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Yes. Just start playing earlier so the box/software/whatever has the time to apply the algorithm. Tricky, though . Most "reverse reverbs" in effect boxes are just reverb with an inverted envelope applied; e.g. dry sound -> (nothing) -> fade into reverb.

The first time I saw this was with a C64 SID player; you could mute/unmute channels. This should work with an SPC player, too. Since the audio format on the N64 isn't mixed but also channel-based it technically should be able to do that, too. Don't ask me which one, though .

I have the Xboard 49 myself. If the action of the Korg boards borrows from the Triton Le, it's not really a recommendation. The Xboard has semi-weighted keys which feel rather nice, and the display works pretty well in informing you. Also, a big difference is that the Xboard has 16 rotary knobs, while the Korg has 2 or so. In that case, the Xboard wins. With the Xboard you get Proteus LE included - the M1 is, after all, a 16-year old synthesizer with old samples. Your PSR will sound more realistic, and the Proteus will, too. Bigger library. edit: it looks like the Korg doesn't have a key transpose option on the machine itself. Score another for the E-mu.

Some VST plugin trial versions fade out at random times. Solution : buy it.

There is no "best". There is what you can afford. Everyone has a different workflow, everyone has different needs. You won't make better music with Cubase than you could with FL Studio; -especially- not if you're just starting out. Download the trial versions of all of them and see which one you work most comfortably with. Read: http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=23568

No no no no no. The explanation was already given. We understand what you're trying to do. You really should try to do it as it was written. Wait, let me illustrate it. See?

Well, you open the file in a hex editor, chop off the .wav file header, scroll to the end, and then write down the last of the series of nibbles. Then you open another hex editor and paste the .wav file header in there, and you write down the series -first-. Keep this up for a few years and you'll have reversed your waveform. No, of course not . You install a wave editor like Audacity : http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ and then choose the menu option "reverse".

Also check out the Korg X50. Similar board for the pricerange, it's got the Triton Le soundset. Bigger screen, too. And USB.

Err, question? I just described what lead me to this because it'll become something I'm going to use . I rarely (have to) ask questions .

I was shopping around yesterday for another x-stand (to put the JX8P on - or more correctly, for Smoke who borrowed my E-mu controller) when I saw something. I've been looking for quite a while for a good solution for this: I've got a microphone, but no preamps (except those in my mixing desk). I want to use it for a vocoder. Ideally, I need something with a mic input and 2 outputs. All mic preamps have a single output. Solution? This: It's at least as compact as a regular preamp, it's got effects, it's got phantom power, and when I'm not using it for vocoding duties I can hook up my Juno and JX .

A is for bass/leads. R is for rhythm. M is for complete productions (kind of like a stripped down MC-303). On that note: Top one was added yesterday . It's a Roland JX8P - a poor man's Jupiter. Very lush sound.

For a mic you'll need this, too: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TubeMPSTV3/ and for a soundcard I'd get an E-mu 0404, because it gives you a good bang for the buck. http://www.zzounds.com/item--EMU8803

The Bose speakers color the sound in order to make it sound better. They are also not expensive enough for the audiophiles, who insist on $200/feet cables that are made by virgins only at nights with a full moon, somewhere in Tibet. I wouldn't use them to listen music on. The JBL speakers are hi-fi speakers. Just make sure that the amplifier driving them doesn't have any equalizers set to anything - e.g. as neutral as possible. If, as zircon says, you listen to a variety of sources and aren't getting comments, things are okay; it's just that that process (every time you change something) can take a while (because you have to 'verify' it on multiple systems). Monitor speakers would give you the 'truth' rightaway; e.g. you can compose and verify/listen to it in one go. Headphones are useful to catch some things speakers won't; but relying on them completely is also not that wise. Also, while speakers have an amplifier where you can adjust the sound, headphones usually don't offer that option.

