Collaborative Recording Session, are you into it?Music 

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Mr. McShake
Wow. Since '86. I've only been playing since '02, but this last year I haven't played too much bass. I have been playing a lot more drums, but after hearing that riff you were playing it really makes me want to keep up with the bass more.

Thanks.
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Drums are cool. Drums and bass are so rythmic that I think if I learned the drums that it would make a better bassist out of me. I wish I was better at a lot of instruments, but time has it's way of being limited. As long as your playing music! 👍
 
I just got a new Soundcard: The majestic, wonderous, Creative Soundblaster Audigy2 sound card. This thing rocks. I can now hook up mixing tables, synthesizers and such to the computer.
 
PublicSecrecy
I just got a new Soundcard: The majestic, wonderous, Creative Soundblaster Audigy2 sound card. This thing rocks. I can now hook up mixing tables, synthesizers and such to the computer.
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👍 Right On! Did you get just the card or did you get an I/O brakeout interface as well?
 
Pako
👍 Right On! Did you get just the card or did you get an I/O brakeout interface as well?
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I have no idea what sound card I have. But, the Cakewalk program I told you about had this listed.

Uses standard Windows sound card.

I'm I OK then?

How do I find out what sound card I have?
 
Click on


Start,
Run,
then type, dxdiag
​

and click on the "sound" tab for hardware device info is one way to find out. You can also look under multimedia in the control panel.
 
Pako
Click on


Start,
Run,
then type, dxdiag
​

and click on the "sound" tab for hardware device info is one way to find out. You can also look under multimedia in the control panel.
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I did both just to be safe. lol It was both the same thing, a Realtek AC97 Audio. Thanks again. 👍
 
Solid Lifters
I did both just to be safe. lol It was both the same thing, a Realtek AC97 Audio. Thanks again. 👍
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That's good they were the same device in both places.....wouldn't know what to tell you if they had been different. :)
 
It has like 7 portholes so I should have the I/O recording jack. I believe thats it anyway. I got it for half price- i love it so much! Maybe when I get birthday cash (july) and some time on my hands (summer) I'll get a mixer or something. I cant get a keyboard though, cuz i have no room. But I wouldn't mind getting into music, except the only problem is i can't read music and have little tolerance for that stuff lol. I didn't even get a music mark because I missed all the playing tests and was constantly absent.

[Edit] I also have 2 microphones, but i know those ones that come with moniters and webcams are crap so I won't bother with them, but I can probably make a sampler or something for you to get the gist of what my idea is. I'm thinking something more industrial, because I'm more of a headbanger or a screamer (NOT to be confused with screamo...hate that stuff), but I don't mind songs from Greenday, so I'll probably aim towards something more along those lines. It's only going to be synth for now though, so until I get my own place or a soundproff room, and a guitar/ actual instrument don't expect too much good stuff lol [Edit]
 
Just giving you an update on how far I'm with setting up my PC. I still don't have the adapter I need to connect the mic to the PC, so I'm still using the headphones. lol Don't worry, when the free trial of Cakewalk Guitar Tracks 2 is up, and I actually buy it, I'll get the adapter for free with the program. That's the game plan.

I admit, I haven't played much guitar in over a year. So, my chops aren't what they used to be, but I'm getting there. Your little bass grove re-sparked my interest, and so did my new guitar. I was going to give it a week to ten days to get back to speed, and today is ten days. I ain't there yet, but I'm getting close. I'm still not completely familiar with my new guitar. I still have all the locations of the harmonics to learn, but I'm coming along nicely.

I can't find my Marshall 1X12 combo amp, so I've been stuck using the Peavey 1X8 combo. "My kingdom for four more inches!" I'm still taking about the combo amp, pervert. lol It doesn’t quite capture my hard rock guitar sound, but it does alright in a pinch. I've got the old backup guitar effects processor running which is a old and sometimes not properly working DigiTech RP-1. It took a while to set it up correctly, but I've got it on target now. I don't have any other effects, yet, but it's still in my mind to add more. I did a test run, with the headphones, and it sounds pretty good despite my playing isn't up to speed yet.

