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Only my opinion... If its the Satellite P755-S5215, The MAX Memory allowed is 4GB per slot, equaling a total MAX Memory of 8GB. Saving your money Mark. Put it towards a new Laptop/Desktop workstation. I know its not easy to materialize 500 - 600 dollars but your Laptops processor is not worth investing on RAM. Matter of fact, im not even sure your CPU meets the minimum requirements to run Cakewalk by Bandlab. The RAM upgrade might help with loading soft synths but Im afraid a 2 gig upgrade wont be that productive.

You don't have to but it will free up resources.. you also have the choice to use "Render" but bounce to clips does the same thing.

Can you provide specs on your DAW PC (Mobo/CPU)

No its not normal but it is common and still happens to me once in a while. Im just taking a wild guess here but...Are you using old Project templates created in Sonar ?

Problem with USB hubs Powered/or not is that there are multiple messages being sent in to the same hub at once. I once traced down a keyboard controller issue to a hub, it just couldn't handle a keyboard, mouse, controller all at once.

I may have misunderstood, but close range monitors should always be balanced cables. An XLR - TRS cable, short length used for Speakers will run you about 20 bucks for 2 of them.

Same here. My position is 60 degrees left or right of the monitor (which is basically almost having my back to the video monitor) PS- My Fender J-Bass is the same way

I would also call it a region but I think what its really called is a selection. Notice in your photo that not only is the timeline grey itself.. but it is also darkened the clip under it ? This indicates to us, that particular region of the clip has been selected. The Grey part in the timeline simply tells us what region has been selected. You need to look at your tracks to see which ones are selected (for editing)

Yes thank you all. I appreciate the fix for the adds. Much better experience.

This is what I was going to suggest. At first I only used balanced cables for microphones, but as I draped cable over cable like a sick game of tick tack toe I realized I needed to upgrade every cable. I did and it has been a lot better. I still cant perfect cable management properly but my only issue now is my Video monitor using Fenders with single coils.

I stopped using lenses for this very reason. I only use screensets. IMO, they would have been better off to revamp screensets and making it a much bigger feature. Instead they added another feature that is almost exactly like screensets with the addition of global settings included. the worst thing is... You cant use both features together without losing something in there some where.

At that time I didn't see any either.

lets be perfectly real though, if this is what it takes to keep Cakewalk going, than im not opposed to it. I don't particularly like it, but it beats paying 300 bucks for sonar every new version.

I just saw them. Im seeing then using Windows 8 desktop

The adds you are seeing might be your browser and not this site. I haven't seen an add on this site.

I've had this go 2 separate ways.. 1- Burnout on the song and it sounds like burnt toast. 2- Force myself to finish it and it comes out amazing. I typically record songs in batches now (10 songs) and mix, master after the fact.

I've always wanted a Royer R121 or R122. I've heard great things about them and You tube videos sound amazing (after they've been put through an API)

I honestly hope the ferrite choke does the job. But I don't think its going to. When you put powered speakers, next to a powered Desktop monitor, through a powered soundcard using 2 prong outlets your in for a long day. @greg54 You can about this any way you choose but as I said previously, Its a matter of process and elimination. Start with the basics, Plug your 5 power sources (Desktop, Video monitor, Soundcard and 2 Speakers into one power strip. 1- Power up Desktop / Soundcard / Speakers 2- Find the grounding sound you are hearing. Once it is strong, Turn off the Video monitor to your desktop (you just eliminated 1 source). 3- Turn off 1 Speaker (it could be a bad cord to your speaker) Now repeat with the other speaker. Your best bet might even be to lug your gear into the kitchen (where the wiring has been updated) and check it there. If it works fine there, chances are no ferrite choke will help you.

It all depends on what im playing, when I need to dig in.. I don't want that twangy single coil sound or that 60 cycle hum. This guitar was built for one reason, it's an 03 Fender Strat with 1 pick up / 1 volume knob. The pick up in this guitar is a 1982 Seymour Duncan 59B wound by none other than maricela Juarez. I'll be totally honest, I hate the twangy sound of Strat's so much that I stayed clear of them all my life. But in 2006 I went in to guitar center to buy an amp (Marshall JCM800) I grabbed the first guitar I saw to test out the amp.. That guitar was this Strat. I was so blown away, I left with the guitar instead of the amp. Took it home and ripped it apart rebuilt it with new parts. Its not often but every once in a while you find a guitar that is simply just amazing to play and it doesn't feel like a guitar, it feels like an extension of your hand, it feels like a body part.

TBH, I don't use a vibrato bar that much either, but I do a massive amount of bending in my lead playing. This video is not a good example (because I made some mistakes in it) but you can get a good idea the type of style I play...

Ya the 10-52's are a little too heavy for me but I totally understand why some people use them, to be honest there's not much of a difference on the high E -B and G strings. But on the D- A and E strings is a big jump(.6,10,10).

Try pressing "W" to bring you back to start of project.

Yea that was pretty rough to swallow. But I agree with your troubleshooting technique of plugging everything into one multistrip via one outlet. You need to do this in order to trouble shoot the main issue. It takes unplugging almost everything and than rebuilding the power sources 1 by 1. I would start by powering everything off and using 1 outlet strip and plug everything into that 1 strip. Add essentials in one by one. if both power strips are plugged in to the same outlet, that shouldn't be a problem but the second you introduce a second power source (a different outlet) you'll be toast. I thought of mention interference before (kind of like the WIFI) but I've had stupid things, like certain wireless phones mess with my clean connections. check everything.

That will be one of my next pick ups for sure, those and the Paradigm. Also looking forward to trying out those ProSteels @HiddenSymmetry mentioned. I knew you were endorsed by EB, but I also know you to be a man of good integrity. Looking forward to checking out the M steel's.

OMG, I forgot all about the stickers . I have a guitar case (For my Fender Jazz) right next to me with one of those stickers on it. As far as the Pro steels go, never tried them but I think I will give them a shot next.