Imo it's always better just to start at the right source then try to EQ something later. That's why I like to synthesize kicks as much as possible but, to each his own. Don't get me wrong, EQ and Compression are good in a certain context when you know what you're doing but it's so easy to destroy yo...

sounds like neither of you understand what compression is http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/apr97/compressors.html I know perfectly well what compression is, and I never do it to simply squash transients in a kick drum and try to get it sounding "omg teh best". Call me crazy, ...

This is probably going to contradict everything you'll be told after me but I don't use samples. Imo, layering kick samples and compressing them is going to do more for making them sound like absolute garbage then make them hit hard. Compressing "the shit" out of everything is going to hel...

Installing the ASIO4ALL drivers seemed to do the trick so I'll just be using that until I can afford a more heavy-duty set of cans. Thanks Macc for the tip.

Thank you for your help.

It's not cracked the answer is pretty simple actually, I'm dead broke after buying Cubase. I'm a college student, not a millionaire, I bought Cubase because it provided an all-in-solution and was recommended from various sources I trust. So I take it from the other two posts that my USB headphones w...

Hi guys, first post here, wondering if any of you could help me. I can't get my headphones to work in Cubase, but they seem to work everywhere else. In fact, in the VST Connections window, it seems to appear that Cubase cannot even detect the headphones as being installed. I've tried everything and ...