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by AJOwens
Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:10 pm
Forum: Help and How To
Topic: Reaper to Keyboard Problems
Replies: 5
Views: 1159

Re: Reaper to Keyboard Problems

I think you need to set up a send from the recorded MIDI track to your MIDI hardware out, and physically connect your MIDI out to your keyboard MIDI in. Then you need to set up an audio track to receive from your keyboard's audio out. I'm away from my studio for the weekend (in beautiful NYC) but wh...
by AJOwens
Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:37 am
Forum: Help and How To
Topic: Variable Latency in Cubase LE 4
Replies: 10
Views: 1677

Re: Variable Latency in Cubase LE 4

OK, I've looked into this a bit. There are two kinds of latency issues. The most common is where you are trying to record, but the sounds are coming back through your monitors a little bit after you play them. This is easy to fix -- monitor your inputs instead of the recording track -- but anyway it...
by AJOwens
Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:27 am
Forum: Help and How To
Topic: Variable Latency in Cubase LE 4
Replies: 10
Views: 1677

Re: Variable Latency in Cubase LE 4

What I'm trying to figure out is why the Reset button clears the problem temporarily, because I think that's the best clue we've got. I've checked the online version of the manual for the Lexicon Lambda Pro to see what the Reset button actually does, but it's not very forthcoming, and anyway I'm not...
by AJOwens
Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:19 am
Forum: Help and How To
Topic: Variable Latency in Cubase LE 4
Replies: 10
Views: 1677

Re: Variable Latency in Cubase LE 4

If pressing Reset in the Audio Devices dialog box helps (and I've looked at the Lambda documentation online, and I assume this is a Mac and you are on the buffer settings page), that strongly suggests a driver problem (or possibly some kind of hardware problem) where the buffer is not getting flushe...
by AJOwens
Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:53 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Take two. Hell, take the whole lot. (double take reviews)
Replies: 70
Views: 14503

Re: Take two. Hell, take the whole lot. (double take reviews)

So despite blatantly sarcastic remarks geared in an insulting, and not constructive, manner... Doug whooped ass. People know a better song no matter how you want to break it down. Even bigger of a victory IMO is that it was his first entry. I'm struck with a line from High Fidelity: "You feel ...
by AJOwens
Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:35 am
Forum: Sidefights and Highlights
Topic: new secret hxaro
Replies: 25
Views: 4416

Re: new secret hxaro

How do you sign up? [Oh, PM the Secret Hxaro Santa -- right.]
Is there a deadline? Do you just pick a song and hope that others don't pick the same one, or is that organized somehow?
by AJOwens
Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:47 am
Forum: Quality Control
Topic: frequent server errors
Replies: 12
Views: 1595

Re: frequent server errors

I had half a dozen consecutive errors just trying to read your answers. Perhaps "sporadic" is a better word, but they do seem to be happening more often. (I first encountered one late last week.)
by AJOwens
Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:39 pm
Forum: Quality Control
Topic: frequent server errors
Replies: 12
Views: 1595

frequent server errors

Getting a lot of these lately when trying to read the RNZB reviews thread -- most recently 9:37 EDT. Logging in may have helped, but then I got one trying to log out. Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please co...
by AJOwens
Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:15 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: The Brawl For It All (Robot Ninja Zombie Bear Reviews)
Replies: 58
Views: 13722

Re: The Brawl For It All (Robot Ninja Zombie Bear Reviews)

jast wrote, I'd suggest some (more?) reverb on the whatever-it-is that sets in right at the beginning. The whatever-it-is is a physical model called a salterium, programmed into SynC Modular and then donated to the public by some unheralded genius. Several people have said the singing is hard to he...
by AJOwens
Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:44 am
Forum: Monkey Business
Topic: The Internet is made of cats
Replies: 1
Views: 912

The Internet is made of cats

-- and there's a song about it.
by AJOwens
Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:55 am
Forum: Monkey Business
Topic: The Great Big Songfighter Birthday Thread
Replies: 1490
Views: 197201

