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    Does having an LED levels meter on the interface matter to setting gain right?

    All interfaces have some kind of indicator to show you if there is signal or clipping. For many inexpensive ones, it's just a green and red light. But some have level meters, like the MOTU M series, that show where in the range you are (green...orange...red!). I'd think setting your level as...
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    How much computing specs does one realistically need?

    I'm looking into various options for a new computer for recording (and maybe for all my computing use). What are reasonable specs these days? I anticipate probably wanting the option to have up to about 20 tracks and to use various effects and plugins, then to mix down to mp3 or whatever. But...
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    Computer fan noise? Silent computers?

    I'm looking down the road of home recording and have wondered about the noise coming from one's computer (fan, disk access chittering, etc.). I would not call my old computer's fan loud, but it's audible and when you shut it off and the room goes silent, you realize just how audible it was. For...
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    For acoustic guitar + vocals, best option for mics/channnels of these four?

    I'm considering which audio interface to buy and wondering if I should get one with two mic inputs rather than just one. This would be for recording acoustic guitar + singing. I already have a simple mixer that could take in two mics (I actually own three and it has 4 inputs) and output one XLR...
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    How much does audio interface really matter?

    I want to get back to audio recording and have an old M-Audio Firewire Solo but no Firewire card. I had thought that it is so old that today's interfaces could give a much better sound quality for music recording, but now I am not so sure. I want to do home music recording of all sorts...
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