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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.

Latest Tech Tips

Jun 16, 2000, 12:00 AM

How often should you back up your hard drive?

Back that data up, now.“I just purchased a new computer based DAW. How often should I back up my hard drives?”Every single chance you get.... Read more »
Jun 15, 2000, 12:00 AM

Backing up large files to DVD

Today’s Tech Tip reveals a subtle difference between marketing and what happens in practice.“I need to find out if it’s possible to backup a... Read more »
Jun 14, 2000, 12:00 AM

K2000 getting hot

We’ve had some recent instances of one of the oldest K2000 technical support questions reoccurring lately.“I just got a new K2VP keyboard and... Read more »
Jun 13, 2000, 12:00 AM

MX2424/Mac compatibility

The new Tascam MX2424 is a very promising 24 track hard disk recording system. These units are just starting to become available, and we expect... Read more »
Jun 12, 2000, 12:00 AM

Why do CDR discs hold 74 minutes of audio, but only 650 MB of data?

It must be that New Math.“I’ve noticed what I think is a discrepancy regarding the listed capacities of CDR discs. Many of them say something... Read more »
Jun 9, 2000, 12:00 AM

USB and the PC

USB versus the PC – it hasn’t been pretty.“I recently found out from [Sweetwater Sales Engineer] that MOTU’s MIDI Express for PC does not work... Read more »
Jun 8, 2000, 12:00 AM

Synchronizing Roland’s VSR-880 recorders

Roland’s new VSR-880 recorder is proving to be an excellent hardware solution for people in both fixed and mobile installations. These machines... Read more »
Jun 7, 2000, 12:00 AM

Trouble with playing back SMPTE data from compressed formats

We’ve had a few people recently ask questions similar to this one.“I have been using custom made audio CD’s in live gigs. They have audio on one... Read more »
Jun 6, 2000, 12:00 AM

More reasons why a hard reset doesn’t always fix a problem

inSync reader, Tom K., provides a little more background and information on the issue of hard resets and why they don’t always clear all the... Read more »
Jun 5, 2000, 12:00 AM

Networking DAW’s together

“In our studios we use about 5 DAW and the audio is stored in removable drives. Now I would like to link all five studios to a couple of... Read more »

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