I am new here, and just 3yrs into the industry. I would like some input on my recent 8track recordings. you can listen to them at myspace.com/emeraldcitybend the first 4 are the most recent tracks, and my first stab at more than 2track.

Wondering if someone has a fast easy way to get a test tone into 26 channels at the same time to test for recording dropouts and performance.

I have a ZED16R with 16 channels of ADAT running into a FF800 with the remaining 10 inputs. I have a sine wave generator for the test tone.

Ok, so I really need some help here.

First let me start off by telling you what I have.

Machine - HP Pavillion Dv7 - Vista64 - 4gR - 250 SATA

Interface - M-Audio Firewire 410

Microphone(s) - MXL 990 & 991

DAW - Sony Acid Pro 7 - Ableton Live 8.0.4 - Reaper 3.103

Now let me tell you how I have it set up.

I am a newbie and want to purchase an entry level DAW program.
What programs allow you to sing notes to be recorded on an instrument track? I feel that I can create a new tune better by singing or whistling it than by picking out notes on a keyboard (because of inadequate keyboard skills).

Is there an inexpensive way that I can send an optical output from my 01V into my PC? Maybe a USB interface or a PCI card? I would look at the soundblaster x-fi's because they have optical in/out, but I do not have PCI express since my computer is a few years old.

I recorded a presentation in a large room and was in a hurry. Channel one is the camera shotgun mic (XLR in) and channel two is an XLR in from a mixer attached to talent mics. Presentation was spoken word, no music or singing. Channel two on the camera was set to Mic LEVEL so of course the LINE LEVEL I was given over drove the channel. What do you recommend in Audition to try to correct?

i have been trying to make demos for my band using garageband and the mic input on my MacBook. I am pleased with the sound of my acoustic electric guitar and my Yamaha digital piano plugged into the input. I can even hear it directly.

I need a solution for recording drums with the Lexicon lambda. I have been Micing drums by putting a sm58 right up against the hole on the kick, and a mxl 991 over head. The recorded sounds nice and i can mix them in seperate tracks using Cubase LE, except i cant controll the snare as much as i'd like to.

Um i need help with this damn Cubase AI4. I finally got it to where the output is going back thru the mixer instead of my speakers, but the input is no where to be found. I did exactly what the instructions said to do... Device setup... click control panel on ASIO directx full duplex driver and than click both of the USB Audio Codec things. The output shows up but there is no input.

Hello,
I've found 1 small firm producting input amplifiers. It's some small firm but on some forums everybody liked them on another forums there were different opinions about it.
The only thing i found is some samples. There is a test of 2 product marks. 6 amplifires.