Recent content by boymonkey

Hello everyone, I am a complete newbie when it comes to using a midi keyboard as a controller and was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. I purchased the Edirol PCR 30 because it had all the features I wanted and more. I have been using various equipment to record guitar and vocals...

Hey, It may seem a stupid question but I was wondering what would cause my mixer to be damaged. I just got it recently and want to use it correctly. Normally I will use it to plug an XLR mic lead into it and sometimes a normal 1/4" jack for electric guitar and then the mixer to my laptop...

Hey all, Just wanted to post a general thread regarding what to do next. I have a soundcraft notepad mixer, studio projects b1 mic and echo indigo i/o soundcard for my laptop. I've tested it all...seems to be working very well. I also have my songs that I want to record pretty much ready...the...

Hi, I just wanted to start a thread that dealt with the general topic of what effect...etc to use when and possibly even some more detail on various settings used. For example, when do you ideally use: reverb; chorus; echo; compression (and how much); etc. I know it depends on what sound your...

Hi, If getting a sound card for a laptop, which should I get (I have a budget of around $175.) I will only need 2 vocal tracks, 3 acoustic guitar tracks and a few others...all recorded seperately though. I basically want the best sound quality for the money...which one should I opt for? I heard...

Hi, I've been planning on setting up a small home studio for a while now and it seems the more I get into it the more questions there are and i'm just doing a very basic setup! Here are my options... - I have new desktop pc (good spec etc...) but it is very noisy and I would prefer not to use...

Basically I was wondering if anyone had come across this mixer and if so can they please give me some feedback on it? How does it compare to a Behringer 602 for example? I need a cheap but good mixer and am having a few problems as to what to look for. Any advice would be much appreciated.

I'm wanting to set up a home studio type thing and was wondering if the AKG C 1000S mic was the right choice? The only problem is it is quite expensive and therefore I am considering getting a dynamic Shure SM57 mic instead? Is there alot of sound quality difference between the two or is the AKG...

Hey all, I'm setting up a home studio type thing and was wondering if a good soundcard to purchase would be the Lucid ADA1000? Also, i'm considering the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz because it is considerably cheaper. Any advice on this would be much appreciated. To give you an idea of the other...

Hi, I'm wanting to build a home studio type thing, but am on a budget. I was wondering if anyone could give advice on the behringer mx602a. For the money is this a good 6 channel mixer or is it outdated now? Are there any better mixers out there? I know that the sound quality is only as good as...