Looking for advice...Home Computer Instrument Recording???

[yorksrvc]

Kirk....don't get me all upset now.....I "ignorantly" spent all this $$ on Live 5, so......it better do what I want as I'm now forced to use it. Having said that, I will look into Acid Planet. What I'm finding with Live 5 is that much of the program is effects, so after with playing with all that now, I can go back and focus on what I need. A guy at work told me to watch my mixing, due to the different outcome on different playing devices. He was right! I mixed my one project through my Tone Port and headphones, then played it back through my computer. BIG DIFFERENCE!! Too much bass, too much effects on some tracks, etc. .......Hey! Bottom line..it's fun! I am realizing my playing limitations too. I've got to get back up to par, so it's instrument practice for me as well. It's all good!!! I guess my biggest problem is all the excitement I have about it...........it's hard to contain and thus, I create my own frustrations. BUT!!! AGAIN!!! It's all good and I get allot of satisfaction from it too. Keep the advice and insight coming......much appreciated.

[kirk]

Originally Posted by yorksrvc

I "ignorantly" spent all this $$ on Live 5,

A guy at work told me to watch my mixing, due to the different outcome on different playing devices.

for starters, those efx are VST and/or DXi, so they're compatible w/
any windows based program, including acid and sonar as of the latest versions.
that alone makes it worth having.
the programs profile efx in the system, make them available.

re:mixing- how we watch our mixing is called monitoring.
the mix is only as good as what we listen w/.
wait until you take the mix to your car stereo!

even upper end $200+ headphones are not accurate for mixing.
commercial stereo speakers are "colorized" or enhanced at
certain frequencies, so ditto. it is nice to monitor final mixes on
home speakers, so you can tell what the listeners will hear.
you're eventually going to need a pair of nearfields.
there's some decent ones under $200 if you put in the research.
i started w/ yorkville ysm1s, a steal at the price-
http://www.musiciansbuy.com/YORKVILL..._MON_EACH.html

i recently invested in a pair of these-
http://www.mackie.com/products/studi...ors/index.html
..the 824's on the L. listening to my older mixes, i wish i'd of made
the move sooner.

i can relate to finding musical limitations. i push myself whenever
i begin to feel comfortable. in the process, i've leaned percussion,
the flute, and now i'm sputtering into the chapman stick.

one cool thing that's happened, is the advent of soft synths.
you can add the arturia moogs, garritan strings for around $200,
as compared to buying hardware versions, control them w/ a lowend
midi keyboard. http://www.arturia.com/en/minimoog/minimoogv.php

i have these, and i'm in love w/ the absynth 3, a sound designer's dream.
http://www.arbitermt.co.uk/ni/products/absynth3.htm

kirk