Sound quality from a soundblaster is OK until you've been using it for a long time, then u notice problems filtering through. Get a full duplex soundcard with a breakout box keeping your analogue electronics away from your noisy digital hardware. Digital hardware is often badly designed from a producing analogue noise perspective due to the fact it doesn't suffer from the noise itself. If you are not recording at all but are only rendering sounds on the computer, then any later soundblaster will do and get a CD burner. This means that your music will never see the analogue domain and therefore never get coloured. Can't be bothered to write any mor..

Hi,

I have recently gone thru all sorts of contortions to get my system tweaked and I still do not know if it is at a best performance level. I recommend you to buy the fastest (MHZ) Pentium II or III (according to your budget). This will obviously increase performance etc... You need at least one large drive of 4GB. Better is two hard drives - one for your OS and the other for your application. Try and avoid 3d FX cards with onboard ventilators - they add extra hum to the recording. The soundcard must be capable of full duplexing to allow recording and playback simultaneously. Do not buy a Creative Lab AWE card - they have nice sampling sounds but only have limited duplexing. Go for a Creative Live 1024. Finally, remember the purpose of the computer is to record songs on - try and avoid making it a file-server, CD-Burner, Scanner etc. Any additional card of device could also cause internal disturbances (noise - as mine do). A good test is to record nothing - remove all micros from the computer and attempt to
record fresh air. Playback the wave file and if you hear humming or unexplaned noises or humming then the nightmare begins...

Software is difficult to judge as there are so many applications. I like Cubase as it is well tested and does the job across the board - however it is hardware specific and purists would say it runs best with an ASIO Soundcard which generally start around the $500 price. Cakewalk is possibly better for audio recording (I am a guitarist, not a keyboard programmer...) etc... and uses an internal Windows OS pipe to shuffle sound data around. This means you can uses a "normal" full-duplexing sound card instead of an expensive one - and it sounds great too!

Regards - Brett

: I d/led some b-side and unreleased mp3s from my favorite band, but some of the recodrings are BAD. Is there any software (besides the Noise Reduction one mentioned above) that will help?

Not really - the old technical saying in music is...
"shit in - shit out"

: I have alot of IT XM MOD 667 669 files that I want to convert to wavs or mp3, can any one help

contact with me please.

Hi!

There are several products on the market. The best ones are Cubase and Cakewalk. Both offer excellent recording / midi & notational options. However, the full Studio Software is expensive. You should maybe visit both sites to see their "slimmed down" versions which cover exactly your needs. Also consider future projects you may want to get in to before you purchase anything - do not buy too slimmed down! There are also a few "cheaper" programs like "Musik Maker" etc. which also offers the things you are looking for.

regards - Brett

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: As a subject says, which plug in (DX or VST) or
: stand alone softvare is best for reducing unwanted
: noise from analog audio recording.

: Thank you in advance!

Sasha!
Try demo on this site: http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Noise_Reduction/

Very good stuff!

Try the demo versions of rebirth and fruityloops. They are the most popular and are relatively easy to use.

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Hi Stan!

I have SAW32 PLUS and it is great software. It works good on Win95/98 and they say it works even faster on WinNT.
It does not have Midi Drum editors etc... But it is really good if your mastering pure Audio tracks. Also you do
not need to watch out too much with your hardware - as you do with Cubase. It will work with almost any soundcard.
And, VST plugins now work with the latest version too.
I use Cakewalk for my Midi & Audio recording, but I also often use SAW for validating tracks and editing.

Their address is "http://www.iqsoft.com"

Hi Mike,

I have a simular setup to you but I do not have your problem. (What CPU power do you have?
It sounds like you are adding effects to the track as you record it. The system is overloaded trying to give you full duplexing (playing/recording) with effects processing. Try making your "takes" dry and add effects to them afterwards. You could also save CPU processing if you use an effects unit (as an auxilary)instead of using too many Cakewalk effects.

Regards - Brett

SAME PROBLEM.
THE-MAIL IS DISCONTINUED AND THE PROGRAM IS very nice.

You can do a similar job with AuReality building block, making a control panel that split the keyboard.

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: I would like to know if there are any other programs
: similar to Angelkeys - which allows you to set split
: points and layers as performance presets for
: an inexpensive MIDI keyboard -
: the shareware version is full of nags and
: the Angelsoftware site would not accept any
: of my credit cards - so I couldn't purchase and
: register the program.

: thanks for your help
:

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