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Ask me general questions about Location Recording, foley, ADR, Pro Tools, recording musical performance, post production for film/video & music. Specific gear questions may or may not be answerable as I don't own or have not worked with everything out there.

Experience in the area

Certified Audio Engineer, Pro Tools Certified, Have experience with : Pro Tools (LE & TDM systems) Sony Suite (Vegas, Acid, Sound Forge) Waves Plugins (RTAS & TDM) Over 20 years live music recording and FOH mixing Feature & short film audio Mixing for 5.1 surround

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Education/Credentials

Audio Recording Technology Institute - C.A.E. Vancouver Film School - Digidesign Certified User

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See my online resume @ http://imdb.com/name/nm2301451/resume for client listings

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

One of the big myths in the world of digital audio is that one cable "sounds" better than another. The truth is digital audio is a bitstream of 1's and 0's. I was part of an experiment where we attached RCA plugs to a piece of steel coat hanger wire. It worked perfectly, and our "blind" ears (who we told it was an expensive "digital" cable) actually said it sounded better.

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John11/03/0910101010Thanks Wayne.
John10/11/0910101010Thanks Wayne.
John10/04/0910101010Thanks Wayne.
mike09/22/0910101010thanks again wayne, i'll try that when .....
mike09/22/0910101010thanks wayne.

Recent Answers from Wayne Tapia

2009-10-19 singer voice replacement:

You gave me a knowledgability rating of 3 which I would like to dispute. Unless YOU know of a program that can do this, there is no program that will. I've been a recording engineer for over 25 years

2009-10-09 lexicon omega:

The Y cables are used for effects loops typically. Not having any Lexicon gear, I'm not sure if the inserts are set up as a "send/return" configuration, but I'll go with the assumption that it is (consult

2009-10-09 lexicon omega:

I'd try both ways and see which sounds better. I'm thinking the inserts may be a better choice because the regular input wouls be adding another gain stage (and more chances for unwanted distortion).

2009-10-05 Line in problem?:

Wow - that's a really odd scenario. I've never heard of anything like this, especially across different programs. I would try to contact the soundcard manufacturer first, or look into purchasing an external

2009-09-22 sample/ latency:

That's a little odd - I've never really experienced that problem. What program are you using? It may be a processor issue. One thing you could try is to save everything to a "test" folder (basically

 

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