Good audio interface for serious recording

Advantages: good sound quality, zero latency
Disadvantages: if you expect a really out standing quality, this is not the one to go for

...I bought this M-Audio firewire last year. Have to say Im really satisfy with this audio interface. It has 2 input with 48V phatom power, from which you can plug in your condenser microphones. There are also 2 1/4 input for instruments. It works really well for my acoustic, although I would prefer to use the condenser mics to record, since they give a fuller tone. Supported with firewire connection, there is no latency, and it allows you to record up to 192Kb, which is satisfactiory for professional recording. The interface has a solid look, with white silver color and very stable. I've been using it for 1 year and I've never had a problem with the hardware. The software is well suported and run smoothly with my mac....

makemelaughTB 05.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of M-Audio FireWire 1814

Portable Audio, Portable Recording

Advantages: Sound quality, recording quality, appearance, size (or lack of), light weight
Disadvantages: The remote, clumsy menus, labeling tracks is a hassle

...A few months ago I knew next to nothing about MiniDiscs. I DID know that they were expensive little suckers, and that was it. A couple of weeks later I managed to visit an Electronics show at Sydney, and I was surrounded by audio. Walkmans, Discmans, MP3 players and MiniDiscs. If my life were a cartoon, above my head there would have been a "?" followed shortly by a ":)". For those who know bugger all about MiniDiscs. You'd be best advised to go to either Sony.com, or do a search for MiniDisc on any search engine. For those of you that can't be bothered, here is my (fairly simple) rundown on the almighty MiniDisc For those of you that are smartypants, and actually want to read a review this side of the year 3000, scroll down. A bit. The concept of a MiniDisc is simple enough, being kind of hybrid between cassettes and CDs...

paulgusta 17.07.2001 (03.06.2002) · Read review
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Record Internet Audio Easily With Total Recorder

Advantages: Record streaming audio from websites, Great schedule/timer facility
Disadvantages: Some advanced features dificult to use at first

...of which can be adjusted to your taste eg: high quality MP3 or space saving lower quality MP3 for speech recording etc. You are always in total control of the quality you choose to record at. But the program is even smarter than this. If you are worried about system sounds such as those played by Windows when opening/closing programs, incoming email alerts etc, Total Recorder ignores them so they won't appear on the final recording. Its most useful feature is the schedule facility. You can set Total Recorder to record just like you would set a video timer. The timer takes a bit of getting used to, but that's because of the flexibility of the program. Although the ability to record online audio is the main reason for buying this program, Total Recorder copes admirably with the duties of a standard PC sound recorder/player. After two...

naffcaff 30.08.2005 · Read review
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* Girls On The Record *

Advantages: Fans will love it!
Disadvantages: None!

...Girls Aloud are a British girlband consisting of five members ; Nadine Coyle , Cheryl Cole , Sarah Harding , Nicola Roberts and Kimberly Walsh. Girls Aloud were formed on the reality television show ; Popstars The Rivals in 2002. Since then they have become a huge success. To date they have had eighteen top ten singles , including three number ones. Their style of music consists of pop and electro pop. Girls Aloud : Off The Record was actually a six-part series that Girls Aloud recorded for E4. The series was then released on DVD in the United Kingdom in 2006. The show comes under the reality-tv genre. The show follows Girls Aloud on their day to day life as part of one of Britian's top girl bands.. It wasn't until recently that I knew about this DVD when I saw it sitting on a shelf in Woolworths for £6. I enjoyed watching this...

xdonzx 30.12.2008 · Read review
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yamaha descant recorder

Advantages: easy to learn
Disadvantages: none

...I started of playing the descant recorder in primary school, (many years ago,) we started of with the old fashioned wooden ones, by the time I moved to secondary school , the wooden recorder had changed, it was now plastic and dark brown in colour. I was taught the descant hand recorder all through school, we were taught two ways to remember the notes the first set of notes was F - A -C - E, the way to remember this was the word "FACE". the second set of notes was E - G - B - D - F and the way to remember these notes was to remember a short rhymn, which is "every good boy deserves fun." There is about 4 or 5 other recorders, one of them being the treble, Im not sure about the rest of them as I never played them, I just stuck to the wee descant recorder. I think when people think of the descant hand recorder, they class...

jenny967 08.12.2007 (24.12.2007) · Read review
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Guinness World Record Breaker!

