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Offline darksyde_brianne

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Re: Setting up your PC for Recording
« Reply #1125 on: April 01, 2013, 06:18:34 AM »
salamat sa info mga sir...

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« Reply #1126 on: April 03, 2013, 10:35:07 AM »
Napag-usapan na ata ito dito pero itanong ko na rin. Ang hdd ko ay nakapartition sa dalawang drive. Sa Drive C naka-install ang OS at sa drive D naman mga documents etc. Ok lang ba na yung DAW ko naka-install sa Drive C and yung mga audio files is sa Drive D?

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« Reply #1127 on: April 03, 2013, 10:39:16 AM »
Napag-usapan na ata ito dito pero itanong ko na rin. Ang hdd ko ay nakapartition sa dalawang drive. Sa Drive C naka-install ang OS at sa drive D naman mga documents etc. Ok lang ba na yung DAW ko naka-install sa Drive C and yung mga audio files is sa Drive D?

Ganyan set up ko sir. Oks naman.

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« Reply #1128 on: April 03, 2013, 10:50:12 AM »
Ganyan set up ko sir. Oks naman.

Salamat bro!! Yung mga vst at samples mo nasa drive C rin tama ba o yung DAW mo lang talaga ang nasa Drive C?

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Re: Setting up your PC for Recording
« Reply #1129 on: April 03, 2013, 11:15:32 AM »
Salamat bro!! Yung mga vst at samples mo nasa drive C rin tama ba o yung DAW mo lang talaga ang nasa Drive C?

Yung orig vsts and samples from sonar is on drive c, di ko na nilipat kasi nag eerror minsan, pero yung mga add-ons nsa D.
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Re: Setting up your PC for Recording
« Reply #1130 on: April 03, 2013, 12:12:07 PM »
Napag-usapan na ata ito dito pero itanong ko na rin. Ang hdd ko ay nakapartition sa dalawang drive. Sa Drive C naka-install ang OS at sa drive D naman mga documents etc. Ok lang ba na yung DAW ko naka-install sa Drive C and yung mga audio files is sa Drive D?

dapat physical drive. wag partition lamang.
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Re: Setting up your PC for Recording
« Reply #1131 on: April 03, 2013, 02:30:44 PM »
dapat physical drive. wag partition lamang.

So kung physical drive sir, dun na rin dapat nakainstall ang DAW?

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« Reply #1132 on: April 04, 2013, 11:30:54 AM »
Xelly, this means that your pc should have at least 2 hard drives. Partitioning the drive sort of divides a single drive into 2 or more drives. This makes the drive head work harder by continuously moving between the 2 physical locations on the drive platter. The physical movement takes time and it has an effect on overall drive performance for DAW operations.

Partitioning was developed at a time when drive sizes were larger than the bios or OS could handle. For ex., the largest FAT16 partition is 4Gb so when they started developing large drives, early DOS and pre-XP windows needed a way to access the extra space. There are advantages to partitioning, including short-stroking, but these are ineffective for DAW operations.

Best practice for DAWs is to have a relatively small main drive 500 Gb or below for OS and programs, and a larger data drive or drives. Largest single single pc configuration I've worked on had 5 internal drives so far (Gerard's) plus a slew of external firewire and usb2 drives. This was an orchestral sample playback machine and some sections like strings needed their own drives to prevent dropouts.
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« Reply #1133 on: April 05, 2013, 12:11:27 PM »
Sir salamat sa info. Followup question lang. Sa ngayon kasi isa palang ang harddisk ko na nakapartition. Ang best ba na pwede ko gawin is sa system drive ko ilagay ang DAW and audio files pati na mga vsts?

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« Reply #1134 on: April 06, 2013, 12:20:01 PM »
Sir salamat sa info. Followup question lang. Sa ngayon kasi isa palang ang harddisk ko na nakapartition. Ang best ba na pwede ko gawin is sa system drive ko ilagay ang DAW and audio files pati na mga vsts?

For now, this is your only option. My advise is not to move anything since it's still working, but plan on getting a second drive soon.

Aside from better performance, think also of data security. What happens when you lose the system drive? Your files may go to data heaven. Recovery software may help, but my experience with those is that heavily fragmented files usually get lost, and audio files often are fragmented especially when you are working on a project. Make sure to have backups of your work.
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« Reply #1135 on: April 06, 2013, 01:23:09 PM »
For now, this is your only option. My advise is not to move anything since it's still working, but plan on getting a second drive soon.

Aside from better performance, think also of data security. What happens when you lose the system drive? Your files may go to data heaven. Recovery software may help, but my experience with those is that heavily fragmented files usually get lost, and audio files often are fragmented especially when you are working on a project. Make sure to have backups of your work.

Maraming salamat sir Kit!

