...................... Unfortunately it's almost impossible to know whether or not a particular machine will work well - some laptops from a vendor like Dell can be problematic, others can be fine. I can say that the Lenovo Legion 5 I use in the studio has exceptionally good and stable performance ...

Lots of Tascam DA88's - I doubt anyone uses these anymore? And protools HD192? Yes, perhaps for compatibility with old projects - or he might have stuck with a HD192 system? Good spot on the 1176's :thumbup: The photos were taken recently for a Zillow listing: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails ...

I remember an article written by a mathematician who said his first question when he was trying to solve a problem was to ask himself ‘do we really need to do this?’ I don’t know how that might look in your case Tony, but there might be some mileage in it. One thought I have is - could some of your p ...

For what you need to do, even the most basic machine will be fine.

Thanks Paul!

I think the latest arrangement makes sense.

I have no idea what the mics are but my preference, for what it's worth, is A > C > B.

The sound of A is lovely. The others don't reach that level (for me).

Just to add - I would be very surprised if the line out from your Roland piano really is 'thin'. This is an expensive digital piano from a good manufacturer. It may be that the room is adding some 'good' colour to the sound. Or, as James says, the monitoring you are using to listen to the line outs ...

My feeling about DAWs is - use the one you know best. Each DAW has its own language, and the best place to be is where you understand that language intuitively and the DAW becomes invisible.

They are all pretty good these days. I'd suggest using the one you know best, Tony.

I think the comparison to make is not the line out sound vs what you hear in the room, but rather the line out sound vs what you can record of the sound in the room. What you hear and what you record will never be the same, even with the best microphones and good mic technique. If you have a USB ...

You might be able to make things even better by recording directly to a USB stick entered into the piano - I'm not sure, but it's possible that the piano writes the digital audio directly to the USB without going through any converters. As Hugh and James have said - don't record with mics! If you ...

Sorry Eddy - if the issue seems to be with ipv6, do you want the ipv4 number or the ipv6 number (or are they the same?)

Just another data point. Also on BT. Unusably slow this afternoon. Turned off ipv6 on the router. All working fine. I had also had problems with some other sites and they have sped up too. Looks like BTs IPv6 support is broken. Same for me. EE broadband (migrated from BT) but still with BT router ...

I think it has something too!

The latest version (especially the string section) sounds a bit like a George Benson-type groove, and if that's what your after, I can suggest a few changes. The bass is too quantised and even, and repetitive, it needs some life. If you're deliberately wanting an AI-type vocal, fair enough, but ...

One thing about synthesizers is that they belong to an era. A few years after they are released, they stop being made. They may re-appear as software recreations later on, but there's no guarantee that these will run at any point in the future. So, that's great for making music at a given time, but ...

Good point James about the acoustic guitar. A better VST would help, but it's not that easy to play a guitar via keyboard and have it actually sound like a guitar. You could try a demo version of a good VST and see if that makes a difference. If you play a little more legato that would help, and ...

There are quite a few reasons the mix might be cloudy. Things you can look at are: Applying EQ to reduce the amount instruments overlap in the same frequency bands. Reducing the amount of effects processing. As well as reducing the stereo width of individual instruments as already mentioned by ...

A nice sound and a nice arrangement! I think with a little work you can get it up to a completely professional level. Some comments. The bass drum is a little flabby and too loud. The mix as a whole is a little cloudy. The acoustic guitar tone is poor - not sufficient 'body' and it sounds 'phasey ...

I can't login at the moment on iPad, using Chrome or Safari.

I get the message 'unable to parse response' after I enter my userid and password.

The iPad is 10 years old and not able to run the most recent iPad OS, which is possibly a factor.

George Orwell said: But it may be said, why not retain the machine and retain ‘creative work’? Why not cultivate anachronisms as a spare-time hobby? Many people have played with this idea; it seems to solve with such beautiful ease the problems set by the machine. The citizen of Utopia, we are told, ...

Martin Walker wrote: ↑Tue Sep 02, 2025 5:02 pm

Drew Stephenson wrote: ↑Sun Aug 31, 2025 4:45 pm G. Stoner Hilcot returns...

Can we have a little more detail about G. Stoner Hilcot please Drew?

He’s been described as

An amalgam, an anagram, a tangram in a Grand Tam

which isn’t that helpful.

I was a winner! In 2000 I won a Yamaha 02R desk complete with a TC Electronic Unit.Y card with both licenses. To the best of my knowledge, this was the most expensive prize in a SOS competition up to that time. The desk was £7000, and the expansion card was £1600 with both licenses. For my home s ...

So powerful Drew - brilliant!

OK here's a playlist of 20 demos. One track (Encouragement) has a demo vocal, the rest don't.

https://on.soundcloud.com/mHO6RBpX4LcY22Trqn

Enjoy.