richaux

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Songwriting with Cubase, Reason

Originally on TEAC A3340 with Roland SH101, Jen SX1000 and Boss DR110 drum machine.

Then onto (gulp) Atari ST with Steinberg Pro-24, SMP24 SMPTE generator, controlling a 64 way MIDI patchbay, and rack loads of synths (Yamaha DX9, TX802, TX81Z, Roland D550, Korg EX800, Sequential 6trak, Ensoniq ESQ1), samplers (Emu Emax, Ensoniq Mirage DSK8/DMS8), drums (Simmons SDS9, Sequential Drumtraks), outboard gear (Aphex Aural Exciter, Korg DSP, Alesis Midifex/Midiverb, Symetrix Compressor, DBX Noise Reduction) and lovely recording kit (Tascam 38, Tannoy Little Reds, Neumann U87).

Now back to a simpler setup, largely PC based so (in theory) I can concentrate on the songs rather than the plumbing!

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Sep 20	comment	How do I fix the latency issue when recording through M-AUDIO Fast Track Pro USB Audio Interface? @horatio, I'm not sure!! My comment was based on experience with a different M-Audio card and Cubase, whereby changes in card parameters affecting latency were not allowed when Cubase was in use (unless Cubase's "release in background" option was set). However, for my setup I was able to change the card settings freely when Cubase wasn't running, even though it was the system default.
Aug 20	comment	How do I fix the latency issue when recording through M-AUDIO Fast Track Pro USB Audio Interface? some audio interfaces wont allow the value to be adjusted if the device is in use. Are you using it with particular recording software/DAW?
Aug 20	comment	Android : connectionClosed: no XMPPConnection - That's strange! is this a programming question about using Android's AudioTrack Class?
Jan 24	comment	A good resource for finding sound effects and animated clips to use in production for the non experienced More sound options here too.
Nov 30	comment	Is buying a compressor a good thing for vocal recording? Thanks, I suppose the kit & techniques in using them are applicable to many styles, especially where you've quite a range to cover (e.g. metal through acoustic) ... anyway, [this question] (avp.stackexchange.com/q/1705/741) on HM Vocals, may be worth a peek too.
Nov 30	comment	Is buying a compressor a good thing for vocal recording? It might be useful to clarify what type of vocal recording you're doing (assuming "pop" but could be spoken, choral, heavy rock). Meanwhile, its going to be hard to be prescriptive ... but this question discusses the priorities for vocal recordings; and this question touches on the hardware vs software debate.
Aug 17	comment	Whats the purpose behind the gain switch on some amps? There's further background in this question too.
Jul 6	comment	Online Collaboration Sites MusicTech article has references to Exporting From Pro Tools and Exporting Audio From DAW.
Jul 6	comment	Online Collaboration Sites Article from Hollin Jones in MusicTech magazine. More variations on techniques, products identifed, plus notes on bulk export option.
Jun 29	comment	Online Collaboration Sites Update: the Cubase project `.cpr` file is, not unexpectedly, a proprietary format (v5.5.3). It does have some XML fragments within it but overall the structure is not suited to merging.
Jun 14	comment	Online Collaboration Sites Yes, I see. Thanks for that. I need to do some more digging into the structure of my DAW's files next (Cubase).
Jun 13	comment	Online Collaboration Sites yes, it appears to use its own (simple) loop constructor and drum pattern editor. [Couldn't get much further as my Linux laptop crashed with the Silverlight plugin (Moonlight).]
Jun 13	comment	Online Collaboration Sites Kompoz again has good musician-centric features, based around WAV, MP3 etc. uploads ... but again not at the low level DAW file. Perhaps I'm expecting too much.
Jun 13	comment	Online Collaboration Sites The DM.net manual suggests that you can use your own DAW in conjunction with their P2P software, the DM-Container, that supports VSTs, as well as WAV. It does appear to be geared up to be musician focused (unlike simple file sharing like Dropbox) ... and does indeed look weird (e.g. unfinished FAQ page)! I'll probably take a closer look at this to see how they cope with synchronisation.
Jun 13	comment	Online Collaboration Sites So Dropbox/Clouddrive etc. could be used ... but depending on the DAW's file structure, we may be prevented from attempting anything other than "exclusive" access by one person at a time.
Jun 13	comment	Online Collaboration Sites Its the async route I'm interested in (I've updated the question), so that would preclude NINJAM, eJamming, OJS. Similarly, Riffworks looks like NINJAM (where you hear others' previous loops as you jam).
Jun 13	comment	Online Collaboration Sites @Ian, yes, it feels there are some sites in the IT space that offer the co-od, assignment & tracking that @gomad hinted at, like [codeplex] and [Google Code], and others like Kompoz (from @Christian) that are more obviously musician friendly but do not necessarily work at the lower file level.
Jun 13	comment	Online Collaboration Sites @gomad, To cover both "creative and production side" I meant there could be sharing on both the song creation (tunes, cadences, instrumentation) and production (compression techniques, EQ to apply), e.g. not just input on the final mix. ... I was thinking more asynchronous than live (but allowing concurrency where possible). ... Wasn't so much interested in project co-ordination, assignemt & tracking, except now you mention it, I could see this being useful, especially if the numbers involved grew! I'll update the answer with some more thoughts along these lines.