Hello. I am happy to have found this forum after reading a ton of posts everyone on here everyone seems really cool and enjoys helping out new comers. I am going to end up posting two things. One in Mics and one in Computer Recording…. So bear with me in case you read both posts… it may seem a little repetitive.
OK. Here is my situation:
I have been tooling around with home recording for about two years but spend most of my time in my band. I started out with a Boss Br-8 about two years ago. And sold that and bought a C-port and some freeware software. Then I bought sonar off of a friend. Then I sold that on ebay and bought Nuendo which is by far the greatest purchase I have ever made (in my novice opinion).
I have gotten a lot more serious about the demo recording studio thing because people have liked all the equipment I put together and I have compiled enough stuff over the last year or so to start charging people to record demos. That’s kind of what I like about this. I can record my own band and also record others and make some money back. I am ready for a pretty significant upgrade (significant for me at least).
I am selling a few things now and I am ready for the next step up. I like to do things in steps rather than spending 5 grand all of the sudden.
This is what I have:
DMP3 Preamp
Alesis Nanoverb (not really used for recording, mostly rehearsal)
Behringer MX3282A mixer (used mostly for rehearsals but I also mic up drums through it… I know it needs to be upgraded eventually so please don’t yell at me for Behringer)).
Two ¼” patch bays (don’t use them much but I got them cheap)
Mics - nothing too great just yet:
- (2) SM57’s
- (1) SM-58 (mostly used for rehearsal rather than recording)
- AT3035
- MXL 660 - I know its cheap but I really like the sound out of it.
I just sold: the AKG Drum Pack which includes D-550, 2 D440’d, and 2 D660S’s.
That means I need new mics to make sure I can record drums.
I am also selling my C-port (did it’s job really well for it’s time), which I will talk about in the computer recording forum.
Oh yeah, I play and record mostly rock/punkish type of stuff.
My question(s) for the mic guys/gals:
What are your opinions on the following plan:
The first thing that it looks like I need is to replace my kick drum mic. I’m almost positive that I am going to go with the AKG D-112. I wanted to look at the RED5 RVD1 but I can’t find it anywhere. I thought that would be a good mic and it would keep cost down.
Next I need a to finish out my drum mics with two tom mics. I was thinking multi-purpose Studio Projects B1 mics? Maybe a pair of those?
This would pretty much allow me to mic up my drums so far? Please add any comments here.
Then, I need a pretty good vocal mic. Someone had suggested the C1 but also said it was not very versatile. Just Vocals for the most part. How bout the B3? Rode NT-1? I wanted to stay in the $200 range.
For the Bass cabinet I can just use the bass drum mic correct?
And for guitars I like the SM57 and AT3035.
Acoustics? MXL660?
Please let me know if I am totally missing something. We always use about 7 mics on the drums but the rest of the stuff we record 2 tracks at a time and that’s when I go from the DMP3 right to the recorder (no Behringer in the signal chain). That way only 5 drum mics in the whole mix go through the behringer.
And that’s all. I should have a decent setup. Now to upgrade my soundcard? Off to the computer recording forum.
if I've left anything out just post back asking. Thanks and I appreciate the help.
OK. Here is my situation:
I have been tooling around with home recording for about two years but spend most of my time in my band. I started out with a Boss Br-8 about two years ago. And sold that and bought a C-port and some freeware software. Then I bought sonar off of a friend. Then I sold that on ebay and bought Nuendo which is by far the greatest purchase I have ever made (in my novice opinion).
I have gotten a lot more serious about the demo recording studio thing because people have liked all the equipment I put together and I have compiled enough stuff over the last year or so to start charging people to record demos. That’s kind of what I like about this. I can record my own band and also record others and make some money back. I am ready for a pretty significant upgrade (significant for me at least).
I am selling a few things now and I am ready for the next step up. I like to do things in steps rather than spending 5 grand all of the sudden.
This is what I have:
DMP3 Preamp
Alesis Nanoverb (not really used for recording, mostly rehearsal)
Behringer MX3282A mixer (used mostly for rehearsals but I also mic up drums through it… I know it needs to be upgraded eventually so please don’t yell at me for Behringer)).
Two ¼” patch bays (don’t use them much but I got them cheap)
Mics - nothing too great just yet:
- (2) SM57’s
- (1) SM-58 (mostly used for rehearsal rather than recording)
- AT3035
- MXL 660 - I know its cheap but I really like the sound out of it.
I just sold: the AKG Drum Pack which includes D-550, 2 D440’d, and 2 D660S’s.
That means I need new mics to make sure I can record drums.
I am also selling my C-port (did it’s job really well for it’s time), which I will talk about in the computer recording forum.
Oh yeah, I play and record mostly rock/punkish type of stuff.
My question(s) for the mic guys/gals:
What are your opinions on the following plan:
The first thing that it looks like I need is to replace my kick drum mic. I’m almost positive that I am going to go with the AKG D-112. I wanted to look at the RED5 RVD1 but I can’t find it anywhere. I thought that would be a good mic and it would keep cost down.
Next I need a to finish out my drum mics with two tom mics. I was thinking multi-purpose Studio Projects B1 mics? Maybe a pair of those?
This would pretty much allow me to mic up my drums so far? Please add any comments here.
Then, I need a pretty good vocal mic. Someone had suggested the C1 but also said it was not very versatile. Just Vocals for the most part. How bout the B3? Rode NT-1? I wanted to stay in the $200 range.
For the Bass cabinet I can just use the bass drum mic correct?
And for guitars I like the SM57 and AT3035.
Acoustics? MXL660?
Please let me know if I am totally missing something. We always use about 7 mics on the drums but the rest of the stuff we record 2 tracks at a time and that’s when I go from the DMP3 right to the recorder (no Behringer in the signal chain). That way only 5 drum mics in the whole mix go through the behringer.
And that’s all. I should have a decent setup. Now to upgrade my soundcard? Off to the computer recording forum.
if I've left anything out just post back asking. Thanks and I appreciate the help.