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Audioon 2/18/2008
Problems with UAD plugins and Vegas 8.0b
Unfortunately the Faderport isn't supported by Sony apps. The BCF2000 will work under Mackie emulation pretty well though. There's a white paper on it and also a lot of forum posts that reference it. I'd get the Faderport and sell it to pay for the BCF2000.
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Audioon 2/7/2008
Sound Card for 5.1 Monitoring
If you're on a tight budget, you can't go wrong with a used Echo Gina 24 or Layla 24. Biggest difference is that the Layla has more inputs but both have a total of 10 outputs (8 analog, 2 digital). Very solid, reliable units. If budget allows, I'd go for an RME unit like the Multiface or Fireface models.
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Audioon 2/4/2008
Sound Card for 5.1 Monitoring
I personally would look for a used Echo Gina 24 (8 analog outputs). Very solid and reliable. In fact, I'd jump on this one if you catch it in time (apparently the seller has 2 of these). http://cgi.ebay.com/ECHO-GINA-24-PCI-AUDIO-INTERFACE-SOUNDCARD-GREAT COND_W0QQitemZ280194629199QQihZ018QQcategoryZ41784QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Audioon 1/21/2008
Puzzled about audio effects
I would just echo the 1st sentence in MarkWWW's reply. Generally when audio folks begin seriously working with video, most will have similar comments as the original poster in that they simply cannot see or understand the reasoning behind many of the workflow features and functions in the the video editing software. And like here, they will typically start arguing that there must be some kind of design flaw because it doesn't make sense to them. From a brain science/learning perspective this can partly be explained under the theory of "state dependent learning." The brain learns and adapts to certain ways and methods of understanding and behaving via repetitive action, environmental factors and various states of consciousness. From a psychological perspective, it is seen as arrogance.
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Audioon 1/13/2008
Keyboard shortcut weirdness
"Turn num-lock on." LOL!! Thanks Ken! ;-O
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CD Architecton 12/14/2007
CDs Burnt In CD Architect Don't Play
If you're burning at 52x try experimenting with 8x, 16x or 24x. Every burner seems to have an optimal speed for burning audio discs and its rarely 52x. I have 3 Plextor burners and would never burn anything but a data CD at 52x and then only if it wasn't critically important. Also try some different media - Taiyo Yuden gives me consistently excellent results. Just keep experimenting and make sure to download the latest firmware for your burner.
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Audioon 11/29/2007
Mackie MCU Pro Question
"ACID 6 and Vega 8 use a new and updated driver for the MCU. This could be the cause. Vegas 6 and 7 essentially use the original driver. As I stated the Vegas 8 driver will never work in older version of Vegas. However, you could TRY using the ACID 6 driver with Vegas 6/7, but it may crash Vegas. No promises." Thanks Peter. This certainly makes sense. I'll try this over the weekend and post back.
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Audioon 11/28/2007
Mackie MCU Pro Question
Peter - Please post back if you are able to test an MCU Pro. It seems quite weird that it works fine with Acid 6 and Vegas 8 but not Vegas 6/7.
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Audioon 11/28/2007
Mackie MCU Pro Question
OK, I appreciate the clarification Peter and thanks again.
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Audioon 11/28/2007
Reinstalling WIndowsXP/lose Vegas installs?
My computer tech recently did a reinstall of XP home on my secondary system when he replaced the mobo and I didn't have to reinstall any of my apps. Didn't lose a thing.
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Audioon 11/28/2007
Mackie MCU Pro Question
"The original MCU works as expected in 6 and 7. I cannot explain why the MCU Pro works in 8, but not 6 or 7. The only difference between the emulation mode and native MCU mode is automatic detection. If the emulation mode works with the MCU Pro in 6 and 7, you should use it. You are not loosing anything. Peter NOTE: DO NOT ATTEMPT to use the MCU driver that comes with Vegas 8. It is NOT compatible with previous versions of Vegas and will crash Vegas 6/7." Thanks Peter. I'm not sure about "not losing anything" in emulation mode. The MCU Pro does not show the master track properly. In my very quick analysis of how things were working, I discovered that depending on the project, the master could show on any of the other 8 tracks. For example, I put up 2 tracks into a project in Vegas 6/7 and the master showed up on track 3 - it should show up at the master, correct? It does so in Vegas 8. So it appears that what I lose with emulation is accurate MCU mapping. Do I have to assign the mapping to get it to operate correctly? This is something I wanted to avoid by purchasing the MCU. Thanks again.
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Audioon 11/27/2007
Mackie MCU Pro Question
Bump
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CD Architecton 11/24/2007
Best type CD for burning?
My guess is that your CD burner is the issue. Try burning at different speeds (between 8 & 16 is usually good). There are lots of reports with CD/DVD burners in laptops -even the most current models. That being said, try some Taiyo Yunden silver media. Even tho they're 80 min, many mastering engineers use them and I've been using them for about 5 years and I wouldn't use anything else for audio. I use Plextor burners and with this combination the error rates are so low that its not even worth discussing.