I see one potential problem; I can only send MP3s that are less than one minute long, so scratch any completed song material. I'll have to send guitar riffs and short punch ins that you'll have to loop and mix together. I know it means more work, but that's what we're stuck with.

Well, that's it for now. I'll let you know later how it's going.
 
Why are you limited to short guitar riffs? Are you limited by your email service? I have a work around if that is the problem. :)
 
Pako
Why are you limited to short guitar riffs? Are you limited by your email service? I have a work around if that is the problem. :)
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Yep, it's e-mail. All I get is 10MB. That's around one minute with Cakewalk.

What have ya' got?
 
Solid Lifters
Yep, it's e-mail. All I get is 10MB. That's around one minute with Cakewalk.

What have ya' got?
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I have lots of gmail invites. I believe they have 10mb limits per email, and 1gig total space. I can also setup a FTP for transfering files with NO filesize limitations.
 
Alright, so I've been playing guitar for a little over a year now and I sent in some stuff before but I think I've gotten better since then. I'm still interested in this project. I have a few songs written but I'm working on something that would fit Pako's bass line. Oh, I have a Fender Standard Stratocaster if you care to know and the amps are: 1982 Fender Harvard Reverb II and a 1995 Fender Deluxe 112.
 
Whats the difference between constant and variable bitrate, and what difference(s) does it make to the soind recording? This soundcard came with a whole ton of software, and i have a feeling ive only scratched the surfacr of it (the potential, not the disc :sly:).
 
PublicSecrecy
Whats the difference between constant and variable bitrate, and what difference(s) does it make to the soind recording? This soundcard came with a whole ton of software, and i have a feeling ive only scratched the surfacr of it (the potential, not the disc :sly:).
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Basically, variable bitrate can encode more or less data depending on what the particular part of the song requires.

"A VBR encode is exactly what it says: an MP3 whose bitrate changes throughout. What might not be obvious is why a VBR encode is effective or desirable. Basically, the encoder analyzes the audio file it is encoding, and changes the bitrate as it encodes based on how much data it needs to accurately describe the music you're hearing. For instance, when there is a whole lot of sound for the encoder to encode, it increases the bandwidth as needed so as not to produce artifacts. In contrast, a different part of the song might be less complex. On this part of the track, the encoder will lower the bitrate because a higher bitrate is unnecessary and simply consumes more space." - arstechnica.com
 
You betchya! I'll get it setup. It will interface with the forum there allowing up to 50mb attachments, so that should work out. You'll need a membership to the forum at www.blueonion.net/forum/

Once your setup, I'll add you to the group for the private area where you can upload/download files to.
 
Cool, I'll add you to the permission list for that link. Should be set. Upload limit set to 100mb.

Share away. :)

Let me know if there are any problems.

I'll be gig'ing out of town all weekend, so I'll see you guys next week.

~Peace~
 
ROAD_DOGG33J
Basically, variable bitrate can encode more or less data depending on what the particular part of the song requires.

"A VBR encode is exactly what it says: an MP3 whose bitrate changes throughout. What might not be obvious is why a VBR encode is effective or desirable. Basically, the encoder analyzes the audio file it is encoding, and changes the bitrate as it encodes based on how much data it needs to accurately describe the music you're hearing. For instance, when there is a whole lot of sound for the encoder to encode, it increases the bandwidth as needed so as not to produce artifacts. In contrast, a different part of the song might be less complex. On this part of the track, the encoder will lower the bitrate because a higher bitrate is unnecessary and simply consumes more space." - arstechnica.com
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Thanks a lot! 👍 I was wondering if I should I have switched it to variable bitrate, and thats sort of along the lines of what I thought it was but I left it at constant in case I was wrong and might hae messed something up. . . now I just have to find whatever I was modifying again!

[edit] Have fun Pako! [edit]
 

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