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Using my PC to record/make music???

#22
I'm new to this business as well, so I got a question too. This latency problem, is it occuring when you want to listen to the track you record? I guess it's not the same as getting audio and midi-track in sync... or?

And, which sequencer is the best for recording mainly audio-tracks? I've heard a lot of good about Nuendo, but I'm using Logic 4.5 right now.

Lars
 
#23
Originally posted by carl-anton
I'm new to this business as well, so I got a question too. This latency problem, is it occuring when you want to listen to the track you record? I guess it's not the same as getting audio and midi-track in sync... or?
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In my experience, latency is a crucial issue only when recording (overdubbing). Let's say you have a steady beat recorded already, and you want to lay a bass track on top of it. If you have high latency with your card's settings, everything you play will be slightly off-beat (bass tone comes AFTER the beat), no matter how tight it sounds while you record. So if you have noticeable latency on your system, you will have to edit each recorded wave afterwards so that it will sync with the background. It's not impossible to just edit it out (at least with most software it isn't), but incredibly tedious.

Latency also occurs as mixing latency, i.e. how long it will take before a change in a plug-in's settings or a fader setting is noticeable in playback. It shouldn't be much of a problem, though.

There is lots more to this than what I know, and I'm sure the geeks over at www.homerecording.com can tell you more if you want to. Although I have to say that I do well with the little knowledge I have. :D
And, which sequencer is the best for recording mainly audio-tracks? I've heard a lot of good about Nuendo, but I'm using Logic 4.5 right now.
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If you're satisfied with Logic and know the software, keep it. If it's the Gold or Platinum version, we're talking professional quality algorithms. But Nuendo has a very good reputation, and I think JMX can tell you more about that. Over to JMX... :)
 
#24
Thanks Oysterman :D

Emagic (Logic) and Steinberg are the big players in audio sequencing.
They're basically at the same level, each one has it's strong points and weaknesses.
There are die-hard Logic and Cubase fans, so each one will tell you the other software sucks, etc.... :rolleyes:

You can't go wrong with Logic, especially when you're just starting out. People who cross-upgrade from Cubase have difficulties learing the new interface, but it has some advantages over Cubase (Screensets).
The effects are very good, and Logic is VST-compatible (to some extent).
Logic supports ASIO, but also has it's own driver system called EASI. Both are supported by the Midiman Delta cards.
Important: The dongle of versions prior to Logic Audio Platinum 4.81 are not 2k/XP-compatible yet.
Logic 4.81 is 2k-capable, but you need an update from Emagic. Hopefully Logic 5 (scheduled for january 7th 2002) will fix this, and it's rumoured to be able to kick Steinberg's butt pretty hard. The cracked version is reported to run fine on 2k/XP ;)


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#28
Well yesterday marks a day of success for me. I managed to actually record an audio track on my PC!

Bearing in mind I've only had it up & running (with speakers) since Friday and that was teh first time I'd even looked at Cubase, I'm fairly proud.

Not so proud however that it took me an hour to realise I had the line-in coming out of the input socket in my BFX-708.... DOH!

Also, found out my sound card will only record at 16-bit. Darn it.


Question: when 'they' say a mixer is 16:4 - as in 16 input to 4 bus - what does the 4 bus mean?
 

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