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Audioon 11/24/2007
Mackie MCU Pro Question
UPDATE: Received the new replacement MCU Pro and installed in my new system (quad core Q6600 w/Asus P5K mobo, 3 gigs ram, Seagate drives, RME Multiface-2, XP Pro). The MCU shows up fine via USB with Acid 6.0d but won't show in Vegas 7. It shows that the same 4 USB audio device ports are available as in Acid, but no Mackie device is detected. I experiemented with choosing Mackie emulation and it does work but of course if I wanted to work with "emulation" I could have saved $950 and kept my BCF2000. BTW, I also tried using a midi connection (midi-sport-2) but I couldn't get Acid or Vegas to detect the MCU although the ports do show up as choices. Also, I haven't yet installed Vegas 6 or 8 but will try that later today. So Peter, any suggestions? Thanks! EDIT - Update: Installed Vegas 6 and Vegas 8. The MCU Pro is detected properly in Vegas 8 but not v.6. So there seems to be an issue here with Vegas 6 & 7 with the MCU Pro - they won't detect the "Mackie Device" and only work in emulation mode. Any thoughts?
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Audioon 11/20/2007
New USB audio box records to SF but not Vegas
Are any other programs open that this interface is assigned to while trying to record in Vegas. If so, close all but Vegas and see if that fixes it.
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Audioon 11/15/2007
Mackie MCU Pro Question
Thanks Peter - I never got that far because I definitely discovered that the unit was defective (2 of the faders failed calibration) so I am in the process of an exchange. To my knowledge, I've never used Windows midi ports in my current system - only the Layla 24 midi and an older USB midi-sport. I just upgraded to a Multiface 2 for a new quad core system that I'm picking up tomorrow. At any rate I don't think I'm experiencing the problem you describe but I'll know more after I receive the replacement MCU and try it out. Thanks again!
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Audioon 11/15/2007
Mackie MCU Pro Question
Thanks everyone for your replies. In the meantime I did determine that the unit I received is defective and an exchange is in transit (Full Compass is a very good company BTW). I do have plenty of midi options (Multiface-2 and a midi-sport) but I am wanting to use the USB connection if possible. Thanks again Peter for explaining this.
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Audioon 11/14/2007
Mackie MCU Pro Question
Bump! Does anyone have an answer to this? Surely I'm not the only audio only user employing an MCU Pro . . . ?
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Audioon 10/26/2007
what is there for us laptop users?
I agree with Geoff. If you don't need 8 analog outputs, then you have a great deal of options like the mixer he suggested. You should go to the various manufacturers' websites to obtain further info on the various models you're interested in (specific features, specs, etc).
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Audioon 10/26/2007
what is there for us laptop users?
I suggest that you re-read my first reply that included recommending the Presonus products. IMO, if you want 8 I/O, this is your best approach for anything under $800. If you want a control surface as well, then you're going to be looking at around $1000 just to get in the door. Hobbies can get expensive . . .
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Audioon 10/23/2007
Studio surround monitors recommendations?
Personally I would choose either the Dynaudio BM5a w/matching sub or Adam A7 with matching sub. Street price a little less than $3300 for either of these systems.
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Audioon 10/22/2007
what is there for us laptop users?
"Drbam - the USB mic has it's own converter and monitoring output. *Presumably* this is what the OP finds to have excessive delay" Yes, my mistake Geoff - I stand corrected. And I yes agree, a USB mic is not intended for serious audio use and that was my main point. However, they are starting to market these things as such and I think it is grossly misleading. I've read several reviews, tests and shootouts on many of these and every model imparts varying degrees of self-noise (high frequency crap, evidently related to USB). Perhaps the manufacturers will work out this problem but even if they do, I personally have no need or desire to own one.
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Audioon 10/20/2007
what is there for us laptop users?
Is USB ok? Depends on your definition of what constitutes ok. For me a USB mic would not be ok - far from it. The onboard soundcard in any system is one of the first things I disable when setting up for serious audio. A USB mic would be utilizing the soundcard's awful converters on top of the noise that virtually every USB mic imparts into the signal. But in your original post you were asking for something that would allow you to transfer 8-16 tracks for editing/mixing . Now you're back to the USB mic thing. If that's all that you want to do then I personally can't assist but perhaps someone else around here might. What I can say is that you will not get "ZERO latency" with an onboard soundcard so an upgrade in that area is madatory if you absolutely need zero latency.
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Audioon 10/19/2007
what is there for us laptop users?
Forget about using a USB mic. Get a decent firewire interface (apparently Sony is partnering with Presonus on some hardware/software bundles) so a Presonus unit like the FP10 would probably work quite well for what you want to do. There are many other FW interfaces that also work well with Sony's apps (MAudio, Echo, RME, etc). Leave the USB gear the target market which podcasters and songwriters.
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