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by James Steele
Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:51 pm
Forum: General Recording
Topic: Recording rock guitar chain
Replies: 33
Views: 2621

Hmmm... well call me "un-meticulous" if you want, but I've gotten good results just close micing my cabinet with my AKG 414-B ULS using the pre-amps in my Mackie 8-bus board. Yeah... I know... heresy. Still it doesn't sound bad. Check out http://www.jamessteele.com/music.html and listen to...
by James Steele
Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:40 pm
Forum: General Macintosh
Topic: Flat Panel LCD Burn in???!!!
Replies: 6
Views: 398

Damn you and the etch-a-sketch suggestion!!! I tried it... LOL (Just kidding folks!) Weirdest thing... the burn in is gone. But I swear... for a couple of days it was there, clear as day. In the very top edge of the screen I could make out some of the menu items. I don't know what happened, but it i...
by James Steele
Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:03 am
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: Quad G5 Compatibility with MOTU PCI Based systems
Replies: 99
Views: 8662

Oh geez... this topic has finally qualified for getting moved to the "Gripes" section as it's become a panic-fest. I just bought a 2.3 Dual refurb with PCI slots and I won't feel "left behind" as this computer is still blazingly fast and will do all I need for years to come. Furt...
by James Steele
Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:14 am
Forum: General Macintosh
Topic: Flat Panel LCD Burn in???!!!
Replies: 6
Views: 398

Flat Panel LCD Burn in???!!!

I have a Hyundai 17" flat panel monitor and I have recently noticed that it's suffering image burn in. I'm blown away. I thought this didn't happen any more, but when I have just a blank desktop bkgrd filling up the screen, I can part of the menu bar burned into the screen and even in the upper...
by James Steele
Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:32 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: DP4 is just unreliable. What's going on here?
Replies: 35
Views: 2937

TheHopiWay wrote:You don't have journaling enabled on any of your drives do you?
Is journaling a problem? I remember seeing some discussions about this and the consensus seemed to be that the performance hit was negligible and that there were some data integrity benefits to having journaling on.
by James Steele
Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:29 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: Drums, Drums, and yet more Drums in DP
Replies: 27
Views: 1562

James, does it put a lot of strain on the CPU to have one kit loaded? Thanks. You know, the CPU strain is relative. I'm lucky to have just bought a Dual G5 2.3ghz. It was a refurb from Apple and it still has PCI slots so I could use my existing hardware. (I'm sure MOTU will eventually make a PCIe c...
by James Steele
Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:26 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: Drums, Drums, and yet more Drums in DP
Replies: 27
Views: 1562

Re: Drums, Drums, and yet more Drums in DP

DFH Superior by Toontrack has the best acoustic drum kits. not so easy to use but the sound is so real!! I just bought DFHS yesterday and I'm blown away. Of course, I'm easy to please since my previous drums were coming from an Alesis DM5. Also, with this version I didn't have to mess with rewire.....
by James Steele
Sat Dec 10, 2005 11:14 am
Forum: MachFive
Topic: Question: Is MachFive a Sampler or a Sample Player only?
Replies: 12
Views: 1170

Are you saying that you can load your own soundbites in the sample player. I think if you can not record or make your own samples then MOTU ought to advertise it as a Sample Player and be completely honest about the plugin. This is for practical purposes you can record samples. You record the real ...
by James Steele
Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:29 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: Jokes! And funny stuff...
Replies: 22
Views: 2399

These are probably old but.... What do you call a musician without a girlfriend? Homeless. How do you know a drummer's knocking at your door? The knock keeps getting faster and faster. What do you call someone who hangs around musicians? A drummer. How many drummers does it take to screw in a light ...
by James Steele
Thu Dec 08, 2005 7:58 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: dp for the Pc
Replies: 17
Views: 2272

well, why not? if OSX is made available to PCs? Well, you could if Apple officially released OSX for PCs. However, their announced intention is to prevent OSX from running on PCs and only their Intel-based Macs. So you won't be able to run OSX on PCs... at least not with some illegal hack which wou...
by James Steele
Thu Dec 08, 2005 7:50 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: What if there's NO PCIe coming!?!
Replies: 7
Views: 1236

I think MOTU would be silly not to make a PCIe card and I'd bet the farm that they will release one... probably with a trade in offer like last time.
by James Steele
Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:04 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: dp for the Pc
Replies: 17
Views: 2272

Re: dp for the Pc

Are there any chances of DP coming into the PC scene. Would be really great........ R S MANI It would be great for PC users, no doubt as DP is a great program. I don't see it happening though, but you can never say "never." I'd recommend scraping some $$$ and taking the plunge and buying ...
by James Steele
Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:54 am
Forum: Music Business
Topic: Study: Falling CD sales can't be blamed on P2P
Replies: 18
Views: 1883

Here's a crazy idea... bring back the LP!! Not the format, but the experience. Package the CD in a LP sized album that opens up and has color photos of the artist, lyrics... etc. Of course retailers will hate how much space it takes up, but to the consumer they will feel like they're getting somethi...
by James Steele
Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:46 am
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: Peace on Earth!!
Replies: 25
Views: 3135

Re: Peace on Earth!!

jweisbin wrote:
FM wrote: FM brings you gold, frankincense and mihrr.
Less mihhr, please.
"It's a balm."
"A bomb!??"
by James Steele
Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:59 pm
Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
Topic: DP 4.61 is out!
Replies: 46
Views: 4823

Just no pleasing some people. :-)