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So, you want to record yourself, your band, or someone else at home. You have never recorded anything on a computer and are not sure where to start. The first thing you want to do is ignore everything complex and simply try to get used to the idea of recording on a computer. This article is for you and will walk you through the process of installing your home recording software all the way to recording your first few tracks. Help me get started»

Latency is a word you hear thrown around the digital audio world quite a bit. A lot of people use the word latency to mean a lot of different things, and often are not clear on what it does actually mean or how it will affect their home studio workflow. You will often hear salesmen or so called experts recommending this gear over that gear because you will get better latency. The truth of the matter is latency does not matter at all for the recording needs of nearly every home recording enthusiast. Most of you literally should not care about latency at all. Learn about latency»

Line 6 have finally released a document detailing the function of their FBV series pedals with POD X3. Following are highlights of the capabilities of FBV, FBV Shortboard and FBV Express with POD X3 along with a short assessment of each unit. Tell me about these pedals with POD X3 »

Does the Line 6 POD X3 mean the deat of the Bass POD line of products from Line 6? POD X3 is quite capable when it comes to creating fat and funky bass tones. It does fall short of the capabilities of past Bass POD units in a few key areas. Guitarists who want to lay down some bass tracks on their recordings will find POD X3 to be quite capable. Full time bassists looking for a powerful gigging tool may be a bit let down. Let’s explore some of the strengths and shortcomings of POD X3 as a Bass POD XT replacement.
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In this forum post, Line 6 customer roblof cracked open his X3 and gave us specs on some of the electronic components inside the X3. This is what he saw: Show me the specs already »

Digital gear is here to stay and I am not one to argue that. I do not mind and use plenty of digital gear. What I don’t understand is why so many people are obsessed with making gear buying decisions based on the numbers. It seems like there are always people out on the message boards and forums asking for, and comparing, specs. “Buy product A because it has a higher sample rate,” “Buy product B because it has more DSP horsepower,” “Buy product C because it has higher internal bit depth.” Rubbish. What ever happened to the good old days (more…)

I’m not a regular Cakewalk user but if I had to find a new DAW as a home, that DAW would be SONAR 7. It is not version 7.0 specifically, I have been a fan of Cakewalk’s workflow since Pro Audio 9.0 (prior versions were just too wonky). Cakewalk are doing a great thing by including the new Boost 11 plugin with the PE bundle. Boost 11 is probably not going to replace the Waves Ultra- and Multi- Maximizer plugins for me, but if you don’t have the scratch to drop on those plugins (more…)

Why do I need to record my audio at a higher sample rate?

We are going to explore the answer to that question. Our second article concerns the industry trend toward selling people on 192kHz audio. While computers are getting more powerful every day, I still think the increased requirements of such high resolution audio do not warrant jumping on that bandwagon just yet. Much better (and cheaper) gains can be had by increasing bit depth to 24 bits. You can read my (very) in-depth views on the topic by checking out the new article titled The 192kHz Lie. What do you think?