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I think my first question would be whether you need individual tracks to each have their own instance of a reverb plugin. You could set up a few tracks, each running their own instance of each flavor of reverb that your project needs, then send individual tracks to the reverbs. This will cut...

I've got too many components to list them all...but as far as new stuff going into 2020 I've got a great pair of AKG C414 XLS that are proving to be great additions. I just used them as drum overheads for the first time a couple of nights ago and wow, they sound great. I upgraded my computer...

As far as the physical connections, it's just a matter of sending a spare line output from your interface to the line input of your external gear. Then connect the line output of your external gear to a spare line input on your interface. For the software part of it, most DAWs have a way to...

Oh, ok I see. The place you're looking for is under Options->Audio->Device. Under the Enable Inputs heading, select the first and last inputs available, and do the same under Output Range. That should allow you to select any of the combined devices' inputs for any audio track. If you're...

If they're connected to each other via an optical cable and all sync'd up, then they'll appear as a single audio device in Reaper. So you're in the correct place. You should be able to click the drop down boxes for the "last" input and output, and select whatever the last ADAT input/output is...

Even better, Audio Test Kitchen lets you audition over 300 microphones on their website: Audio Test Kitchen | Compare the gear. Trust your ears.

You're very welcome! As the days roll onwards, you'll most likely get a ton more suggestions from other users that have direct experience with a bunch of other microphones. My mic locker is growing, but it's not vast. Yet :D I bought two of the C414 XLS (and Shure SM81, and Fathead ribbons...

I'm new to the C414 experience. I bought myself a matched pair of C414 XLS for Xmas this year. Stellar mics, but not very flattering to vocals. At least, not lead vocals. They're too flat for lead vocals. I've loved it for spoken word, drum overheads, acoustic guitar so far. But it's very...

Are these laptop or desktop computers? If they're desktops, I'd recommend installing quieter fans and setting them up in the BIOS to have a nice quiet curve so they won't be a nuisance when recording.

Seems like it would be much easier to just find a couple of microphones with appropriate polar patterns and arrange them such that they pick up or reject the vocal/guitar as needed :) A couple of figure-8 ribbons did a remarkable job of this for me recently. I think Miro is right though...

I have a totally seated setup, and I play while standing. I use a PreSonus Faderport (the old one) that I use to start/stop recording and transport controls. It's just a matter of walking up to the desk and tapping the record or stop button. When I'm playing drums across the room, I use...

A Reaper license will carry you through 2 versions. If you bought into version 4, then you'll be covered for versions 4 and 5, and you'll need another license for version 6. That's the spot that I'm in now. I didn't click the button to upgrade from 5.999 to 6 today, but I'll fork out the...

EZ Drummer is on sale for black Friday at $89, which is a very good deal. You can also grab the free Slate Drums 5 kit that they're giving away. Slate's interface has always been clunky, but their samples are solid.

Are you by chance using a 32 bit version of Windows or Reaper?

You can always keep an eye on Reverb.com. I just did a search for non-functioning ribbon mics and found 3. But they're all going for delusional prices. Weird how some sellers assume that a broken ribbon mic from the 1930s/40s/50s is worth as much or more than it would be if it actually...

Agreed on the Rodecaster Pro. That's a pretty cool box, and is getting rave reviews from the few guys that I've watched use them. Pretty cool all-in-one setup for mixing multiple sources for a podcast.

I just went to NewEgg and shopped for motherboards. My only 2 search criteria on their filter was for Intel and PCI (not express) slots. I'm actually surprised at how many current-gen and previous-gen boards still have a PCI slot. I thought that they'd be exceptionally rare since PCI is such...

Agreed, Reaper definitely makes use of all cores. It spreads the load nicely. My recommendation, if you've got the option, would be to go for the 3rd gen Ryzen 7. The 2700 is still an excellent chip, but the 3700 has enough of a performance gain to be worth looking at. Just make sure that...

Ha, it sounds like somebody in the Dell product development center needs to quit drinking! That's an even worse numbering convention than Intel's crazy CPU naming scheme. It's a wonder that any of us know what the heck we're buying :)

The really bad DPC latency issues were with a specific Dell XPS 15 model (which was the 9570) from what I can tell. And it was really bad, from what I gather. Dell "promised" that those issues have been fixed in later revisions of the XPS 15. So I guess it depends on specifically which...