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I recently got a fast track pro for Christmas. Today being my first day off since receiving it I was excited to get it up and running. I went to m-audio's website and downloaded the latest drivers... at least I think I did. Went to install and the screen says that my os does not currently...

This sounds like a great place to start... thank you!

Sorry... missed that one...:D

So I'm looking at getting a 2 input usb interface to get my hands dirty with computer based recording. I was wondering about mic choice and mic placement for recording acoustic guitar. Here are the mics that I have: MXL 992 Large-Diaphragm Condenser Microphone http://tinyurl.com/yfcm9bs MXL...

So eventually I want to get either a presonus firestudio or a tascam 1641 to use with a mac mini(with upgraded memory), but I still need to get the memory upgrade, a monitor, a mouse, and speakers to get the mac recording setup up and running. So.... Since I'm itching to get recording I was...

So understanding that professional acoustic treatment panels and traps would be the best way to take care of sonic problems... are there other ways that I could treat a room that are less expensive but still fairly effective? I know that a trick for recording guitar amps is to put a heavy...

I will definitely try that, thanks! To be honest I didn't like the setup... I'm lazy when comes to these things and there was too steep of a learning curve, especially with the way the menus work. Now that I have more of a drive to record the yamaha is pretty beat up.:(

So I haven't mentioned in my other threads that I have one of these because personally I hate it... http://tinyurl.com/yamaha-AW-1600 But while I was going through some old stuff that I recorded I noticed that it has a USB port and I started thinking... Is there a way that I could use the...

Thanks! That's really good info to know. I guess I'll hold off on the preamp until I get into the good stuff.

So I'm pretty sure which interface that I want (Tascam US-1641). I have several microphones including dynamic and condenser... no ribbons though... yet :p I now know that I need to get some acoustic treatment panels, bass traps being the most important. (Thank you for the responses to my last...

I need some help with "acoustic treatments"... well that's the section on sweetwater.com that has all of the foam things that you put on the wall to help with the the acoustics of the room. When people talk about the problems that a space can have they mention things like "slap" and "flutter"...

I'm sure this question has been asked several times so I apologize for that... How much difference does a mic cable make in sound quality? Is there a big tonal difference between cheap cables, say $10 for a 20 ft, and the cables that run for $150 for a 20 ft? Thanks

So I am quite a newbie... I've been playing guitar for a long time, but I'm just starting to work on recording. I have several dynamic mics, 2 small diaphragm condenser mics and 1 large diaphragm mic. I was thinking about picking up a ribbon mic but the only ones that I can find that are even...

If I go the route of the mac mini then ALL that computer is going to be used for is recording, only if I use my dell laptop will I have to worry about anything else plugged into the USB. So the consensus seems to be... get a better interface and worry about the odds and ends later.

That makes a lot of sense and obviously the better option, but for the sake of budget can you use the mixer and get a decent cut on the drums? Again I'm not looking for this to be professional off the bat, just something better than what they can do in the basement... or am I being delusional? :D