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You will be plugging your mikes into the XLR on the preamp, then 1/4" from the preamp to the Firebox (for 3 and 4). No adapter needed.

I suspected as much. Thank you kindly.

Should the speakers point straight down range or should they be angled toward you?

According to the manual, which you can download and read in pdf form, the USB cable sends the left and right tape out signals to the computer. In other words, whatever microphones you plug into the mixer are mixed down and sent into 2 channels in the computer.

Not quite. A standard compressor will compress anything that is over the threshold, regardless of frequency. To reduce a particular frequency, you would use an equalizer. If you don't want to cut the frequency completely, reduce the amount of cut. I believe multiband compressors can...

You could even go really overboard and then play it for laughs. "By the way, I have a CD for sale." "Did I mention, I have a CD for sale." "Hey Rube! Buy my CD!" Stuff like that sprinkled throughout the site. Might work. Might not.

Thanks, Shiatzu. Things are starting to make sense. At least a little.

Let me see if I've got this straight I'm using a laptop running Cubase SE with a M-Audio MobilPre USB for my microphones. The MobilPre has input gain controls and a clipping light for each channel. If I adjust the gain on the MobilPre so the light doesn't come on, I avoid clipping from the...

You might want to take a look at this: http://cdbaby.org/stories/05/02/14/8744107.html Sounds like you want to avoid Statue Records Group

That's a very cool idea! Thanks!

You might try running into the line in instead of mic inputs on your recorder. That might eliminate the overdriving.

This thread is one reason I'm glad to be here I stumbled onto this place by following a trail of links that I believe may have started with something I found in the Home Recording for Musicians for Dummies book. The Harvey Gerst thread was worth the trip all by itself. Reading it has saved me...

Thanks for this! Very well-reasoned post. I'm new to all of this (but not to music) and am looking to learn as much as I can early on to avoid wasting my time and energy as much as possible. You've given me a lot of information in a very compact space, not only about mastering, but about the...