SwingDJs

I did play a cut of Makka na Bara to Gin Tonic from Katamari Damacy once. I don't have it handy so I don't remember the tempo, but it's outside all but the most hard-core Lindy Hopper's speed if I remember correctly. I had to cut it down to about 4 1/2 minutes as well -- I think the entire track is ...

I've used Disco XT quite a bit, or at least tried to... I've generally found it not to be very stable, often crashing on me in middle of an evening. For some reason it does seem good about not crashing until the end of a song -- at least it plays through to the end. However, at this point I can't ho...

Remember too that in some instances it's not the overall volume that's the problem, but you may be missing some critical component of the range of frequencies. If the source material isn't particularly hi-fi, this could well be part of the problem. If you want to make it sound louder, and you have e...

I think you're correct to aim for a middle-ground on this hiss. I find in many sound environments that crowd noise, air conditioning equipment, and other such factors will drown out or at least make non-obvious a certain amount of noise from a recording. Yes, it'll still be there if you listen for i...

Wow, those are some impressive results. Much better than I would have expected. Yeah, the cooked version seems a little "honky". I'd guess this effect might be able to be fixed up a little by playing with the EQ -- my first guess would be cutting somewhere in the range of 400-500 Hz. If yo...

Sound.

I want to keep the underlying files organized so that I can manage the files, find and replace them, transfer them, back them up more easily BY MYSELF. Yes, a software program CAN do it for me, but that does not mean that it MUST do so or that it is the easiest, most efficient way of doing so. It b...

Serious question. Why would a person want to keep all/most of their files in a common directory, particularly if they're using iTunes? I don't see any particular advantage to that, and in fact can see quite a few disadvantages, both organizationally and performance-wise (it can take a lot longer to ...

Bass Boost settings are frequency : 80Hz, boost level 6dB. I'm seeking guidance/assurance that my settings are ok. I don't think I've made that clear up to now. For whatever it's worth, 80Hz is a frequency I often boost to get a little more punch from a kick drum with a live band. So it probably ma...

I stumbled across a lecture about Duke Ellington today at http://www.teach12.com/ttcx/EllingtonLecture2008.aspx

The web site indicates the lecture MP3 is only available through March 31, 2008, so it's probably on borrowed time already. You may want to grab it while you can.

Brent

After more web research, the consensus seems to be that the problem is related to the current draw of the USB device from the port in question. The left-hand USB port on the MacBook Pros supplies the bare minimum that the USB spec requires, and not a whole lot more. The right-hand port, and all the ...

Is there anything that could be used to clean the disc without risking to ruin it? Gasoline? Acetone? I don't have any practical experience using those solvents for this purpose, but I would suggest you experiment on some worthless CD first. Also, I know there are different formulations of the plas...

That doesn't sound like a software issue, sounds like a hardware problem with the mac. I'm not familiar with them, but it's possible each side is on a different USB bus. Yes they are. I was also using a Bluetooth mouse when I was having most of the problems. I didn't realize until Monday that the B...

I think I may have found another correlation. I borrowed another USB audio device from a coworker an hour ago, and ran into the same problem. That would seem to exonerate the Turtle Beach, unless both are similarly crappy. However, I noticed in the System Profiler that the Mac internal Bluetooth ada...

Nope, I made sure that the only USB device in use was the sound device. A friend did point me at the following relevant article, however it just so happens this wasn't applicabe to my case as I was using the left-hand USB port on my Mac: http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=support.faq&ID=685d4c0...