to when you hit it hard for a crash. In sampled form, the best way to do this is on a keyboard, programming swells with a mouse is tough since there's no natural progression in timing and velocity. Don't think about it in even divisions of time, steady 16th notes will sound fake. A swell is embellished by feel, so you really need to work hard at making it sound authentic if programming with a mouse. Sure, a reversed cymbal can give you a similar effect, but it's clearly a reversed cymbal, so make sure you know exactly what style of sound you want and then go for it.

In RIGHT before snapplerant, good move! Cubase 4 64bit is in preview mode because they're not planning to update it. They're gonna wait to "officially" announce 64 bit Cubase with version 5. Either way, the "preview" version is 100% legit, complete and works flawlessly. It's just a 64 bit version of the latest (and probably last) Cubase 4 release. I use both 32 and 64bit versions of both Cubase and Sonar, but Sonar is not officially supported in WinXP 64 so I am having a ton of problems with it. Conversely Cubase 64 is only supported in WinXP 64, so there's another reason they're calling it a preview, guess they're working on a vista version.

well, first of all, no. Cubase 4 x64.

This is one of my favourite games, with one of my favourite soundtracks. I'm very happy at the choice of source material! I'm also very happy about the remix! It's very smooth and stylish sounding, with a good sense of what the original is about and a very strong bassline. Good remix

With guitars you usually get what you pay for within the $100-600 range. Your best bet is getting a guitar new, at guitar center. Unless you're experienced enough to know exactly what you want, or you're getting something that's known for top quality from a place that's known for top quality, you should never buy a guitar online. Your choice should come down to your level of experience as a player and your level of commitment as an instrumentalist. For a relative beginner I would recommend you go with something like an Ibanez acoustic-electric. They tend to make decent stuff in the $200-400 range. And always remember to spend the extra $30 and get a setup.

You have my support.

Thanks for keeping things running, Blue!

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