if you havent already, check how cpu intensive each vst instrument or effect is... some of them can be ridiculous, and not always worth it feature or sound wise. if you can replace it with some third part vst (or abletons built in ones) that takes up less cpu, do so... its a balancing act between th...

sometimes at thrift stores you can find old vinyl with spoken word stuff, vocal performances of plays, old radio stories, and instructional stuff... just keep an eye open and you can find some good stuff very cheap... garage sales, people will sell tapes, audio and video, without even checking what ...

I think it might be the microphone im using more than anything....I heard that the chemical brothers used to record their first songs in the shower, using it like some kind of booth or something. Does this sound realistic or is it time to splash out on a new mic? :| what kind of mic are you using? ...

i wouldn't limit it to 'all in one' weird boxes, look for a bunch of good/slightly weird pedals and get creative with aux sends look into some of these http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/regular/7/5/5/468755.jpg http://www.lapedale.fr/images_magasin/787_image_med_electro-harmonix-fr...

I'm curious because I tend to keep it a secret at work... and why? Well, I know that the people I work with have completely different tastes in music (top40, pop, rock, etc.) and they would not 'get' electronic music at all, especially minimal with all the clicks and pops and no singing and 8 minut...

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and if you can use a good defragger where you can specify that all your music goes on the outer rings of the disk.

can you tell me why on the outer rings?

Music theory is only one method of understanding. There are people who know nothing of traditional music theory but have a good understanding of their instrument which is another method of understanding. But to seek neither mastery of your instrument or an understanding of theory i think would be a...

I actually played the instrument I was learning for the first time in 7 years at the weekend with some friends. For me the important things that I learned were still there. Which definitely didn't include which notes were which. I guess it was more like the subconscious thing you mentioned. studyin...