Re: The Great Big Songfighter Birthday Thread

Rone Rivendale wrote: And let's not mention 30th B-Days, mine is coming up and it feels like a freakin' death sentence. :(
Happy birthday, Rone! I'd give my wisdom teeth to be 30 again.
by AJOwens
Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:49 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: The Brawl For It All (Robot Ninja Zombie Bear Reviews)
Replies: 58
Views: 13722

Re: The Brawl For It All (Robot Ninja Zombie Bear Reviews)

Berkeley Social Scene -- A jazzier feel than usual. well-executed rhythmic transitions. The arrangement is very clean; every instrument has a distinct role and there's good tonal and spectral separation between them. The singing is a bit flip, but that seems to be in the spirit of this fight. A pos...
by AJOwens
Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:13 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: The Brawl For It All (Robot Ninja Zombie Bear Reviews)
Replies: 58
Views: 13722

Re: The Brawl For It All (Robot Ninja Zombie Bear Reviews)

I'm all for raining opprobrium, but it's not like friend-flooding never happens here. It's the reviews that count. I'm sure you can redeem yourself by posting some. :wink:
by AJOwens
Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:00 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: The Brawl For It All (Robot Ninja Zombie Bear Reviews)
Replies: 58
Views: 13722

Re: The Brawl For It All (Robot Ninja Zombie Bear Reviews)

Maxo wrote:I already apologized for it. It was in bad taste. I still got nothing but good reviews, maybe I would have won anyway.
The thing is, you'll never know.
by AJOwens
Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:15 pm
Forum: Silly Polls
Topic: how many bits? (32-bit vs 64-bit)
Replies: 7
Views: 4530

Re: how many bits? (32-bit vs 64-bit)

My entire studio is two-bit. :wink:
by AJOwens
Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:17 pm
Forum: Help and How To
Topic: Evening out the volume on a track (in Reaper)
Replies: 11
Views: 1041

Re: Evening out the volume on a track (in Reaper)

I knew you could do that in theory, but I didn't now the exact steps. Thanks. I agree with you about the use of volume envelopes. I've used them to bring up the intensity of one or more instruments gradually throughout a song, or to take one instrument down a bit when another comes in. I used to use...
by AJOwens
Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:02 pm
Forum: Help and How To
Topic: get an awesome softsynth
Replies: 2
Views: 918

Re: get an awesome softsynth

SynC Modular, which has been compared to Reaktor, is now free -- see Google for details.
by AJOwens
Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:08 pm
Forum: Television
Topic: The Simpsons (and pop culture)
Replies: 23
Views: 3739

Re: The Simpsons (and pop culture)

The Itchy and Scratchy Show. Gotta love the fur-coat episode.
by AJOwens
Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:00 am
Forum: Help and How To
Topic: Free Plug ins
Replies: 417
Views: 127850

Re: Free Plug ins

According to this page, SynC Modular is now free. SynC Modular is the precursor to Reaktor. It's a program that lets you assemble basic sound synthesis modules (VCOs, VCRs, VCFs, and much, much more) into your own custom synths. Over the years, SynC Modular fans have posted various sythesizer design...
by AJOwens
Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:53 am
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: My mechanical paw is all over this one (prefight)
Replies: 60
Views: 6229

Re: My mechanical paw is all over this one (prefight)

mcmilkplusuk wrote:I think that's what they call 'the nick of time'

Just made it.
[EDIT]
Relax, these guys are on Pacific time. It's not even eight o'clock there yet. By my reckoning, you still have [two] whole hours.
by AJOwens
Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:35 am
Forum: Help and How To
Topic: Evening out the volume on a track (in Reaper)
Replies: 11
Views: 1041

Re: Evening out the volume on a track (in Reaper)

Thanks. I had to retrack the vocals to add another verse for Robot Ninja Zombie Bear (I figured I'd never duplicate the original timbre). This time I stayed about six inches from the mic, moving in for the bassier part. It improved the tonal quality, but I still had to even off the level with a bit ...