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If you are trying to record what you are playing on the keyboard itself, running a cable from the output to the PC's input will get you part of the way there. Then you need a program to record what's being played. However, if you have connected a midi cable from the keyboard to the PC, then you'll need a DAW. Please be more specific.

That's a vocoder effect he's using. It's been used many times by a wide variety of electronic artists. Such as KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, Hanzel und Gretyl, Velvet Acid Christ, Front 242, even Rob Zombie.

The Korg mini KP I've got has those effects. It's called the 'looper' effect. It works good for a stuttering effect, and gives you complete control of the pitch and speed. It's worth looking into if you got the money and want those effects.

I've done work on many guitars and bass guitars. The problem it sounds like you are having may be easily fixed. The problem with the extra string noise and vibration is usually caused by the grooves not being properly cut on the nut. Even many new guitars have this problem. Everytime you change the nut, you have to always make sure you file down the grooves so that the strings fit perfectly. Otherwise when you strum it, you will hear extra vibration noise.

You may want to check the nut to make sure the strings are sitting properly in the grooves. If not, simply remove the string, take a nailfile, and file the groove as deep as it needs to be. Be careful though. If you file too much, you'll have to replace the nut!

You should be able to buy an Amazon gift card with Paypal online though. That should get you what you need. It would be worth the search for such a low price.

Go here. You can buy 9' of dual midi cables for $6.99. One of the best deals I've seen.

The word you are looking for Bad-Man is stratification. There will always be the good, the bad, and the ugly.

At 9/14/09 10:17 PM, modem wrote:

At 9/14/09 11:06 AM, the-aenigma wrote: Unless you plan on having your material professionally mastered and mass produced on CD, or pressed to vinyl, DAW rendering quality doesn't mean a damn thing. There, I said it.
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So you would generally have to downgrade your own music files in order to upload them. Once they're uploaded to a site, they are reencoded and downgraded further.

Understand, though, that the better you preserve the audio as you recycle it through multiple mediums, that it makes a difference each time it is re-encoded.

Then again, that mentality of "quality" is certainly skewed, and ultimately all that matters is what sounds better. That coloration that you gain from additional DSP applications and D/A/D converters may play an advantage to your product versus technical preservation. In fact, a lot of this is what a lot of equipment earns it's prestigious reputation from.

I understand all too well. From having to render certain tracks multiple times at various birates and even re-editing tracks to stay within the upload limits while trying not to make it sound too crappy. Preserving the audio is the most important thing, but in the end we are really limited by a websites upload restrictions.

Peoples views and opinions on quality of sound will remain skewed as long as they don't demand a higher quality of product from download sites. That, and they just don't know any better.

Looks like someone has to put things back into perspective a bit here.

This argument about what DAW renders this quality is basically equated with a my dick is bigger than yours mentality. Unless you plan on having your material professionally mastered and mass produced on CD, or pressed to vinyl, DAW rendering quality doesn't mean a damn thing. There, I said it.

Take into consideration the fact that most websites that you can upload to, have file size limits. This prohibits a higher quality file from being uploaded. So you would generally have to downgrade your own music files in order to upload them. Once they're uploaded to a site, they are reencoded and downgraded further. Does anyone see a pattern here? By the time anyone hears your music online, the quality has usually suffered ten fold. MySpace is a good example, it's been discussed many a times here.

So, is there really a point in this argument or even validity in posting specs about DAW quality?

Congrats! You figured out how to spam the AP and piss people off at the same time! Very inspiring...

At 8/8/09 06:28 AM, jarrydn wrote:

At 8/8/09 01:33 AM, architecture wrote: I swear by Ableton, NI Komplete, and a room full of analog synthesizers and drum machines.

Really? We had no idea :P

Damn! I learn something new everyday!

With the variety of DJing software available, Google it, and find the one that fits your needs.

After reading this thread, I'm starting to question my own sexuality. Please lock this thread before we all turn gay.

Actually the first thing that should be done is use the search bar at the top. This topic has been discussed several times. With entry level consumer programs, you cannot remove vocals without destroying several frequencies in the track. If someone has accomplished this without messing up the track, prove it. Otherwise it's a waste of time. Look for the instrumental version instead.

Projects like this are a real labor of love. For this, I applaud you!!

Software companies are deliberately skimping on decent user manuals, just so they can charge people out the ass for their tutorials. I say check Youtube. It's free, and there's some damn good how-to's on there. Besides, whatever happened to the DIY or trial and error ethic with artists/musicians?

Shit, as the geezer here, I have a hardware (which by the way, we used to call outboard equipment back in the day) collection that would give most people an orgasm looking through it all. I have to say, I record a ton of tracks on my reel to reels, and even digital multitrackers, then dump it all into my pc to mix and add effects. I love my hardware, but I've been spoiled on software. I can't live without either now.

What type of modern equipment are you refering to?

