Byron Dickens

Thank [insert moniker for your favorite non-religion-specific deity type being (or nonbeing if you prefer)] it was something at least halfway intelligent .

But you can't fly on the back of a pig. There's all kinds of people with FAR less computer running SONAR/ Cakewalk without any of these issues at all.

DITCH THAT SOUNDBLASTER AND GET A REAL AUDIO INTERFACE! Seriously. Who cares that "it was working before?" It ain't working now. They are known garbage. Get rid of it. Pull it out and smash it with a hammer. And don't tell us you can't afford a real interface; you have an i7 and 24GB of RAM. And Miroslav 2. No offense, but you are like the guy with a $140,000 Mercedes SL complaining it doesn't run right but instead of putting premium unleaded in the tank like they tell you to, you insist on running the 50/50 mix of turpentine and dirty water from the Cheesy Mart.

8GB is really weak these days. Even 16 is a bit slim.

My bank account (and wife!) thanks them for not having left handed versions.

Another vote for the RODE NT1-A. Also the MXL R144. This works better on my wife; tames some of the harsh sibilants.

Good job. The mix sounds good even on my phone, so I'm sure it is even better on real speakers. I end up with timing issues on drums too. And for the same reasons. But they sure are fun to play. Nothing quite like real drums.

The UAD plugins run on their own proprietary cards.

She reminds me of Joe. Joe used to love to run part way up a tree and then turn around to look at you like he was saying "check this out, man. Cool, huh?" He stayed right beside me the whole time I was laid up in bed for two weeks terribly sick, getting up only to eat or use the litter box. I was Joe's official person. He ended up dying of some condition that messed up his intestines so they wouldn't digest food. Poor guy.

Wow.

Relive the fun and hijinks of the Cold War!

I was gonna say MOOG as well.

It is of course wise to take reasonable and prudent precautions, but going on the internet is not really all that dangerous if you stay away from websites you probably shouldn't be visiting anyway. You know what I mean.

I write everything out. Then learn it and rehearse it. So by the time recording starts, the tempo is pretty much set.

I hate you guys. 😁

One of the big issues with DaVinci Resolve is that it is EXTREMELY demanding of resources. Especially GPU. The forum is chock full of people with 10 year old low end laptops complaining that it crashes all the time. Or that it won't even open. They never bothered to look at the system requirements and then come unglued when they get told "Windows 7 is not supported. Can't help you, upgrade to 10 first" or "512mb of GPU memory ? 4GB is the minimum recommend. You need to upgrade. "

I took a look at REAPER and Harrison Mixbus. REAPER didn't really click with me although I do really like the way you can edit timing with stretch markers. I absolutely love mixing in Mixbus. Having all of your channel strip functions right there without having to open up plugin windows is a really nice experience. So I am now tracking and editing in SONAR and then mixing in Mixbus.

I'm working on getting my head around the Word Builder.

I generally record several takes and comp the best parts of each. I have a nasty habit of playing the first downbeat of a phrase early -- especially on drums -- that I am fighting mightily to overcome. "Practice until I get it right" is of course my preferred option. I have even gone so far as to simplify parts to make them easier to play. But sometimes I just have to cut my losses and swallow my pride. So I often end up doing SOME editing with AudioSnap but I try to keep it to a minimum. I find I get much better results doing everything manually. Also, splitting up sections into smaller chunks helps.

The short answer is no. The best answer is - and please don't take this the wrong way - is play in time so quantization isn't necessary in the first place. Barring that, expect to spend a whole lot of hours doing a whole lot of manual editing to get something that sounds decent.

The IK iRig Acoustic sounds very good, in my opinion, and does a fantastic job of rejecting external room noise while giving a good miked sound.

I am using (I should say, attempting to use) rtpMidi. I had to delete midihub b/c it started to cause SONAR to crash immediately on startup after I installed a bunch of IK Multimedia stuff.

TryIng to figure out touchdaw. I am still on SPLAT B/C I am in a rural area where internet is expensive and none too reliable (satellite) and therefore low on my priority list. I can not get this damn thing to work reliably. The instructions on the humantic website are about clear as mud. I've seen a few videos and tried to follow some of them. Nothing really seems to work quite right. I'll eventually get it going if I keep di**king with it enough and I'll think I have it. It will work for a few days and then I'll take a break and when I come back to it again I have to start all over. Does anyone know how to get this working reliably? I am really getting tired of wasting so much time. And of tripping over my hi-hat stand.

24/ 96. More is always better! 😁 Seriously, even though your work will be downsampled for delivery, recording at a higher samplerate is beneficial when it comes to processing.

You'll be REALLY disappointed to find out that you've never owned any software. Ever.