I've used a couple of Plextor's CD-RW models, an HP one and I own one of those cheapo Liteon drives (40 x 16 x 12)...
I've gotta say that the Liteon has performed far better than any of the others and it's very cheap.. (I think I paid about �75 4 or 5 months or so ago).. Now I'm running WinXP it is completely smooth, fast and almost completely silent.. Although you can get drives which have 'BURNPROOF' technology (basically a fat buffer to stop under-runs occuring and ruining the CD) like the Liteon and various others, there's no way I know of to burn a wav on the fly as you're creating it.. You have to create a wav first and then burn that.. Nick -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 06 March 2002 09:12 To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Making it sound good (was Re: CDs v Vinyl) Hi, Copying drum styles to get the feel is one solution, but I find it not as satisfying as just getting my own beats and breaks rolling and making a tune. Sometimes its down to the sounds used more than the actual pattern and I could spend 2 weeks trying to recreate someone elses drums. I'm sure it will happen at some point by accident - can't force these things. Er, with recording stuff - yes i usually do just record to normal C90 tape and then to MD once i'm happy with it. Its mainly for listening to in the car and i tend to just remix them from week to week. I was thinking of getting a CDRW for my PC (as I only have a little portable Sony MD recorder and strangely, the tunes never sound quite as nice once on MD as they do on tape - bit boomy and the headroom is not very good probably cos of the converters. I think its the recorder, cos my old portable MD made fine recordings and so does my mates MD Technics separates but this one doesn't. Anyone got any recommendations for a good PC CDRW - if its bay mounted - can you burn a CD in real time whilst playing it thru Logic (like you would do with a MD or DAT) or would I have to save it as a file and burn it afterwards thru eg Cool Edit or Acid Laters Dan -----Original Message----- From: Jurgen Baute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 March 2002 10:45 To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Making it sound good (was Re: CDs v Vinyl) no concrete tips i guess, but that's life :) btw, when you burn your tracks to CD (I'm guessing your not using tapes), do you just waste a whole CD on a single track? Or is there some way to use multi session audio CD's? I've tried CD-R's before but they only play on my computer. ------------------------ On 4 Mar 2002 at 9:14, Daniel Norman wrote: > Hi > > Just the process of making a few tunes and listening to them on other > systems will make give you the knowledge after a couple of months, it just > happens really, you can't force it to happen, but it will all become clear > (bit like programming ghost hits, one day it clicks - i'm still waiting for > this one to happen tho, he, he).... > > Laters > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jurgen Baute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 02 March 2002 06:02 > To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List > Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Making it sound good (was Re: CDs v Vinyl) > > > > So how do you go about this? > Is it the same Brian is saying about knowing the flaws in your soundsystem > and > compensating for them? > > ------------------------ > On 1 Mar 2002 at 10:02, Jones, Martyn wrote: > > > > Agreed. > > > > I use to check my mixes thru a number of different sources, but as you > > rightfully point out, you get to know using you own source what sounds > like > > what on other systems. I find nine times out of ten my mix sounds the same > > now through my system, headphones, car speakers and friends systems. When > I > > first started it used to do my nut right in when I played it on other > > systems and it sounded nothing like my own studio version. > > > > > Peace > > > > Martyn DISCLAIMER: The Information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or ommision taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error. This E-mail and any attachments are believed to be free from viruses but it is your responsibility to carry out all necessary virus checks and Vertase Ltd. accepts no liability in connection therewith. --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