FUNK, you are my new hero! Long live analog!

When I record from analog, I never use a soundcard due to latency issues. I always use a usb interface and never have any problems. So save your money on that soundcard, and just buy a usb interface that suits your needs.

You could try searching the Audio Portal, or just Google it.

Novation Bass Station is good. Some of the presets suck and could give the wrong idea of what it can do. It just takes some tweaking, and you'll have a good bass line in no time.

Well, I had two hard drive failures back in 2004-05. All the tracks that weren't recorded to tape or portable recorder were lost. So, I lost almost 20 tracks. The second drive was my backup harddrive. Fucking figures, don't it?

There is another bad incident that happened two days ago. Just before we got a bad storm, I got the bright idea to go out and record more rain and thunder(like I need more). So, after recording about twenty minutes in the rain, I got the idea of a drum track to go with it. So, I uploaded the rain track into Acid Pro 7, and then programed a drum track into my Roland keyboard. I then hit record in Acid Pro and play on my keyboard, halfway through the drums recording, the power goes out for all of five seconds. I lost everything, except what was on my portable recorder. I felt like I was going to faint. Shit happens I guess.

At 2/22/09 09:56 PM, vjm3 wrote: Hey Audio,

I use ACID 7.0 to make my songs, however it is not living up to my expectations.

I wanted to achieve a few effects using ACID 7.0, but even with the indept tutorial that comes with it I am at a loss and left frustrated.

Can anyone grant me links to other tutorials for ACID 7.0? I tried Google but all I get is advertisements and other crap.

What I want to do with ACID Music Studio 7.0 ::

-I want to take audio, say...a scream...then add a slo-mo effect to it, deeping the pitch of the scream near the end.

-I want to alter voices so they sound high-pitched or lower pitched, so I can change my own voice so it is unrecognizable.

-I want to take any song and either remove the singer...or remove everything BUT the singer.

Any help with this will be appreciated.

I've used Acid Pro on and off since version 4. Altering voices is easy. Just find a vst effect that has pitch shifting. Also you can stretch voices to make them sound like slow motion.

As for removing a voice from a song, or removing the music while leaving the voice, it's not going to happen. There is just a few programs capable of doing such a thing, and the result is less than desirable.

There's already an advertisement thread.

I was in my first band 1-800-EVIL in the 8th grade. I was the lead singer, and we actually recorded a demo to cassette. I still have the recordings, but I'm too ashamed to let anyone hear them because we sucked. We tried to sound like Slayer.

I got my first guitar when I was 15. I got my first bass when I was 19. A few years later I got a Casio and a Yamaha keyboard, and a Roland drum machine. I decided that I liked industrial music much better, so I started to emulate the bands I liked at the time. I then got into noise and experimental music. This was the days before anyone that I knew used computers to make music(even though my mom got our first computer in 1992-it was a Tandy!).

By the late 90's I was recording my own experimental music. I recorded a lot of it to cassette, then later transfered all of it to CD-R. I later remixed some of it. Also in the late 90's I really got into techno. Lords of Acid were the shit then. By 2003 I had learned to make decent sounding techno with some of the guys I played music with.

Fast foward to present day, I have found my niche making dark ambient music and sci-fi themed industrial music. I'm just not into making techno/electronic music the way I used to be. I still have a fondness for playing bass and guitar though.

I was lucky enough to get a used MicroKorg for $235. But, that was just luck. It was well worth it too. I can't think of any synths that would be good for playing live for $250. If you were willing to pay a little more, you could get a MicroKorg, or you could find a Roland Juno-D used for around $350.

It also depends on what you are going to be playing. If you are just playing piano parts, and nothing fancy, you could get a Casio or Yamaha keyboard for less than $100.

I would suggest looking around pawn shops, flea markets, yard sales, where ever you may find a good deal. I have found many high priced synths at low prices while looking around in these places.

At 2/12/09 10:42 PM, Fuiste wrote: Well, an openlabs NeKo IS basically just a computer with a bunch of MIDI controllers built in, and it only sounds as good as the patches one loads into it. I'd bet with some good synth/sampler work you could achieve the same sound quality with a decent laptop and a basic MIDI controller.

May I suggest the Axiom 49?

Sound quality wouldn't be the issue. The NeKo's are made with the professional market in mind, and the price reflects this($5000-$7000). There are currently no laptop's capable of doing what the NeKo can. Although I could be wrong. The NeKo's are just overpriced toys for people with too much money.

I do agree however, getting a midi controller and a laptop or PC with a DAW would be just as good for making music.

If you could afford something like that, it would make any PC or laptop obsolete for making music. Having something like that to play live would be a wetdream come true. But, because of such a price, most of us will just stick with our PC's, laptop's, and Macs. I'm cool with that though, I'm not made of money!

There is a simple solution. Pay Myspace the money they require for such services.