yet another starting equipment thread

[pate]

i know you guys have probably seen this a billion times. so sorry in advance. anyways. i am looking to start basic recording setup in my room. as of right now i have the following.

alesis multimix 8 usb
laptop with cubase
mxl 990 condensor mic

i would like to know what else i need to progress to a accaptable recording setup. plan to be recording vocals, guitar, bass, drums, harp, piano and maybe more. i want to know in what order i should buy stuff, the most essential first up to the goodies. im going to buy this over time so i want to know what i absolutely have to have first (ie. monitors mics). so as far as budget ide like to keep it as cheap as possible but stuff that will last me as i expand. i plan to mic bass and guitar amps, and drums in the future but im not worried about drums right now. thanks for any help

[tourettes5139]

Monitors. If you can't accurately hear what you recorded, how can you make adjustments?

SM57 is a standard for guitar amps, and for snare drums. Although there are arguably better (and more expensive) mics for both, these have been proven and work well. You'll always have a use for it.

I think the best way to get info on this would be to use the SEARCH BUTTON. There have been tons of posts about this!

Good luck, and have fun!!

[pate]

yeah, ok i searched, ive come up with:

sm 57
m-audio studiophile DX4's

for now, but im still in the dark about future additions

[Dr.Cool]

im in a similiar situation and i was wondering if anybody has anybody experience with Roland DM10 Digital Stereo Micro Monitors. They're only 145 on musicians friend.

[travelin travis]

I did have the Edirol MA-10DBK monitors for about a month. I posted a pretty fair review of them at Musicians Friend but it never showed up on their website. If you're super broke, or just need some low powered pc speakers, they're usable I suppose.

[Markaholic]

i'd suggest a soundcard with atleast 4 inputs as i noticed your using the multimix usb.
Problem with the multimix is it actually only allows you to "dump" 1 stereo track of all your inputs to the PC on 1 stereo track.Not good for drums in IMO.
You need seperate tracks atleast for the kick..snare...hi-hats...and overheads.
Just by getting seperate tracks of the basic drum parts will improve how your recordings sound.

[pate]

yeah i know this thing isnt very good, but im using a laptop so i cant put a sound card in. is there any other option for a laptop? i dont have a firewire port either.

[Markaholic]

Originally Posted by pate

yeah i know this thing isnt very good, but im using a laptop so i cant put a sound card in. is there any other option for a laptop? i dont have a firewire port either.

you have a few choices still..theres usb and PCMCIA...now it depends on what your budget is!