A remix that makes the standard doesn't need incredibly realistic sounds; most of the tools used by the remixers do not necessarily achieve this goal, either. You have a good set of capable bread & butter (realistic instruments, strings, piano, brass, etc) that can compete with various virtual instruments out there. Not with the huge gigabyte orchestral libraries, but good enough to pass. The other advantage is that the PSR has MIDI. This means that you do not have to use the soundset in the device itself; you can hook up software synthesizers to it. These can take the tasks upon them that your PSR can't do - purely synthetic sounds or sampling. You can also use effects plugins to add effects your PSR lacks (distortion, probably? I don't know- last PSR I had was a 500 and it only had 3 types of reverb.) Then all you need is a MIDI interface and a proper audio interface to record your PSR with, and maybe a controller with rotary knobs and sliders to control the software synthesizers with.

That's apples, bananas, and rhinos. In other words, no comparison. One's an arranger that probably won't allow deep editing, one's a performance synth without a sequencer, one's a virtual analog (in that order). Just because they all cost the same doesn't mean they're equal. What do you need - built-in rhythms and realistic sounds, just realistic sounds (if you're composing using the computer anyway), or sounds used in electronic music? The SH-201 has 32 user patches and 32 factory patches. The latter cannot be overwritten. It also doesn't have a display. In that aspect it looks pretty much like the old Juno-60 (which had a 2-number display and 56 patches). It can transmit and receive audio via USB and there's an editor for it. Nobody on OCR will probably recommend the 201 as there are many (free) VST plugins which will either do the same or better. Most people on OCR use an arranger keyboard just to play notes into the computer, as they have little use for the built-in rhythms. Besides the Juno-D, also check out the Korg X-50 and Micro-X. Both can hook up via USB to your computer directly but this only replaces the MIDI interface, and the editor runs through it, too.

Why 1.1? Audio (24/96) eats up a lot of traffic. If you have an older desktop computer, consider buying a PCI USB 2.0 card. I've got one too. If you have an (older) laptop, consider a PCMCIA (PC-Card) interface like an Echo Indigo or something. Combined audio/MIDI interfaces are nice as long as you don't have too many synthesizers hooked up to it.

What they mean with "compatible" is "ideally should support ASIO" as there is otherwise a delay between pressing a key and hearing a sound. This delay is called latency, and ideally it is below 10 milliseconds, otherwise you don't really feel you're playing things and hearing 'm instantly, which screws with your sense of rhythm. The latency is not caused by your MIDI controller but by your soundcard's drivers. It does not matter if you have the melody already played; rendering happens offline anyway. You could try www.asio4all.com or the Kx Project drivers ( http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/index.php?skip=1 ) for better performance with your Audigy. Or, you could choose to get another soundcard; E-mu offers some really nice ones for not too much.

This was built with SynthEdit. Also, http://analogik.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1117&PN=1 Spamming is a really great idea - not.

The difference between a regular line in and a mic in is that the mic in is amplified. Hooking up a regular line-level signal to it makes it sound like ass and poo, and most likely distorted. Those small microphones on webcams or sold separately aren't powered, that's why the signal should be amplified. You don't want that with your S90, so you're going to need the line in which is blue.

If it says "S/PDIF" in the manual, don't try anything funny with it. That's a digital output. It could also be an extra video output (composite). Take some pictures of your laptop's sides, upload 'm, and we'll be able to tell you what to plug where.

There's two outputs on your S90 called "LINE OUT L/R" or something like that. There's a stereo input on your soundcard called the "line in". Nowadays they have a cute blue ring around where you plug the cable in. You buy one of these: ... and you get 2 of these: (click for bigger) The big ones go in the back of the S90 at L and R. The small one on the other end goes in the "line in" of your soundcard. I hope this clears up the situation . MIDI is simply not audio. First and most important lesson to learn .

You're not looking carefully enough. "sid vst" on Google : http://www.refx.net/pro_quadraSID.htm

The guitar is an ESP Horizon FR-II. He's got a Line6 PODxt Live and a BarBer Direct Drive. (but Yooz, you don't know anything about them gee-tars. That's right. But this guy's webpage address is in the video. He's got his gear listed and since the Fenders have a round top so to say it must've been the ESP.)

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