Yup, a lot of people have no idea what producing is about. It's actually ironic because "everyone", barring a minority of diehard analog fans, uses a computer at some stage of the recording process today. Notice how no one will ever tell, say, Timbaland that he's cheating when he's using c...

Wow, this is the first negative comment I've heard about Thomann. Except from angry local distributors, but they don't count ...

+1 to whats already been said. Also, make a conscious effort not to go in the same direction as you're used to soundwise. Start exploring stuff you haven't touched that often before -- it's amazing what you can do with a notch filter, for example. Same goes for chords and melodies. Stay away from co...

eryx666 wrote:maybe for a start, but if u want to be serious theres only two options: RME or MOTU

Oh come on... Why not go all the way and get a set of Lavry AD/DA converters for $16,000, then?

OP: You should be fine with something like an M-Audio 192 or 24/96.

steevio: Definitely very true, especially about these discussions often being pointless. :D Anyway, there seems to be some confusion about what "sound quality" entails. Or if you will, there are two distinctly different concepts that are both referred to as "sound quality". One i...

Use whatever you're comfortable with and works for you.

One tiny exception though: Don't get Vista. Seriously - Don't. Get. Vista.

re.vise: Can you tell the difference between a digital and an analog sine? Analog is not error-free (as some of you apparently believe), and while digital does do away with some of the sound information, it's not something you can hear (unless you're working at ridiculously low bit- and/or sample ra...

Hi!

Been lurking on these boards for a while but just now made the jump and registered.

I write about music tech for a living. I've been producing for about ten years or so, in a lot of different genres. Only recently got back into minimal, though...

So yeah ... Questions?