grahamware
That FAQ Guy
I think slackmaster mentioned it in the cave somewhere (the idea was thrown around before I think) - a Home recording mic FAQ. I don't post a lot here, but I've read almost every thread for the past year and a half, and especially recently the same "CHEAPEST CONDENSER UNDER 2 C-BILLS" thread is getting repeated over...and over...and over.
Flatpicker just wrote a genius comparison of dynamic vs condenser mics recently, and it got me thinkin': what if someone combed the board from the recent past and stuck all important newbie info in a nice, convenient newbie grail?
Now I know many of you will immediately suggest that newbies read Harvey's big thread. I agree, it should be required reading; but for impatient newbies, it's just too long to read when they want to know what budget XLR cable to buy RIGHT NOW. In all seriousness, it does take some work to find what you are looking for in there when you have a problem (it IS 26 pages...).
I can host the thing on my server at home. I'll even take the role of coordinating the effort, and designing a nice HTML page for it. (What the hell, only a month of summer vaca to go...better make it fun). Even if we can't get a mod (dragon or otherwise) to have the FAQ 'stickied' like the Big Thread, I could just bump it every day...
So what do you say? Help me combat relentless newbie thread garbage and let's build the BEST HOME REC MIC FAQ THE INTERNET HAS SEEN! (cheers)
-Graham
Flatpicker just wrote a genius comparison of dynamic vs condenser mics recently, and it got me thinkin': what if someone combed the board from the recent past and stuck all important newbie info in a nice, convenient newbie grail?
Now I know many of you will immediately suggest that newbies read Harvey's big thread. I agree, it should be required reading; but for impatient newbies, it's just too long to read when they want to know what budget XLR cable to buy RIGHT NOW. In all seriousness, it does take some work to find what you are looking for in there when you have a problem (it IS 26 pages...).
I can host the thing on my server at home. I'll even take the role of coordinating the effort, and designing a nice HTML page for it. (What the hell, only a month of summer vaca to go...better make it fun). Even if we can't get a mod (dragon or otherwise) to have the FAQ 'stickied' like the Big Thread, I could just bump it every day...
So what do you say? Help me combat relentless newbie thread garbage and let's build the BEST HOME REC MIC FAQ THE INTERNET HAS SEEN! (cheers)
-Graham