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Well, I now have what works for me, and I have no plans to buy anything else. I really mean it...:LOL: For my project studio, for field recording, I feel I spent the money, got the final units I wanted, and now the rest has to come from me. 4 other mics were sold over a year to help raise...

It depends on the amount of effort you want to put into it, and the amount of quality needed, not "one or the other" as if they are equal. If you want to track through your Graces, you have already answered your own question: you use the laptop and feed the Grace pres in. "Portable": High end...

You're asking about two different things at the same time: 1. You want to record. 2. You want software to use samples for your piano to sound different. Keep it simple: get Audacity (it's free, simple and sounds as good as any other DAW, depending on what you put in front of it) and a...

I had cassette recorders from about age 12, first portables, then upgraded. Had Dolby B, then C, also Dbx II, the whole journey of getting better sound.... Later, doing my own music, I went into digital Tascam units like the 2488. Currently using a DP24SD with outboard gear. Along the way, I...

The answer to the original question would be: "WIth careful mic placement." Phasing is going to be the one thing you want to avoid. The mono button will be your friend in setting this up, as you can check if the two mics together are creating cancellations/phasey sounds/drops in frequencies or...

For drums, since my music needs acoustic ones, I just "order out" from Fiverr. I don't play drums, I have no desire to spread myself further out by trying. I'd rather concentrate on my songs and the instruments I do play, and get good-quality drum work from someone who is a pro drummer. C.

Jim Keltner. Rocks and swings with subtlety and texture. Earl Palmer. One of the best in 50s N'awlins music. Kenny Aronoff. An absolute locomotive for rock. Jay Bellerose. Gorgeous tone and touch, has a '40s Slingerland kit and uses mallets a lot. Gilson Lavis (former Squeeze, now drummer for...

My experience: I've used Fiverr to get professional drum tracks, and I am very happy with the outcome. 1. Seek through the drummers and read carefully in terms of styles they play well/mostly and what their influences are. Also pay attention to what their kit and recording setup are. You want...

Well, since we're going down the rabbit hole, my Windows sound settings internally are at 100, which is what they have always been. For my scratch recordings,I am using Audacity on my Win 10 machine, with a FocusRite 2I2 interface. In the Audacity choices for "recording" and "playback" devices...

Gain staging is everything. Start with setting the mic input on your Behringer so it is happy with the mic, a solid but not crazy level. Then you know that part is done. Now, knock your DAW/Windows input level down to 40-50 or so. Speak into the mic and compare levels between the known healthy...

As someone finally noted along the thread, how about asking what genres we are talking about before making recommendations? If you want to sing opera (or even Broadway), without proper training you will get nowhere, and likely wreck your vocal cords in the process. If you want to play classical...

Radial makes a nice line booster for such purposes, a clean and solid device: https://www.radialeng.com/product/j4 C.

As John says, start at the source: Room: Have you moved and tried a different position? Mic: What are you using? Have you tried another mic? Compressor: Are you compressing on the way in, possibly affecting the freqency response that way? Singer's Technique: Breathing/addressing mic,/forcing...

In a sense, you have answered your own question: you say you like what the Shure SM81 does in your situation. You have to address your preferences before thinking of a "different" mic: what sound are you after? Two identical Shures will give a unity of soundscape that one Shure and some other...

"But given many people are going to be listening on less than optimal equipment, I wonder if it makes sense to worry about anything other than a fairly basic sounding earphones performance. I'm not saying I'm sure, it's just a wondering of mine." That's upside-down logic. Regardless of what the...

Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 will do the job. USB powered. I use it myself with Audacity. Two combo XlR Mic/pro-level line inputs with switch between the two options, just adapt with 1/4-inch unbalanced to RCA and you'll be good. There will be a level difference between the pro-level (+4) line in on...

The Direct-to-Disc issues from Sheffield sounded (and sound) fabulous, along with those from Nautilus and a couple of other labels. I still have mine, and for the most explosive dynamics you can put on an LP, nothing tops them. The Thelma Houston album "I've Got the Music in Me" was a go-to for...

-12 to -16 is about where my tracks peak for tracking; I leave plenty of headroom. At 24bit/48, just relax and "save room for later." If/when I run through my compressors when tracking, I decide how hot I want to go through them (they have tubes) and then the output into the recorder stays, as...

I don't play hard rock, so my amps are a Fender Rumble for my bass and a small Crate for my acoustic-electric guitar. My ribbon mics really sing when picking up cabinets. I don't need aggressive highs, rather a mellower sound, and the ribbon is sweet on the ears for that purpose. C.

What can work well is doing backing vox with SDCs, for sonic contrast with the lead done on a regular large-diaphragm mic. Position yourself (or whoever else sings backing) slightly off the smaller mic to create audio 'perspective' even as you track it. C.