I’ve had this device for a month now and I’m very happy with it. Reviews on the Akai EIE 16 bit version where pretty thin on the ground so buying it was a gamble. The sound quality seems very good and I’ve not noticed any latency either with midi or audio. When I record […]
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Jargon Busting – Sound Cards – ASIO
Audio Stream Input/Output (ASIO) is a computer soundcard driver that provides a low-latency and high fidelity interface between a software application and a computer’s sound card. Most of todays sound cards have ASIO drivers as their chosen driver.
Guitar Rig Mobile and Sonuus G2M
Guitar gadgets, don’t they just make your heart wanna sing? Ah well me neither but when you see stuff like these too little gadgets coming out you gotta admit it’s pretty damn cool. First off the Guitar Rig Mobile at under £80 is pretty sweet indeed – The M-Audio Jamlab is only a few quid […]
Emu 0404 PCI and Sonar Mixdown Problem
And we’re back, from outta space yes I just walked in with this sad look upon my face… Argghh EMU you have been so kind in the past why do you mock me so? STOP!!! Breathe… Feel better? Nope. Why so sad? Well it all began a few weeks ago, ebay + curiosity + £30 […]
EQ – Jargon Busting – Graphic EQ
Graphic EQ – Basically as above picture shows the ‘graphic’ eq is a series of sliders. These sliders are preset values/frequencies – the curve is created by moving the sliders up and down. A cut would mean pulling a slider down and a boost would mean moving the slider up. Other Graphic EQ’s include these […]
Emu 0404 pci sound card clicks and pops
In an earlier article I mentioned that I had installed the EMU 0404 PCI sound card. I basically got it off ebay for £30, and it was curiosity that made me go for it. Curious about it’s zero latency and the built in FX. I have a UAD card and even though I knew the […]
Setting up sound card in Sonar
Go to – ‘Options’ – ‘Audio’ Choose your preferred sound card from the drop down menu. Now we choose which kind of driver you need. If you are sure your sound card supports ‘ASIO’ then choose that option. If it doesn’t then try ‘WDM’ If you experience problems then choose ‘MME’ Make sure you click […]
Setting up Sonar on a laptop
Ok so my laptop is a compaq presario, and while I like it, there is one major flaw. The sound card. Conexxant HD. Proper rubbish. No ASIO support. Which presents a problem. So how do we solve this? Well there’s the ASIO4ALL download click here and you’re welcome to try it. The other option is […]
Introduction – Requirements
The basics first. For a computer based recording system. A PC – today most PC’s have enough power to run a basic setup. Onboard sound cards – although not the best setup – are adequate to get started. Laptops also have this bare minimum requirement. A useful download to start with is ASIO4ALL – a […]
Setting up the sound card
Go to – ‘Options’ – ‘Audio’ Choose your preferred sound card from the drop down menu. Now we choose which kind of driver you need. If you are sure your sound card supports ‘ASIO’ then choose that option. If it doesn’t then try ‘WDM’ If you experience problems then choose ‘MME’ Make sure you click […]