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yep - but your bass is mono, so is the microphone, so you can use them as two mono inputs. Go into the connections box in cubase and set up two MONO input channels, one from the left and one from the right.

I think its a more valid question if you are trying to hear how much of the final vocal track is down to effects and how much is down to mic quality, room quality and vocal technique - then it would be useful to hear how a "professional recording" of dry vocals differs to yours - but I still...

this is the kindof preamp I'm thinking of http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/AudioBuddy.html

yeah thats what I was getting at, your sound card has two inputs so you can have the raw bass on one and the signal from the mic'd amp on the other. The preamps will go inbetween the source and your sound card to boost the signal (basically doing what your 4 track is doing now but if you spend...

As far as mixers its hard to say what's the "best" and whether you want a mixer with an audio interface so you can record more than just the two channels you have with the audiophile sound card. Here's my advice though, do what you will with it... Keep the sound card, sell the 4 track mixer...

I thought that :(

i reckon your best bet is to go on google and look up amp settings for your favourite guitarists, there's people (well, nerds) that have spent time listening to big records and working out the amp settings. Try this for starters...

I suppose if you think about it thats how dance music came about - people realised you could create cool sounding beats that don't sound anything like the "classic" drum sounds everyone was used to {haha cheers, nearly got a white christmas but missed it by one day}

wow, its very hard to answer without really knowing what sound you're after! What is it about the les paul tone that you like? What consitutes a "nice" distortion for you? You could try some of these generic settings but really, there's not much I can say other than keep turning the knobs...

a table? I lay mine on the floor...on fire...

maybe thats the point then, I'd define a "great" drum sound as a huge wall of sound that hit you like a shotgun - and maybe thats why I couldn't get it in my old house, I appreciate people probably like different things though :cool:

:D think its a phallic thing. They say your guitar is an extension of your penis right? well your penis isn't on your chest is it...

The M-Audio is a very good entry level sound card but it doesn't have pre-amps, from what I can remember the presonus firebox does and thats a big part of your signal chain so bear it in mind. M-Audio do a package called Omni Studio which is a pre-amp box coupled with the Delta 66 sound card...

okay obviously I was exaggerating a bit, I just dont want him to make the same mistake I made. I tried for ages to get a good drum sound in my old house, I bought new skins, I bought new mics, I spent literally hours taping various things to various drums and I spent money I didn't really have...

Don't expect too much, you will never get a truly professional sound tracking at home so don't be disheartened if it doesn't come out exactly the way you want...there's always drum replacing, its not cheating everyone does it ;)

also...I forgot to mention, did you know cubase has an option in the preferences to always cut secitons at the nearest point where the wave is at zero, that can really help

my technique for this is to set the crossover point between the two clips manually for each instrument. You can normally find the first "attack" of the new section you put in and move the start of the clip to there. For Bass and drums its easy since they have an obvious attack point (you can...

in my opinion, its more about being a good performer and entertainer than just looking "cool", and that applies at any age. I mean people don't just go to your gigs to listen to your music - it would be nice if they did - but they don't, that's a fantasy world. People go to your gigs to be...

Lennon and McCartney for chord progressions Freddie Mercury for harmonies Mark Knopfler for guitar breaks Jimmy Chamberlain (from Smashing Pumpkins) for rhythm and groove Too many to mention for lyrics