Advantages: Good variation of mini-games
Disadvantages: Can lose its appeal to adults quickly

...As a child I used to get a Guinness Book of Records every year for Christmas so I've always been quite interested in the whole idea of the records. When I saw that there was a Videogame dedicated to the records, I could not resist. The game begins by giving you the option to choose a character which you can customise in a way similar to that of the Miis. Clothes, hair colour, accessories and, of course, name. At this point, I must say, mine looks pretty damn cool. Once you have made the introductions you are straight into the action. There are around 40 mini-games available to play but you have to 'unlock' them by completing the basic games and earning enough to points to play the more advanced ones. The games are all fairly easy to play but sometimes the instructions are not explained clearly enough and you have to figure it out as...

dandadda 20.02.2009 · Read review
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Unusual teen flick-Empire Records

Advantages: Quirky, fun and great soundtrack
Disadvantages: Predictable and a little sappy on occasions

...I first watched Empire records as a teenager and thought it was one of the best films ever made. Now nostalgia can make me watch it again and again and although I have down-graded it somewhat from 'World's Greatest Movie', I still feel that this is a good film about young adult life and deserves to be a teen classic. The film is about a group of teenagers who work in an independent record store (called Empire Records) run by Joe. The story opens with one of the employees, Lucas, discovereidng that the store is not making enough money and may be sold to a chain called Music Town. To try and save the shop he takes the day's takings and tries to win gambling in Atlantic City but ends up losing it all. Empire Records now in serious danger of having to be sold to the chain, the film follows one day in the life of the store and it's employees...

flyingllamas 29.06.2009 · Read review
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Go Audio Made Up Stories

Advantages: great consistency
Disadvantages: erm none really

...Go Audio Made Up Stories Go Audio have a great talent which they clearly show in this album, I personally am in love with their material. Made Up Stories ***** This is a brilliant start to this album and obviously is the album title. This i would say is just a taster to this album because if you listen to it you would know that the tracks just keep getting better. The vocals in this track are brilliant and it has a simple but effective bass line which i like jamming along to. So Quiet You Were **** I'm only giving this a four because nearly every other track is a five atleast. It is a brilliant track which has amazing memorizable lyrics to it and it is worth taking the time to listen to. Brake! Brake! ***** I love the rhythm and drum beat to this track they get your foot tapping or fingers...

rockchick2k7 24.04.2009 · Read review
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Daily Record

Advantages: Frankie Boyle, Tam Cowan
Disadvantages: Jim McLean

...The Daily record is the only paper that I regularly read all the way through. The paper basically just prints daily news on what's happening mainly in the Britain, but also some news from the US and elsewhere. I focus mainly on the back sport pages, then go back to the front and work my way through the more amusing stories. The sports section is pretty good. Most of the information printed is generally correct, unlike the it's main rival... Hotline is included within the sports section. This can be frustrating to read as it is people who have phoned in who's often opinions are printed. Most of which are from people who don't really watch sport it seems. The Daily Record is home to my two favourite columnists - Tam Cowan and the recently recruited Frankie Boyle. My least favourite columnist being Jim McLean who I generally...

Wils0408n 20.11.2008 · Read review
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* Girls Aloud On The Record *

Advantages: GA Must Have , Entertaining
Disadvantages: Becomes A Bit Repetitive

...Girls Aloud are a British girlband consisting of five members ; Nadine Coyle , Cheryl Cole , Sarah Harding , Nicola Roberts and Kimberly Walsh. Girls Aloud were formed on the reality television show ; Popstars The Rivals in 2002. Since then they have become a huge success. To date they have had eighteen top ten singles , including three number ones. Their style of music consists of pop and electro pop. Girls Aloud : Off The Record was actually a six-part series that Girls Aloud recorded for E4. The series was then released on DVD in the United Kingdom in 2006. The show comes under the reality-tv genre. The show follows Girls Aloud on their day to day life as part of one of Britian's top girl bands.. It wasn't until recently that I knew about this DVD when I saw it sitting on a shelf in Woolworths for £6. I enjoyed watching this...

xdonzx 15.10.2008 (16.10.2008) · Read review
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