What are the typical working hours for a recording engineer in, say a studio that does mostly music, or a studio that does mostly commercial work?

Ihave been using pro tools for about 6 weeks now and everything has been fine. Now all of a sudden out of nowhere my computer has decided what kind of files should be assigned to pro tools! Every damn time I bounce to disk it turns into a media player file or a creative player file. I uninstalled creative and that got rid of that but media player jumps right in there.

Just wondering...with USB2 and FW drives as fast and reliable as they are now, is there any reason to have a big internal drive anymore?

Seems anything more than a small internal drive with the OS, DAW, and effects is pretty much wasted space...

Opinions?

I didn't know where to ask, so, as I always ask my questions here...

My computer is tottally F#$%$%¨up. Maybe because of a worm or something like this.

I want to format my HD and start all over, but I would like to save my email messages.

In winXP, where is the file with all the email messages (outlook express). Anyone knows the folder location?

I have a Digi 002 rack & Pro Tools 6.1.1 with bundled software, including Sample Tank SE. I have a custom built 2.6 PIV with 512 MB ram. This gear is a fairly recent acquisition, so I have a lot to learn.

I would like to minimize the monitoring latency while playing (& recording) a SampleTank instrument e.g. piano, so that it doesn't affect my performance.

:) Not kidding, an ambitiuos young studio owner expressed that his client's, before even considering doing business, ask "How many tracks you got on your board?".

This is common to a particular culture of Island Hip-Hop. So, I told him I would ask around. I told him to get the best one you can, within your budget.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
--Rick

Hello all,
I spent the better part of this afternoon trying to mic a 50 watt plexi with 25 watt greenbacks. I was shooting for a tone ala Angus Young. You know the deal, Gibson Sg--->Marshall--->Mic--->Pre--->Tape. I had the Plexi set to 3 1/2. Not that it made much difference, my ears are still bleeding and the neighbors are rioting outside my door.

I'm thinking about buying the E-mu 1820M as I like the features although it is hard to get a review on these since they are quite new. I would appreciate any feedback from anyone who knows anything about them.

I have a 48 point balanced patchbay, ready to hook up. I have a few novice questions while I try to config my gear on paper first.

1. is it OK to hook balanced to unbalanced, or do i need to configure cable?

I was reading an article about Micing choirs and the writer advised that normal 3 prong XLR cables were insufficient for live recordings due to length of run and height of microphones. The danger was picking up radio broadcasts with suspended or elevated mics. He advised that only star quad cables be used - 4 conductors plus a braided shield.