Glossary and FAQ Reference

This section of HRC is a newly developing section that is being populated as we see commonly asked questions, commonly misunderstood terms and other such trends in our message forum. It is managed on an ongoing basis by site administrator, "flame". If you have anything you think should be added here, contact him, or, more preferable, drop him, or any admin, a message at the forum.

We are very willing to accept suggestions regarding how to improve this section to make it more useful, esspecially to those that are new to the recording hobby. It is the goal of this section to give everybody a place to go to find quick answers to common questions and definitions to terms with which you may not be familiar.

Glossary

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Frequently Asked Questions

• What's the best [insert product here] I can get?
• What do I need to get started recording on a PC?
• Which is better: hardware or software?
• What should I look for in a mixer?
• Why do I need a microphone preamp?
• What is a "plugin"?
• What is a device driver and how do the different types differ?
• What is this talk about compression?
• What does a patch bay do?
• Is it possible to remove vocals from a final mix?
• What is sampling?
• I have a Sound Blaster and when I record track 1, then track 2, the second track records tracks 1 and 2. What gives?
• What is "Mastering"?
• I am hearing one opinion/instruction here and another opinion/instruction somewhere else, which is correct?
• Why does everything only come out of one side of my stereo (typically the left).
• DOES TYPING IN ALL CAPS GET MY QUESTION ANSWERED FASTER?!?!?!?!?!
• Do I need a microphone to record, or can I use osmosis?