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    microphone care (concerned about cold temperatures)

    Hey guys, I've been living in a residence @ university for a good two months now. I've had my microphones with me for a while. I care a lot about my rode nt1-a and m3... i noticed the other day when I took them out of their cases that they were pretty cold (the body of the microphone) Can...
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    just bought rode nt1-a... can't notice much improvement

    I'm listening to some demos i've recorded between my at2020 and my new rode nt1a. I recorded acoustic guitar in stereo, nt1a and at2020 both on my acoustic. Then I did my vocal track... and I'm not noticing much difference in the nt1a between the at 2020... in fact i think the at2020 almost...
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    recording my schools stageband. suggestion needed

    Hello. Soon enough I will be recording my jazz band at my school for a project. I'm looking for techniques and advice on recording the band live. The band includes, electric guitar, keyboard, bass, drums, a section of trumpet/trombone players, a section of sax players and percussion / vibes...
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    Naint Microphone Dry Samples

    Hey guys, I've been around this forum for over a year and I am hearing a lot about the naiant microhpones I believe which are produced by mshilarious? from the board... I really want to hear some dry samples (no effects) of these microphones for anybody who has bought them... I listened to...
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    apex 435

    Does anybody have any experience with the apex 435... is it any good. There is one for $50 on my local classifieds. thanks.
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    using a sock as a mic cover

    Hey guys, quick question. I leave my mics out on their stands quite often, esepcially my at 2020 a ldc. do you think it is a good or bad idea to throw a clean sock over it (and any other mics i use and leave out) to keep dust off of it... I can't see why not... but just looking for opinions...
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    I could get a presonus firestudio project...

    Hey guys, I have a chance to get a Firestudio project used for $320. I have logic express, and a macbook 2.1 1 gig ram 120 gig hard drive. I've heard a lot of bad things about these. Any experiences / opinons? apparently they sucked, but now with a driver update its a little more reliable?
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    TASCAM FW 1804 - Should I get it?!

    Hey guys, I found a tascam fw 1804 on craigslist. It has 4 mic pres. then 4 line ins. THEN ADAT. Lots of inputs. I'm not sure whether or not I should buy it. I got the price down to about $260. Here are some factors -I have a mac -I am running logic -the thing is rackmountable, but I don't have...
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    my first drum recording! critique?

    Hey guys, I just did my first full (real) recording of a drum set. I was wondering if you guys could give me some constructive criticism on anything and everything, here's some background info -i used a 4 mic channel behringer mixer I used these mics 2 behringer c-2s - overheads (i attemped...
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    Logic Studio EXS Samples

    Does anybody know where I can get logic EXS sampler sample kits? I'm more or less looking for free drums kits, but if theres anything else out there thats free thats cool with me too!
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    behringer mic pre, or behringer built in mixer pres

    Hey guys, I'm just looking for a couple opinions. I am trying to decide whether or not I should use a dedicated behringer mic pre, instead of the built in mic pres on my behringer mixer. My school of though right now is... I should go with the dedicated mic pre into the behringer mixer, because...
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    has anyone heard of the m-audio pulsar microphone? thoughts?

    someone is selling an m-audio pulsar I microphone. It's the first one not the pulsar II's ... does anybody have any knowledge about this microphone, have you used it, have reviews, opinions, thoughts anything? I can't find any info on it. Thanks,
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    need a bit of help (opinions) on which of my mics I should use.

    Hey guys, I was just looking for a little bit of help for recording acoustic guitar (which I do most of the time. Ever since I got a two new mics, I've been recording in stereo (feeling like it's the best thing to do). I have a problem though (apart from always feeling like i should track an...
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    Recording to external questions

    Hey guys, just got an external hard drive from owc. specs: 3.5", 500 gb, firewire 400/usb 2.0...7200 rpm. Here's my question: I record mostly track by track stuff, (stereo aco gtr, vox, midi etc) and haven't had much experience multitracking drums with a firewire audio interface at all. Do you...
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    mbox 1 : any good?

    I found a use mbox 1 on kijiji in my area. Do you guys know if there any good? I would get pro tools 7.0 with it... so could I upgrade that to protools 7.4? pro tools 8 when it comes out? Does anyone know if the pres and conversion and overall quality of the mbox1 is? thanks!
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    Acoustic guitar and singing: to use a metronome?

    My question is: do you think it's neccessary to use a metronome in a recording where its simply just acoustic guitar and then singing? I'm trying for the first time and it's so much easier than having that stupid click in my ears... the only problem is I have pauses in my songs... I'd like some...
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    How to use adat (behringer ultragain 8)

    i found a used behringer ultragain 8 on kijiji. If i'm not mistaken they have adat cables right? Which are used to transfer signals to other devices that can take adat cables. So if i bought it (it's only $50!) how would I hook it up to something like the motu 8 pre? Also with the behringer...
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    recording with in stereo with two different mic types... need suggestions

    Hey guys, I've been experimenting with my ears but right now I am looking for some opinions from you guys. This post is about recording in stereo (especially acoustic guitar) These are the mics I have audio techinca at 2020 (medium diaphragm condesner two behringer c-2s (matched pair) I plan on...
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    Motu Ultralite! so many inputs

    I was looking at the new ultralite mk3 from motu. There are so many 1/4 inch inputs.. (same as the older model I know)... What Would I use them for... There are only 2 pres on it, so I could only use two condesners at once for example... Would I plug guitars into the 1/4" inputs? Or would I...
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    recording with effects or without?

    you guys might get on my case for repeating a thread that's probably already done, but I fail when using the search function (it's like you can't search phrases even when you put them in " " ) so if there is already another one of these threads direct me towards and don't bother replying...
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