I'm running the following setup & I can't seem to eliminate the hiss in my vocals. The quality of the vocals themselves sounds great, but there is always a hiss there nonetheless:

M-Audio Sputnik Microphone -> PreSonus BlueTube DP Pre-Amp -> M-Audio Firewire 1814 I/O -> Garageband on a MacBook.

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Theres a problem with my mic, when i record there is response from the mic with the green bar going up only when i make the sound into the mic but when i record its a complete noise like when a TV channel stops working and you see a black and white dots everywhere and its makes that hush sound non stop.. no idea why this is .. its just happened out of know where..

any thoughts?

I'm thinking of retiring a rack full of venerable Crown amps (VZ5000, 3600 & 2400) and replacing them with something a bit more modern, such as MC2: http://www.mc2-audio.co.uk/

Has anyone owned, used or tried out this keyboard MIDI controller?

I'm looking for an 88 keyboard or controller with a lot of knobs, and extra buttons to control just about anything and this looks like the one for me. I just want to be sure it'll really do what I need it to do.

Im using Sonar 6 PE on my PC but Im switching to an intel iMac and need some advice. I want something just as powerful as Sonar, maybe something a major rock producer would use. I mean of course other than pro tools.

Thanks for the help!

Hey, I recently got a VERY bad virus because of a stupid friend. So I reformatted my PC. I dled the newest driver for my fast track pro becuase i cant use the disk that came with it cause my CD drive is broke but I CANNOT get the stupid thing to work ive tried EVERYTHING! Ive tried the advice on maudios site and everything it won't work AT ALL!

How is data for CDdb / freedb uploaded

I know a compatable player like, Ultra Tag Editor 2.2.3, Cdmax 1.7.6
CoolCD Studio 1.4, to name just a few, will be required,
but which of the players is the best and how do you get the info to CDdb or freedb.

I'm having a problem with these 2 pieces of equipment together. When i have the boss GT8 running with the amplifier it creates a muffling sound almost like the input is too strong causing the sound. How ever I asked on GT8 site and they said to lower the volumes and nothing really changed and it's still the same...

I'm setting up a simple computer recording system for a friend and wanted to see what the good folks here thought of the specs on the computer he's looking at.