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Eddie - Microsoft still seems to have it a little off, in the music world compression means, simply "bringing the loud sounds down and the soft sounds up". A CODEC will not do this... this is the signal path for a CODEC: Paw LPCM is incoded into smaller streams, transmitted as encoded data...

I guess I'm the only guy around who hated his M-Audio product. I had a Delta 1010 and had nothing but problems... it never worked properly and I finally just returned it... so there are people out there who have had problems. Not only that, but the 1010 is their flagship and it can't even be...

CODEC is not a compressor/decompressor, it's a coder/decoder... CODEC's do not compress an audio signal, this is one of the biggest mistakes that people make. A CODEC does data reduction, it takes certain bits of computer data and displaces it. And yes a CODEC is a big deal with audio quality...

If you are summing inside your computer don't record at 48 or 96, instead record at 44.1 or 88.2, home computers can't handle the math that it takes to make a 48k or 96k signal to 44.1 without adding more distortion than it normally would. I like recording at 88.2 (or 176.4) but have found out...

Converters are one of the most overlooked aspects in home recording. I would say as far as budget converters go the Swissonic stuff is the best. I have used converters from many different companies, I love Apogee converters and the new Rosetta 800 sounds amazing... Also when you get the...

I wouldn't say that a mixer has to be used for recording music, especially if you are only recording a couple of acoustic guitars and a couple of voices, it sounds like you need an audio interface to record to more than one track on CEP. Check around the board for ideas on interfaces. Later, musik

I wasn't implying that you were trying to offend me, trust me, I know that you wouldn't come onto the board and be a dick. I was just stating my place as easy as I thought possible. I do agree that freelancing offers me the ability to site behind a Ghost LE one day and an SSL the next, and I...

Okay, I can see where bad amp tone would cause a problem, but there is little you can do to make a crap amp sound good, short of get another amp. Maybe this is why I spend so much money on guitar gear? Later, musik

Okay, Blue Bear, I'm not a home recordist, but don't worry I haven't taken offense, this is the homerecording.com board :) I am a freelance engineer and have worked in this manner for a while and love it! The idea of isolation wore me out, I hated the feeling of studios, it was so hospital...

Why multiple rooms, I have always been a fan of setting up in a warehouse and just recording. I find the "Control Room", "Live Room", "Vocal Booth" so anti creative? Just wondering what everyone else thought. Later, Musik

There's a lot of talk about "proper" mic technique for guitar amps. Guitar amps are one of the easiest things to mic, stick a mic on the speaker and play then move it around, play some more, find the postion you like and record. I once asked Eddie Kramer how he got his sounds for Jimmy and he...

You will need a few more preamps but this can be done on a tight budget with great results, and with this you can taylor the preamps to what is being recorded. And no you don't need a mixer, the software does it all, once you get the sound into the computer it doesn't have to leave until you...

You CAN record more than 8 inputs on an 001, in my post I wrote a couple of days ago I said you could do up to 18 on a single 001, and you get the added PT software. The 001 is a great unit, and with the release of the 002 they sell for much cheaper now, and are readily available. The mixer in...

Sony PCM-M1 Dat recorder, it's about the size of a cassette walkman and won't compress the audio like an MD recorder. My favorite mics for taping shows are a pair of DPA 4022's on an XY stand... works great. Later, musik

Elam 251 - 1081 - Distressor - Studer 827 Later, musik

Okay, in my opinion the minimum in channels a studio should have is 8, in that case if and when you decide to record samplers direct and some keyboards or what not you have that option. The Digidesign Digi 002 is a pretty solid unit, it runs about $1100 dollars, comes with Pro Tools LE software...

How about spending some money and going to school? I don't know how many people on this board have an education in recording, but it seems like a pretty obvious idea if this is what you want to do. There are a million options when it comes to getting a hands on education, check out this months...

It sounds to me that you could get quite a good deal on a set of great microphones. My advice, if *you* can justify it and spend the money, go for it! Yes there are other mics out there that do some jobs better, I love ther AKG 451's for acoustic instruments like acoustic guitar and violin, and...

What other mics do you have other than the 4033? I have found that for screaming male vocals the Shure SM7 is the mic, and at $350 - 400 it's a steal. Also as far as the instruments go, that's a toss up, I just can never justify buying one mic to rule them all, it never pans out correctly and...

How many channels do you need to do at once? How much $ do you have to spend? What gear other than CEP do you have? Later, musik