whats the difference in sound deadening and sound diffusion?

i have read the comment somewhere on this site "you need to diffuse instead of deaden."
i thought it was the same thing.

I'm just starting to dip my feet in the waters of MIDI sound modules and I wanted to know people's opinions on what is hot and what is not in the world of modules. We have a Yamaha SY-99 connected to a Roland JV1080 at our school and it's pretty sweet...but I want to know what else is out there, good and why.

Hi Everyone...

My first post here! Have a very basic question...

I do home recording (for fun) with an Akai DPS16. I have an RNC Compressor and would like to add a touch of compression to the final mix (going to my Philips CD burner).

Hello all,

Like most here I'd assume, I'm your average bedroom engineer/producer. You know - the one with the massive DAW station, that thinks he's one plugin away from the sound of the big boys, and is only a few more late nights away from releasing the next_big_thing despite the fact that he's got precious little time to hone his craft...

Hi everyone,

This is my first time posting on this forum, and I've got some questions about upgrading my crappy old PIII-733 DAW - basically, what would you recommend? I'm after a CPU, mainboard, and RAM to go along with my Delta 66 and vidcard.

OK guys and gals...what is the standard "newbie question" that we have all seen posted about 3 million times on every forum from here to Timbuktu?

"I am getting pops and crackles in my song...waaaaaa!"

There are tons of reasons for this...buffer values...defragging the HD...CPU usage overload (too many channels and/or plugs), etc...

Is it at all possible to bounce, or save tracks in a digital format in PRO TOOLS any faster than real time. In other words, have two stereo tracks already saved (music), add in a mono track (voice), and then save as before burning to CD. Am I just dreaming or is it possible? :confused:

O.K., I kinda have the hang of mixing (at leat I understand the principles of it) and I get pretty decent mixes. But now I need to learn how do mastering, but other than making my CDs louder and having that punch that commercial CDs have, I'm not even sure what I should be really be looking for, what I should be useing, the whole thing. Is there any online tutorials I should check out?

i can do a song for you for free... thadude@fastmail.ca email me a link with it in wave... and i will email it back to u... Got nothing but time need something to make me busy...

Hi everyone, I just stumbled upon this forum a coupla minutes ago and from my initial impressions, it's a godsend!