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Hi guys! I´m planning to buy my first valve head for my studio... I´m a drummer and even i can tell the difference between a solid state amp and a tube amp distortion, i´m not gonna buy 2 or 3 head to achieve different sound... I need an all tube head (50w would be better) with the ability of...

Hi guys! I know that try every mic on the locker is the way to get the best match between sound source and mic/pre... Anyway, i would like to know which would it be your *first* choice (before trying something else) for this applications... (you can use an specific brand or model or just the...

After reading about the DAV BG1 i was wondering which is the cheapest mic pre that can be called "high end"... I know opinions may vary about what is a high end pre, but i always thought that 1k was minimum for single channel high end pre... and BG1 seems to be a high end pre to a lot of people...

Hi guys! Me again... this time i wanna ask about how to get an specific tone for my drums... I play a lot of jazz and fussion, and i´m still looking to find the tone for that particular style... I´m talking about Weckl, Sanchez, Novak... that kind of guys. Vinnie Colaiuta´s tone (when he was...

I sold my pod 2.0 ´cause i didn´t found the tone i was looking for... But, i can´t say is not a good idea to grab a guitarport for 100 bucks... I already have a firepod, so i don´t need a soundcard to plug a guitar, so... Am i paying for just plugins? The guitarport use any kind of hard to emule...

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Hi guys... I need some help to customize my snake to use it on my studio. I have an 8 channels xlr snake, and i wanna use it as my wall plates. I´m using a firepod, so i just need 8 xlr channels... but i´m kind of lost about other lines i should use... Can anyone help me with this? What´s a...

Hi guys! I´m finally putting togheter my home studio, and i wanna upgrade with guitar rig... Right now, i´m using a Line6 Pod 2.0 and a Peavy Express 112. Nice units (especially for hard rock), but it´s hard to find a REALLY nice sound with it. Here in town, there´s a little factory that makes...

Hi guys... i´m planning to buy a pair of NS10s... the thing is that i have not enough money for the 10s and an amplifier. Is any way to start using them with and old hifi as an amplifier? :confused: Thanks...

Hi guys! I´m planning to use a dbx 166xl with my firepod, but i´m not sure how to set them up... I *think* i should go from FP´s Preamp Out to dbx in, and from dbx out to FP Line input... am i right? Should i track -let´s say an snare- dry, and after editing or whatever, sending the track...

Hi guys! I wanna upgrade my vocal mic (right now an old NT1). The idea is to get into high-end mics... My budget allows me to choose only 1 mic... And i need to cover different styles (jazz, fussion, rock, pop)... I wanna spend +/- 1000 bucks... I´m really interested on the U87, and i saw it on...

Hi guys! I´m planning to upgrade my (little) mic collection... so far, a SM57, a D112 and 2 (old) NT1s. I use them to record my drums (jazz and fussion mainly, but rock and pop too), and i wanna get some mics for my toms... (12, 13 and 16). Budget... $150 max. each. Maybe i should care too about...

I found a cheap Fostex R8... I´m wondering if i can use it on my current setup. I´m using my firepod to record different kinds of musics... jazz, pop, fussion, rock... I don´t know if it´s worthy... Should i go for it or save for high end pres? I read that most hi end productions still record on...

I was wondering if anyone could make the FP work with another interface... last week i send an email to presonus talking about how important is to have ADAT I/O for us FP users, and they told me that they are about to release a driver to use 2 o more firepods, but is not sure that they solve the...

Hi guys! Which is the difference between those? (besides the price ;) ) I was wondering if the pres and the converters are the same... thankS!

I was wondering about this lately... Besides Digidesign ProTools... which is the most common setup (i´m not talking about fx) in a regular pro recording studio? If using a PC i think that one of the best choices would be a RME Hammerfall HDSP 96/52+a couple of Rosetta 800s and a good mixer of...

Hi guys! I´m a happy owner of a Firepod... I just emailed Presonus, and they tell me that´s not possible to use 2 different interfaces because of the Asio drivers... Do you think is there any chance (DAW or drivers upgrade) to use in the near future 2 different interfaces..? I think that the...

Hi guys! Which is the best pre with spdif out... i´m planning to use it with my firepod... Advice is welcome! ;)

Look what i just found on emu site... "the same A/D converters used in Digidesign®'s flagship Pro Tools® HD 192 I/O interface" (refering to 1212M converters)... Ok, now... i can´t believe that for 200 bucks i can have the same converters as the HD192! Can it be true? If so, i quit firepod...

Hi guys! A store near my house is selling a cheap Soundcraft Spirit Studio, and since i´m using no control surface (i´m just using my firepod), i was thinking about this for the last few days... Wich one have best pres? (let´s say from rock to jazz, and soul to funk) It´s a good idea to pick up...