What now?

[EdJames]

I feel a little lost. I've enjoyed great amounts of information from you all with regards my setup and eventually bought:-

Delta 44
M-Audio Tampa
Audio Technica AT4040

...all of which I'm assured are great pieces of kit.

My question I guess is...what now?

I want another nice piece of kit to save for, I'm thinking probably a rack EQ or rack Reverb unit would be the best, say £100-£200 value. Am I along the right lines?

[chris-from-ky]

Speck ASC is revered as a great EQ for $500 USD.

Do you really need an outboard reverb unit? I mean they make plugs as good as outboard anymore. Do you have a UAD-1 card? That could be a nice addition for FX and stuff. I don't know what they cost now a days. Look into it. If an outboard is what you really want, the Lexicon offerings are good and Kurzweil offerings are said to be good as well.

[EdJames]

I saw you recommend the Speck ASC in another thread but couldn't see them as being available in the UK.

No UAD-1 card; don't even know what that is! What does it do etc?

Will look into the Lexicon products, they looked quite handy when I was searching online.

I have this horrible feeling that my next piece of kit is going to have to be a $2,000 mic, something like a Neumann before I really notice the difference. My Tampa has a great compressor and computer have plugins for EQ and reverb so perhaps I'm all set for the time being.

[Robert D]

Originally Posted by EdJames

Delta 44
M-Audio Tampa
Audio Technica AT4040

My question I guess is...what now?

Hi Ed,
So what is it you're doing with this gear, and what is it you can't to with it now? Do you have a decent monitoring chain in place? Does the software you're using do everything you want? What kind of music are you recording? What instruments? What other equipment?