HOW TO
The video here guides you through the following steps.
General optimisation:
1. Set your computer’s power for high performance
If your computer is set to conserve energy, the CPU may not be running at full speed all of the time. This can have a detrimental effect on your computer’s audio performance. To set your computer’s power for high performance:
- Go to: Start>Control Panel>Power Options
- Choose “High Performance”
- Click the “Change plan settings” button.
- Make sure both power options are set to “Never”
2. Disable system sounds
System sounds can interrupt audio. Ensure that they are disabled by doing the following:
- Go to control panel and select “Sound”
- Go to the sounds tab
- Under sounds scheme, select “No sounds”
- Click “Apply” then, “OK”
3. Enable DMA (Direct memory access) on each IDE channel
This allows data to be transferred directly into the memory and can improve audio performance. To ensure that DMA is enabled:
- Open device manager
- Expand the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers category then double click on each one of the IDE channels
- Under the ‘Advanced settings’ tab, make sure the ‘Enable DMA’ box is ticked in device properties
Please note: this only applies to some hardware and if this option is not available, you should not worry about completing this step.
4. Set processor scheduling to “Background services”
This will improve the performance of your audio drivers on your computer. To do this:
- In control panel select “system”
- Go to “Advanced system settings” and then the “Performance” tab
- Set processor scheduling as “Background Services”
- Click “Apply” then “OK”
5. Disable Windows Firewall, anti-virus and spyware software
These should all be disabled to ensure that no interferences occur during audio recording or playback and to ensure that maximum resources are available. To remain secure while your firewall and antivirus disabled, it is advisable to temporarily disconnect from any internet connections when working with audio.
Advanced optimisation:
If you wish to optimise your system further, or you are using a system that is particularly lacking in resources you can follow the tips below for advanced optimisation.
Disable Visual effects
The visual features in Windows 7 can use resources that could otherwise help to improve audio performance. As a start, it is good idea to disable some of the visual features by doing the following:
- Press start and in the search box type: “SystemPropertiesPerformance” and press enter
- On the visual effects tab select “custom”
- Untick: “Animate windows when minimising and maximising” to help prevent glitches when minimising and maximising. You can also experiment with disabling other visual effects in the custom list to see how they improve audio performance.
- Once finished, press “OK”
If you wish to optimise your Windows 7 graphics for the best performance use the “Adjust for best performance”. Although improving computer performance, this will make your Windows 7 appear a lot less aesthetically pleasing.
Disable Windows services
One way in which you can make more resources available to improve audio performance, is to disable unnecessary Windows 7 services as these use valuable resources. The following site has a comprehensive guide to the services running on Windows 7 and helps locate the services that are safe to disable:
Windows 7 Service Configurations by Black Viper
[via www.focusrite.com ]
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You can now take advantage of our advance service on tuning and editing vocals tracks.
This service can be purchased along with any mixing and feedback service.
Thanks to the latest technology available to us, we can offer you transparent vocal treatments.
Our engineers can now work on pitch/note, timing, volume level, vibrato and sustain elements of your vocals.
This is the professional touch that can make your performance be as perfect as you want.
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The selection and placement of microphones can have a major influence on the sound of an acoustic recording.
It is a common view in the recording industry that the music played by a skilled musician with a quality instrument properly miked can be sent directly to the recorder with little or no modification. This simple approach can often sound better than an instrument that has been reshaped by a multitude of signal processing gear.
In this guide, Shure Application Engineers describe particular microphone techniques and placement: techniques to pick up a natural tonal balance, techniques to help reject unwanted sounds, and even techniques to create special effects.
Following this, some fundamentals of microphones, instruments, and acoustics are presented.
Selection and Placement of Microphones.
Microphone Techniques
Vocal Microphone Techniques
Spoken Word/“Podcasting”
Acoustic String and Fretted Instruments
Woodwinds
Brass
Amplified Instruments
Drums and Percussion
Stereo
Fundamentals of Microphones, Instruments, and Acoustics
Microphone Characteristics
Instrument Characteristics
Acoustic Characteristics
Shure Microphone Selection Guide
Shure Recording Microphone Lockers
DOWNLOAD A PDF FILE OF THIS GUIDE FROM SHURE.COM
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When I send the files, which format should they be in?
Answer:
For higher compatibility, we work only with 16 and 24 bit files at 44.100 KHz.
The files have to be .WAV or .AIF. Make sure that a file extension is present to each file (e.g. your file is named ‘lead-guitar.aif’ and not ‘lead-guitar’).
If you want to upload your music to our Drop Box, you have to compress the folder containing all the files. Make a .zip file which will be compatible with any computer’s operation system. You can send several .zip files but each file cannot be greater than 2GB.
To know more on how to prepare your music to be mixed and mastered visit our how to guide
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How can I give feedback on the finished mix to have an engineer make this on the mix?
Answer:
Use Feedback. This tool enables you to deliver feedback to our engineers.
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How to prepare your music for online mastering
All we need to produce a great master of your music is just the stereo audio file of your track.
Bounce down (mix down) your music in a stereo file.
Be sure you leave your export settings at the bit rate (usually 24bit or 16bit) they were recorded at.
For high compatibility send us your files at 44.100KHz, 48KHz or 96KHz.
The file extension has to be .aif or .wav as they are compatible with our system.
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At the moment we accept only online payments through PayPal, possibly the most secure online payment system currently available.
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Currency conversion rate is under PayPal control. PayPal will always provide information on transaction that include currency conversion.
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How does PayPal work?
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Can I use PayPal without money in my PayPal account?
Yes, you can. To pay for things or to send money, simply link your bank account or credit card to your PayPal account. You can do this when you sign up for an account, or by updating your PayPal account profile. To view and edit your profile, log in to your PayPal account and click on Profile at the top of the page.
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How to send your Audio Files.
You need just to use our secure and free Drop Box.
To send your your music files with our Drop Box, you have to compress the folder containing all your audio files. Make a .zip file (which is be compatible with any computer’s operation system).
You can send several .zip files but each file cannot be greater than 2GB.
When the upload is finished, you will receive a confirmation email from delivery@yousendit.com ( be sure that your mail software is not junking this email)
This will be the same email address we use to deliver you the final mix/master.
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