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Re: Setting up your PC for Recording
« Reply #1136 on: April 09, 2013, 06:15:17 PM »
tanong lang sir.

is the difference between the programs which were released, let's say on 2008, that significant? i dont need naman na sobrang hi-fi ng quality.. if not good, just DECENT result sana.. i was hoping if i could get that outcome by using the programs made before..

i dont have a very speedy setup eh.. di kakayanin yung mga bagong programs ngayon. :((
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Re: Setting up your PC for Recording
« Reply #1137 on: April 09, 2013, 06:40:41 PM »
tanong lang sir.

is the difference between the programs which were released, let's say on 2008, that significant? i dont need naman na sobrang hi-fi ng quality.. if not good, just DECENT result sana.. i was hoping if i could get that outcome by using the programs made before..

i dont have a very speedy setup eh.. di kakayanin yung mga bagong programs ngayon. :((

Ok na ok pa yun bro! Ang importante alam mo function ng bawat software na gamit mo.

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« Reply #1138 on: April 09, 2013, 06:55:06 PM »
Ok na ok pa yun bro! Ang importante alam mo function ng bawat software na gamit mo.

orayt! mapagaaralan naman yan eh.. ang habol ko lang kasi, may magawa na disente.. hindi pa masyado sa quality...

could you recommend an old DAW na magfifit sa specs ng laptop na gamit ko ngayon? (sorry guys.. torrent boy ako)

Processor: AMD Anthlon 64 X2 1.9Ghz
RAM: 2GB DDR2 800mhz
Mobo: HP 30F2
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 3200 (256mb)

also, would the Reaper included in Peavey XPort fit in sa laptop? baka naman kasi mainstall ko nga... mapagana.. pero, mabagal din at baka maapektuhan yung result.. please do advise..

thanks!
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Re: Setting up your PC for Recording
« Reply #1139 on: April 09, 2013, 10:35:18 PM »
Reaper is a 6.5 mb download. No need to torrent it since you can download it freely and use it without limitations. Your laptop will run reaper well enough. I don't use it though since I'm already a registered Sonar user.
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Re: Setting up your PC for Recording
« Reply #1140 on: April 12, 2013, 01:38:33 PM »
whats an affordable studio monitor?  im looking at behringer but I'm not sure.

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« Reply #1141 on: April 12, 2013, 03:05:08 PM »
whats an affordable studio monitor?  im looking at behringer but I'm not sure.

It's best to indicate how much you can afford so we can suggest here.

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« Reply #1142 on: April 12, 2013, 05:29:54 PM »
It's best to indicate how much you can afford so we can suggest here.

less than 10k if possible.

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« Reply #1143 on: April 12, 2013, 06:19:01 PM »
less than 10k if possible.

Go for Behringer na nga kung less than 10k. Tulad nang laging sinasabi ni sir Kit, ang importante kabisado mo tunog ng monitors mo.

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« Reply #1144 on: April 17, 2013, 01:44:09 PM »
Go for Behringer na nga kung less than 10k. Tulad nang laging sinasabi ni sir Kit, ang importante kabisado mo tunog ng monitors mo.

Thank you  :)

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« Reply #1145 on: April 19, 2013, 05:25:51 PM »
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« Reply #1146 on: April 19, 2013, 06:32:41 PM »
10k pair? Check out Samson Media One 5A. You can get one here: http://www.channel.com.ph/product/MEDIAONE-5A/SFSELFAA0000076/?main_cate_no=ACABAA00&display_group=1

I visited Channel last Wednesday afternoon. Their prices are negotiable and I am sure you can buy Samson MediaOne 5A from them for less than 10k. Order na, dali!  :)
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« Reply #1147 on: April 24, 2013, 04:41:20 PM »
Good day awesome people. Eto na naman ako sa recording problem. I have a zoom g3 and im using it as an interface directly connected to my computer. Ok naman siya pag clean ang problem ko is pag may drive na, tunog utot lumalabas. Im using Fl studio by the way. And baka may alam kayong mga tutorial ng fl studio. Hirap ako gamitin eh  :nosebleed:

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« Reply #1148 on: April 24, 2013, 05:08:14 PM »
Good day awesome people. Eto na naman ako sa recording problem. I have a zoom g3 and im using it as an interface directly connected to my computer. Ok naman siya pag clean ang problem ko is pag may drive na, tunog utot lumalabas. Im using Fl studio by the way. And baka may alam kayong mga tutorial ng fl studio. Hirap ako gamitin eh  :nosebleed:

Try mo bro yung output settings ng zoom g3. Dapat may parang studio/live out siya at dapat iba rin yung tunog niya kung naka "amp-out". Usually tunog "utot" yun kung naka amp-out.

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« Reply #1149 on: April 24, 2013, 06:42:05 PM »
Try mo bro yung output settings ng zoom g3. Dapat may parang studio/live out siya at dapat iba rin yung tunog niya kung naka "amp-out". Usually tunog "utot" yun kung naka amp-out.

saan makikita yun? sa global setting nakalagay lang combo amp, stack etc tsaka direct. nagtry din ako sa audacity, ok pag dry signal. pero pag may effects kahit delay lang medyo sabog yung tunog