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	<title>Third Take</title>
	<link>http://www.thirdtake.com</link>
	<description>Home Recording Blog</description>
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		<title>EZXs on Sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got this exciting email from Toontrack:



EZdrummer EZX Expansion titles for $39.99!
Back by popular demand, and for a limited time only,
Guitar Center is offering All EZdrummer EZX Expansion titles for just $39.99 each!!!!
That&#8217;s right, from October 1st 2009 through October 31st 2009, head down to your local Guitar Center and take advantage of the instant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thirdtake.com/2009/10/06/ezxs-on-sale/</link>
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		<title>Tube Amp Crackle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My tube amp, a late 90s Mesa/Boogie DC-3, developed a crackle. I searched the internet, but couldn&#8217;t find any information that directly corresponded to the problem I was experiencing. So, while this is not specifically home-recording related, I decided to add my experience to the internet in hopes it will help someone else.
The problem was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thirdtake.com/2009/08/24/tube-amp-crackle/</link>
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		<title>Mixing Notes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m deep into the mixing of my band&#8217;s EP right now. I&#8217;m learning lots of new things, and putting lots of theories into practice. This is the biggest project I&#8217;ve ever mixed, in terms of both complexity and importance. Here are a few things I&#8217;ve learned:

VC64 Vintage Channel sounds really good, and works magic on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thirdtake.com/2009/08/18/mixing-notes/</link>
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		<title>Software Distribution Service 3.0 Strikes Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote in June about my DAW developing a chronic BSOD problem out of nowhere, and figuring out the problem was caused by Microsoft&#8217;s &#8220;Software Distribution Service 3.0.&#8221;  Well, last week the BSOD-reboot started happening again. The first few times, I made like an ostrich and pretended it didn&#8217;t happen. Tonight, however, it happened [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thirdtake.com/2009/08/12/software-distribution-service-strikes-again/</link>
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		<title>Sonar 8 Upgrade Offer &#8211; Free Sonar Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year about this time, when Cakewalk is poised to announce a new version of Sonar, they offer to give you the new version free if you buy the current version. This year&#8217;s announcement has come. 
I&#8217;ve taken advantage of this offer in the past, and while I think it&#8217;s a great offer, my experience [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thirdtake.com/2009/07/10/sonar-8-upgrade-offer/</link>
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		<title>BSOD while recording or playing audio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The dreaded BSOD &#8211; Blue Screen of Death &#8211; seemed to be only a myth, a thing of legend on my DAW. I&#8217;ve happily recorded on this computer for a couple years, and I&#8217;ve never had any problems with stability. Then, out of nowhere, the BSOD reared its ugly head. I hadn&#8217;t changed any hardware [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thirdtake.com/2009/06/03/bsod-while-recording-or-playing-audio/</link>
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		<title>How To Open EZDrummer in Sonar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After you install EZDrummer, you have to tell Sonar where to find it before you can use EZDrummer.  This tutorial explains how to set up EZDrummer as a VST Plugin in Sonar. 



Before you follow these steps, make sure you have installed EZDrummer by inserting the CD and following the prompts. If you want, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thirdtake.com/2009/03/17/how-to-open-ezdrummer-in-sonar/</link>
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		<title>No More x64</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My recent hard drive crashes gave me the &#8220;opportunity&#8221; to start over from scratch and reinstall everything. I chose not to use Windows XP x64.
x64 worked, it was stable, and I got a lot of work done on it. However, my list of complaints has grown long over the last couple years:

Cakewalk has dropped support [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thirdtake.com/2009/03/10/no-more-x64/</link>
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		<title>Second Western Digital Drive Dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had two hard drives in my computer &#8211; both Western Digital Caviar SATA drives. One was for programs, and the other was for Sonar audio data.  The audio drive died around the first of the year, and I had a miserable time getting it replaced under warranty.
The other drive, with my programs on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thirdtake.com/2009/02/27/second-western-digital-drive-dead/</link>
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		<title>EZ Drummer 1.1.6 Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EZ Drummer 1.1.6 available in the Toontrack User Area
Fixed in version 1.1.6:
- improved transmuting
- access rights to shared directory opened on Mac
- residual CC data at end of tracks no longer extend loop
- improved tolerance for non-ascii characters in home path on Mac
- additional fixes to copy protection 
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		<link>http://www.thirdtake.com/2009/02/03/ez-drummer-116-available/</link>
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