Condenser Mic

[blueprintstudios]

i hate the quick reply at times. this's the 2nd time i'm typin this.

anyway an update on johnson86's problem I managed to catch up with him on MSN and used teamviewer to connect to his computer to troubleshoot.
there were 0 samson c03u drivers , it's plug'n'play
his samson c03u with his sonar 6 LE had a latency of 300ms.
so I recommended www.ASIO4all.com
and realised sonar 6 LE doesn't have ASIO support (surprisingly) unless paid to update to 8.5
we don't have the time to see if it works after paying so I recommended www.Reaper.fm as the DAW while ASIO4all will control all the inputs/ouputs realtek/samson etc.
and it worked great so far at 13ms which is alot better than 300.

so right now i'm just thinking about what the rest of the guys on the mac said, if there isn't asio4all for mac, anyone knows any alternatives? maybe this thread can be useful to whoever has a high latency USB mic recording experience. esp those on a mac.

 

[grarrgrarr]

spreading the reaper virus!

remember to try the PT_8 theme downloadable from the website. It makes it much more eye-friendly.

 

[blueprintstudios]

Haha reaper's only $40usd. Best value so far for a full fledge daw

 

[AlvBobo]

I haven't personally tried reaper. But is it really as in-depth as Protools? I'm running on PT LE8. I'm running on Mac, does reaper run on Mac?

 

[blueprintstudios]

alvbobo : www.reaper.fm , pls check the specifications yourself. if it runs on mac.

 

[AlvBobo]

Wow. To be honest, I'm quite impressed with Reaper. But I'm kinda already stuck with PT. So I guess it'll take some major disappointment before I switch over the Reaper.

Cheers!

 

[blueprintstudios]

stuck is a pretty inflexible word and in this modern day and age. I've used reaper,audacity,cooledit/audition,sonar,cubase,acid,fruityloops, a little bit of garageband,protools and logic.

in the end they all work the same, any new DAW on the market, I'll be able to adapt to unless it's some new revolutionary recording method, but nothing has changed over the past few decades.so I suggest you may wanna ditch that old mindset because any professionals here would tell you they've used more than one DAW in their journey.

the plus points for each DAW would determine whether how it compliments your workflow and my cross DAW platform combination of cool edit (I used this for 10 years so I got some secret trademark I couldn't port over to cubase) and cubase (2 years) results my workflow being done no compromise cost efficiency

 

[AlvBobo]

Cool.. But thing is, like you said, they are all so similar in terms of user interface. And, the those million dollar records are all made with Pro Tools, so why back track to softwares like Reaper?

Also, because digitization is largely based on how well the quantization codes of the software is, it really isn't as simple as you said, and based on just ease of use/secret trademarks/portability/visual appearance. When converted from analogue to digital bytes, hardware and software encoding is really really really important. But because most of us, yourself included, are not selling our music for billions of dollars, I reckon we can always give and take on the scrutiny of software indifferences yea?

Just my 2cents.

 

[blueprintstudios]

It's alright u don't have to tell me about the engines and codes of DAWs.what matters is still the end results of the sound =)

 

[AlvBobo]

It's alright u don't have to tell me about the engines and codes of DAWs.what matters is still the end results of the sound =)

* Yawn... Then I suggest you go for "Sound Recorder" from windows. It sounds fantastic as well. LOL.

 

[kongwee]

But because most of us, yourself included, are not selling our music for billions of dollars, I reckon we can always give and take on the scrutiny of software indifferences yea?

Just my 2cents.

Well, I earn some pocket money from my DAW.

 

[AlvBobo]

Well, I earn some pocket money from my DAW.

You're running a recording studio?

 

[blueprintstudios]

Alvbobo: well thank you for your suggestion ill try return a bigger yawn cos youre 13 years late but that's pretty hard for me to do so cos I work 9 to 6 office dayjob and 7 to 11 blueprintstudios and I still get my 8 hours of rest daily. I hope you continue amusing yourself.

http://www.soft.com.sg/forum/google...=Sndrec32&sa=Search&siteurl=www.soft.com.sg/a

 

[kongwee]

You're running a recording studio?

No. I earn from doing demo.

 

[AlvBobo]

No. I earn from doing demo.

Cool dude.. wish I can do the same.

 

[studio2105]

I thikn the major lesson that we can learn from all this is that "home recording" ... as the marketing pundits call it isn't as simple as "plug and play" as claimed. There is a very good reason why it's called audio engineering. Anyone who wants to dabble in it, even in its most simplest form must be willing to delve into the science of it.

And that means knowing terminologies, understanding basic concepts and above all practice and build skills based on proven solid facts and methods. Not guesswork or assumption that is the realm of the hobbyist.

 

[blueprintstudios]

Very true.I like to think audio engineering like cooking.you can cook restaurant dishes level in your very home kitchen but you still need to have good technique and practise for it.watching yan-can-cook-so-can-you won't make you a real chef without passion

 

[studio2105]

Very true.I like to think audio engineering like cooking.you can cook restaurant dishes level in your very home kitchen but you still need to have good technique and practise for it.watching yan-can-cook-so-can-you won't make you a real chef without passion

Precisely. But magazine ads, gear retailers and Inter-KNOT forums will NEVER admit that