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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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Aug 2, 1999, 12:00 AM

Making Pro Tools generate LTC with a MTPAV

Correction to our recent Tech Tip on getting Pro Tools to be the master and send SMPTE, via a MOTU MTP/AV, to other devices. This used to be a... Read more »
Jul 23, 1999, 12:00 AM

Introduction of Drum Recording Summit

Okay, as promised, this is the formal announcement of the upcoming Drum Recording Summit. In the spirit of our past Summits (Piano Miking,... Read more »
Jul 22, 1999, 12:00 AM

Making Pro Tools generate SMPTE and be the master sync device

Today’s inSync question comes from Boris in Venezuela.“I‘m running Pro Tools 24 MIX plus ver 4.3.1. My sync device is a MOTU MTP-AV, which works... Read more »
Jul 21, 1999, 12:00 AM

Fun with Beat Munging

Our friend Larry Nelson from Emu/Ensoniq sends us this handy tip on one of the hippest features of the new Emu samplers:Many of you have... Read more »
Jul 20, 1999, 12:00 AM

More on using the ear from drum mike placement

More follow up to the recent tips in drum mike positioning. In the 7/6/99 issue of inSync we wrote about using one ear to listen to the drums... Read more »
Jul 19, 1999, 12:00 AM

More on drum miking

Drum Miking again?“In keeping with the recent topic of drum miking, I have a question about snare drums. It seems in every interview I read ‘big... Read more »
Jul 16, 1999, 12:00 AM

TDIF transfer and sync issues among Tascam DA series machines.

We get questions about AES/EBU and the similarity with mic cords a lot. Many people are confused about whether or not you’re really supposed to... Read more »
Jul 14, 1999, 12:00 AM

TDIF transfer and sync issues among Tascam DA series machines.

There is a common misconception that the TDIF protocol among all the DA series machines is the same. This is not true. The DA-88 does not... Read more »
Jul 13, 1999, 12:00 AM

Two monitors on a Mac with a DAW

It’s so easy (and nice) to get two (or more) monitors up and running on a Macintosh that many people are inquiring about how that works with the... Read more »
Jul 12, 1999, 12:00 AM

Tuning 12-string guitars

Today’s question is one of the more unusual we’ve had recently: “A friend of mine has a 12-string guitar, but he took 6 off because he said he... Read more »

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