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How can I change my profile picture? :confused:

I hear you use Gentoo Linux for your studio recording. I'm using linux Mint. Do you use a usb audio interface?

Hello, I am wondering if most or any usb 2.0 audio interfaces (such as TASCAMs) are compatible with the linux OS, or just PC. Does anyone have experience using interfaces with linux?

Ha, thanks Richie. Being the total n00b I am, you just made me realize what monitors are actually used for (derp). And thank you for those pearls of wisdom, for if you hadn't said them, I probably would have ended up adjusting EQs until I was thick up to my neck in them and totally frustrated...

Ok. A huge thank you to everyone who took me seriously. Home Recording for dummies, here I come! You guys are pre cool!

Thank you so much phriq, grimtraveller, and chili. I know it may have sounded like a bunch of dumb questions but I really do need the help. I've spent so many hours searching the internet for answers to my problems, and most of the time I plainly could not understand the language. It's very...

Haha k thank you! I'm confused about what a soundcard is, and why it is important. Also my friend suggested using a portable multi track recorder instead of an interface, what do you like better?

Well, sometimes when I record I can't hear anything or the recording is extremely faint. Then also if I try to add distortion on my amp, the mic doesn't pick it up properly at all and the sound sort of fades in and out. I not understanding what to do :|

But I can't fiiiiind any. They all use words like "soundcard" and "phantom power". I have no idea what I'm doing here, I really need some help!

Hello good people of the forum. Today is another day of celebration for all you enthusiastic teacher types out there, for I, Comocks, am an absolute beginner to the Art of Recording, and each and every one of you has this wonderful opportunity to influence my every recording decision from the...