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Still relevant enough... https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/pc-optimization-guide-for-windows-10/#Power-and-disk-optimization

If you do these things, you shall be in a good shape.

Harmonies are king for me, and you do a great job on those. For me(and I always get vilified for it), I'd bring the vocals down slightly so you get a little more of the music. Also, I like vocals a little more wet - but I don't have your voice, so.....   ?

But that is nitpicking, and this is another solid song!

Having a hard time accessing this even with my Reverbnation account. Anyone else having an issue?

On 7/22/2022 at 7:00 PM, jesse g said:

Article on Headphone Ohms

Headphones Ohms Ratings Explained

I read that, but when I went by the ear-test, I thought the 80Ohm were the best for what I want to do. Using them at home for a bit, I am happy with my decision.  At worst,  I can get another pair. 

On 7/3/2022 at 10:53 AM, jesse g said:

He's too busy recording vocals while wearing his Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO or his Beyerdynamic DT 990 PRO 250 Ohm Over-Ear Studio Headphones.   LOL ?

CORRECT (except for the OHM)!

I must have switched replies off.  I am a terrible person ?

I purchased the Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO 80 Ohm, it was the best balance of sound and comfort to me. 

 

Even better!

Only thing that stood out to me was that the guitar squeaks were a bit too prevalent IMO. Otherwise, I thought it was awesome.

Great job, I'd personally bring the vocals down a little - it seems too above everything else IMO. But great job!

Lastly, Cliff Richard(one of my favorites) and Gerry Rafferty seem to be somewhat anonymous, but have some great songs to their names!

You can download the newest versions of Guitar Rig, free I believe (stripped down version, like in that old version you are looking for). Same with Amplitube.

Why be worried? Worst thing that happens is you have a good free DAW that no longer is developed. Bug fixes are always helpful, but a lot of us here just like getting excited for no reason for new features we're not even going to use  ?

Remain calm and all shall be righteous.

56 minutes ago, marled said:

I don't have Internet in my recording room, also no wifi, our house is about 70m away from it!

I also don't understand your comment about "re-invent the wheel", there is an offline authorization for CbB, but it requires BA!

Being an I.T., I can't imagine not having internet at a house  

I know they have an offline authorization, but as I said earlier, just easier for me to plug in the usb wifi go through all the updates on every program and pull the usb wifi adapter when done. I did not consider there were non-wifi places left ....or I perhaps thought there was a bit of paranoia(they already know everything about us anyway ? ). 

For tracking, and preferably one that is particularly good for laying down vocals. I would say my budget tops out at $200.

What should I be keying on? I assume comfort and range?

Thanks in advance.

I plug in a USB wifi to update all my programs and then unplug when done, Before you do that, you can make sure Windows won't update as well. I've never had any program spike my resources like that ...but I also don't have anything but necessary programs starting at startup.

Seems like you're trying to re-invent the wheel and failing miserably.

Good atmospheric piece!

Good tune that, to me, has a retro feel.

I like the rhythm  guitar sound on this. The bass could be brought up in this mix, and the drums a bit high in the mix IMO. Look forward to hearing the vocal melody on top here.

9 minutes ago, Mr. Torture said:

Would you mind telling me what case you would purchase? I would like to build something that has 3 SSD drives, I9 processor and 32 gigs of Ram.

I have a Cooler Master SIleo Silent, but that is no longer available. I found one on Newegg that is similar (I get plain jane cases, and get near/silent fans): https://www.newegg.com/black-fractal-design-define-r5-atx-micro-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811352048?Description=atx case&cm_re=atx_case-_-11-352-048-_-Product

Also, get a silent Power Supply, something like this: https://www.newegg.com/corsair-rmx-series-rm750x-cp-9020179-na-750w/p/N82E16817139233?Description=silent power supply&cm_re=silent_power supply-_-17-139-233-_-Product

And frankly, I would get an i7 as opposed to an i9, and double the memory. I haven't seen any of my projects really even getting to 50% CPU. But I would say if you are doing primarily rock, an i7 is a better choice unless you just use a crapload of CPU-intensive tools. Nothing I use is a hog. Modern Motherboards usually have 2 m.2 slots, I use my two on the board and then have 2 ssds in there for storage.

4 hours ago, Mr. Torture said:

Was it hard to do? I'm not overly computer builder savvy, so it scares me a bit.

It really is not hard these days. Tons of Youtube videos out there. It is just being thorough and "measuring a few times and cutting once" kind of approach. I have yet to build a pc that didn't boot up correctly the first time. There are resources to pick out your parts, and this forum is a great place to ask as well.

I'd say the biggest things are: understanding what you do with the DAW to determine the horsepower (samples and vsts require space and memory), not skimping on the motherboard/processor/memory (in other words, stick to the known names IMO - like ASUS/INTEL/CRUCIAL for me) and having a realistic budget. I'd say for about $1500-1750, you can build a super solid machine that will last for years. I think you can get Windows 11 free now as well.

3 hours ago, Mr. Torture said:

I run a few VST's like Superior drummer, EZ Bass and keyboards. at 256 I start to get crackling, it's just really annoying especially since I could easily run this stuff in windows 7 with buffers at 64. I have done everything I can to optimize, all my drivers and firmware are up to date. I use a PCIe RME soundcard and they have always been rock solid. The computer was built by PC Audio labs. I just think maybe it's time to get a new sled, but holy smokes.. I am looking at around $3700... Yikes!

$3700? I built my own, and it was only about $1200

If you control when it updates, you can make a backup before you install (which considering there are usually some every month, it serves as your backup schedule).  It also gives you time to check the forum, because a bad update will spur a flurry of posts here.

I have not had any issues with only the necessary updates and not the "feature" updates.

If you are on the latest build, and are an admin, you can pause updates until Feb 23(I just tested). I put it off as long as possible, and I would make a backup before updating.

On 7/17/2021 at 2:49 PM, Fred's Gratis Scores said:

I use templates extensively and include:

• Tracks and track settings (Volume, Pan, Gain, MSR/Archive, Pro channel, MIDI settings like negative delay, etc.)
• Track FX
• Routing, Buses, etc.
• Instruments and VSTi settings (it even remembers that Kontakt instruments are purged)
• Control bar layout
• Articulations

Care to share that template?

Queensryche: Revolution Calling
 

I have the MPK49, and there are no drivers, just different versions of MIDIQuest/Vyzex download. I think you may be able to download that and set it up: https://www.akaipro.com/mpk25 . Mine works fine with Sonar Cakewalk by Bandlab still.