Tuning your studio space
Anyone can buy a bunch of equipment and make recordings, but there are many more things that go into success. One is simply the recording and... Read more »
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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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Sep 13, 2000, 12:00 AM
Sep 12, 2000, 12:00 AM
Signal Integrity on Half-Normalled Connections
“On a half-normalled bay, what is the electrical effect of splitting the audio signal? In other words, how does the level and impedance change... Read more »
Sep 11, 2000, 12:00 AM
Output levels with Roland’s XV-5080
Over the years we’ve had many people write in asking what Roland’s plans were to replace their S760 sampler that was discontinued a few years... Read more »
Sep 8, 2000, 12:00 AM
Problems uploading MP3 files to websites
“I’m a Mac user and I’m trying to encode my audio files (in AIFF format) into MP3s to upload to a music delivery site. When I follow the... Read more »
Sep 6, 2000, 12:00 AM
Audio card quality when inside of a computer
The actual submitted question we are using for today’s Tech Tip was quite long, but the gist of it is as follows:“I have a SoundBlaster Live... Read more »
Sep 5, 2000, 12:00 AM
AIFF versus Sound Designer II files
“With regard to audio file formats, are there advantages to AIFF over SDII or vice versa?”These are both uncompressed file formats, which means... Read more »
Sep 1, 2000, 12:00 AM
SCSI vs. ATA Follow-Up
We received a lot of positive feedback on last week’s ATA versus SCSI tips (see inSync 8/22 & 8/23). Most people who had an opinion agreed SCSI... Read more »
Aug 31, 2000, 12:00 AM
USB MIDI problems on new G4 Macs
There’ve been recent reports of unreliable USB MIDI communication with the newest G4 Power Macs. We have confirmed through our own testing that... Read more »
Aug 30, 2000, 12:00 AM
ISRC code issues
“Where can I find a listing of the ISRC codes to plug into Masterlist CD? I’ve heard that some CDR duplicators can’t copy CD’s with mixed... Read more »
Aug 29, 2000, 12:00 AM
Why are my two DAT machines giving me different analog levels with the same digital signal?
“I’ve been reading your excellent tips about +4 versus -10 level issues, and about digital levels. I understand what 0 dBFS is, but what I don’t... Read more »