hello, couple of quick questions for any good samaritans out there

I'm trying to run my Roland synth through Ableton live 8 for recording. At this point I've gotten it to record midi, but I don't get any sound. I can record it in audio mode just fine, but for midi it just lays down the track visually and but gives no sound.

Hey guys. I've been getting a crackly hum from my guitar amp. When I start adding compression to the mix the noise shoots through the roof. I've been told that I need to use a power conditioner instead of plugging the amp straight into the wall. Is this correct?

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What did you see?

The MPC Studio is hot on my list.
UA Apollo looks ideal.

I just started recording bands and I've heard of drummers being able to lay down their track just by a click track but I've started making scratch tracks with metronomes in the headphones then going back and recording the instruments individually starting with the drums. I'm just wondering how other people record a full band?

I have a problem. When I burn mp3 music to discs all of them play fine on various CD players, DVD players etc., but some do not play on my laptop. When I put the discs in they come up as blank. I have searched everywhere on the net can't find the solution. This only happens to some of my discs and only CD-Rs. Why is this? Thank you.

Hey everyone, now that I'm working and getting money and such, I'm looking to upgrade some of my gear.

I would consider myself as as a 'pro-sumer'. I only record myself, and is pretty much how I plan to do it for a while. So with that said, I have a hard time spending more than $5-600 on any single piece of gear. What would you guys consider the price range for a pro-sumer?

When I saw this video I had to share it with a co-worker who happens to be a very accomplished drummer. This has to be the best designed Virtual Drum Kit I have ever heard. Make sure you listen in HD 720p. Amazingly dynamic and the built in sounds sound. .good! Hard to believe, yes I know. Just listen:

This has me kind of excited. Thunderbolt is here and this interface has me wanting to spend more money.