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Hi everyone,
I'm new here, and to the whole audio scene in general. Recently I've wanted to create quality recordings of my piano playing, so I've set out to get all the equipment I needed to make digital recordings on my laptop.
I bought a pair of Samson C02 condenser microphones for about $120. And seeing as I needed an interface I bought an m-audio fast track pro USB interface for about $150.
I thought this would be a quality setup, however I've been having issues with the m-audio. I found a review that describes them pretty well but I'm not allowed to post links yet so just search google for: m-audio fast track pro noise, and it should be the first result.
Basically my microphones sound really quiet and when I try to turn up the gain on the input I get a lot of noise. I thought maybe my microphones just weren't sensitive enough but I read that guy's review and it seems the m-audio fast track pro just sucks.
So my question is, can anyone give any suggestions for a decent usb (or firewire) audio recording interface with XLR inputs and phantom power? Is it possible to find one under $200?
Thanks for any suggestions!
edit: maybe this should have gone in the newbies section.
I'm new here, and to the whole audio scene in general. Recently I've wanted to create quality recordings of my piano playing, so I've set out to get all the equipment I needed to make digital recordings on my laptop.
I bought a pair of Samson C02 condenser microphones for about $120. And seeing as I needed an interface I bought an m-audio fast track pro USB interface for about $150.
I thought this would be a quality setup, however I've been having issues with the m-audio. I found a review that describes them pretty well but I'm not allowed to post links yet so just search google for: m-audio fast track pro noise, and it should be the first result.
Basically my microphones sound really quiet and when I try to turn up the gain on the input I get a lot of noise. I thought maybe my microphones just weren't sensitive enough but I read that guy's review and it seems the m-audio fast track pro just sucks.
So my question is, can anyone give any suggestions for a decent usb (or firewire) audio recording interface with XLR inputs and phantom power? Is it possible to find one under $200?
Thanks for any suggestions!
edit: maybe this should have gone in the newbies section.
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