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I'm currently living in Ethiopia and my latest volunteer just brought me a new PC laptop, which I thought would let me...
I need a new soundcard, as I'm upgrading to a 64-bit system, and I've been looking at M-Audio's Delta 1010 and Delta 1010LT. What's the difference between them and will they work with my new machine?
I'm considering buying a laptop for various audio tasks, including recording school choirs, community music workshops, live...
Are all convolution reverbs the same? I'm looking to get a decent reverb for my Pro Tools rig, and there seems to be lots...
The Small Form Factor (SFF) PC is a useful halfway house between the flexible but bulky desktop PC and the very portable but expensive and not easily upgradeable laptop. But how well does the SFF PC fit the bill for musicians? We find out.
I remain baffled by the CPU load in Cubase SX 2. I'm particularly curious to know why in my larger projects the VST Performance indicator shows a constant load (typically 80 percent or more) even when I'm not playing anything back!
When it comes to computer audio interfaces, what is it that we are really paying for and how does the price relate to the quality of the A-D/D-A converters?
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Can you recommend products suitable for the European power grid that can be used to clean up the power signal and ground loops?
The best latency I can get is 35.5ms, with a buffer setting of 1536 samples and sample rate of 44.1kHz. There are no pops or clicks, but there is a very slight audible delay between pressing a key on my Novation keyboard and the sound coming out of the speakers. Surely there must be a way to get the latency down to 11 or 12ms without the crackles?