Well, I'm accumulating stuff and not using it, so I figure I'm gonna do some selling and some buying.
Here's what I've got for recording.
Mikes:
1. Superlux CM-H8a LD Condensor w/shockmount
2. sm57.
Board/Pre's:
1. Behringer mx2004a board (20 channel board)
2. M-Audio DMP3 (which isn't here yet - stupid guitar center)
Sound Card: M-Audio Delta44
Software: Cubase SX 2.0, plus some VSTi plugs
Instruments:
1. Takamine FD-360sc acoustic/electric guitar
2. Epiphone Les Paul Std.
3. Line6 Spider 1x12
4. A Yamaha bass that a friend traded me for an old acoustic guitar
5. Randall Bass Amp - half-stack with a 2-10in. speaker cab. (came with the bass deal)
6. Remo Djembe
7. M-Audio Radium 61 midi controller
Here's what I'm thinking:
1. Sell the bass and the bass amp. I never play the bass much at all - I mainly use the radium and do MIDI bass stuff. I used to play piano, so it's way easier for me to get bass down that way.
2. Sell the berry mixer and buy a much smaller berry ub802 series mixer. I hear the UB-series pre's are way better than the mx-series stuff, plus I'd have 2 channels from the berry mixer (which I wouldn't use much at all) and 2 channels from the DMP3. I've only got 4 inputs total.
3. Sell the superlux mike with the shockmount.
So if I sell those things, I think I can get about 125 or so for the mixer, maybe 450 or 500 for the bass and the bass amp and 50 or so for the mike. Hopefully ebay could get me about $625 to work with. I've thought about selling the electric guitar (my roommate has an SRV custom strat) and the amp, since I use mostly amplitube, but my roommate is probably gonna move out in a year, and sometimes you just need a real amp.
Basically I just want to get a good mike cabinet, since all I'd be left with is the 57. I mostly want to record vocals, acoustic guitar, djembe, and my line6 spider. Here's what I'm thinking:
Vocals - LD Condensor: Studio Projects C1 - $200
Acoustic - matched pair sd condensors: MXL 603s's $200 on ebay
Djembe/multi-purpose: Studio Projects B1 - $100
Plus I'd need that berry ub802 mixer - $60
Comes to a total of $560 - leaves me a bit left over to finish paying for the DMP3 that I charged plus a mike stand or two and some cords.
Granted I need to try stuff out on my voice/my guitar, but nobody here in OK carries the studio projects mikes, and everything I hear/read points me in their direction. What would you guys do with @625 to build up a decent mike cabinet for the uses I've described? Or would you sell the epi les paul (cause it's kind of muddy anyway) and the line6 give yourself about $1000 to work with?
-Brian
oh, and sorry I'm a bit long winded today
Here's what I've got for recording.
Mikes:
1. Superlux CM-H8a LD Condensor w/shockmount
2. sm57.
Board/Pre's:
1. Behringer mx2004a board (20 channel board)
2. M-Audio DMP3 (which isn't here yet - stupid guitar center)
Sound Card: M-Audio Delta44
Software: Cubase SX 2.0, plus some VSTi plugs
Instruments:
1. Takamine FD-360sc acoustic/electric guitar
2. Epiphone Les Paul Std.
3. Line6 Spider 1x12
4. A Yamaha bass that a friend traded me for an old acoustic guitar
5. Randall Bass Amp - half-stack with a 2-10in. speaker cab. (came with the bass deal)
6. Remo Djembe
7. M-Audio Radium 61 midi controller
Here's what I'm thinking:
1. Sell the bass and the bass amp. I never play the bass much at all - I mainly use the radium and do MIDI bass stuff. I used to play piano, so it's way easier for me to get bass down that way.
2. Sell the berry mixer and buy a much smaller berry ub802 series mixer. I hear the UB-series pre's are way better than the mx-series stuff, plus I'd have 2 channels from the berry mixer (which I wouldn't use much at all) and 2 channels from the DMP3. I've only got 4 inputs total.
3. Sell the superlux mike with the shockmount.
So if I sell those things, I think I can get about 125 or so for the mixer, maybe 450 or 500 for the bass and the bass amp and 50 or so for the mike. Hopefully ebay could get me about $625 to work with. I've thought about selling the electric guitar (my roommate has an SRV custom strat) and the amp, since I use mostly amplitube, but my roommate is probably gonna move out in a year, and sometimes you just need a real amp.
Basically I just want to get a good mike cabinet, since all I'd be left with is the 57. I mostly want to record vocals, acoustic guitar, djembe, and my line6 spider. Here's what I'm thinking:
Vocals - LD Condensor: Studio Projects C1 - $200
Acoustic - matched pair sd condensors: MXL 603s's $200 on ebay
Djembe/multi-purpose: Studio Projects B1 - $100
Plus I'd need that berry ub802 mixer - $60
Comes to a total of $560 - leaves me a bit left over to finish paying for the DMP3 that I charged plus a mike stand or two and some cords.
Granted I need to try stuff out on my voice/my guitar, but nobody here in OK carries the studio projects mikes, and everything I hear/read points me in their direction. What would you guys do with @625 to build up a decent mike cabinet for the uses I've described? Or would you sell the epi les paul (cause it's kind of muddy anyway) and the line6 give yourself about $1000 to work with?
-Brian
oh, and sorry I'm a bit long winded today