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inSync Tech Tips cover over 4,800 music and audio topics spanning 15 years of technological development. Look here to find answers to your tech questions, cool tips and tools for making music, and more.

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May 23, 2001, 12:00 AM

Live mixing – digital mixer or not?

“I’m a live sound engineer, and in the past few years all of my studio friends have gotten digital mixers, and are encouraging me to do the... Read more »
May 22, 2001, 12:00 AM

Data compression in Roland VS series recorders.

“I’ve been happily using my Roland VS-880 recorder for a few years. Recently a friend of mine told me they use data compression on the recording... Read more »
May 21, 2001, 12:00 AM

Piano sound differences between home and pro keyboards.

“I’ve been using a self contained Roland keyboard at home for years. You know, the kind with built-in speakers and a cabinet. Recently I... Read more »
May 18, 2001, 12:00 AM

Hearing loss: a first hand account.

Here’s a little experiment you can do. Beg, borrow, or steal (just kidding) a variable frequency sine wave generator (a.k.a. test tone... Read more »
May 17, 2001, 12:00 AM

Optimizing the performance of your VG-8.

“I recently purchased a Roland VG-8EX from Sweetwater, to use with my Godin LGX-SA. I’m still in the beginning stages of learning how to use it,... Read more »
May 16, 2001, 12:00 AM

More on upside down waveforms.

An astute inSync reader gives us an interesting follow up to our recent Tech Tip about upside down waveform displays when bringing tracks from... Read more »
May 14, 2001, 12:00 AM

Analog versus digital levels; getting a hot enough signal to your MasterLink.

“I have read your articles about 0 reference level as well as all the articles talking about the difference between analog and digital meters. I... Read more »
May 11, 2001, 12:00 AM

How to utilize line inputs of a mixer for stage sources through a snake.

“My band uses a ’16 channel’ Mackie mixer at our live gigs. I say ’16 channel’ because it’s really 12 channels with two stereo line input... Read more »
May 9, 2001, 12:00 AM

RAM differences and Kurzweil samplers.

“I heard recently that I shouldn’t buy RAM for my Kurzweil sampler from a computer vendor. The person told me there was special RAM for my... Read more »
May 8, 2001, 12:00 AM

Upside down waveforms in a DAW.

“As a songwriter I record my demos at a studio in Nashville on ADATs (later importing them into my DAW). Recently I went back to the same studio... Read more »

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