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Focusrite Scarlet 18i20!!! I may be selling my USBPre 2 and going over to the Scarlet side.

Yep. I want the outboard processing so my girls can experience immediate feedback. Locking them into manipulating a DAW may frustrate them and turn them off. I personally... as an ex-PC geek... take to that like a duck to water but they don't. Hopefully we'll end up with the best of both...

Actually it's a little bit worse then worthless. 24/192 Music Downloads are Very Silly Indeed

The VLT is marketed primarily for live performances, but marketing is not (to paraphrase somebody) destiny. Note- It's not that Steen and Chili are wrong, it's just a different school of thought (remember what I said about religion). For me the trade-offs (such as they may be) are worth it...

According to the manual you can run the signal in dry. It's not an issue for me, but then I've been sleeping on this for months.

I had a pair of Alesis M1 monitors. Good sound, poor longevity. Get a extended/SquareTrade warranty if you buy 'em. Otherwise I think you'e going to sound f'ing awesome.

Any contemporary vocal recording chain consists of mic - preamp - analog to digital converter (A/D) - computer - digital to analog converter (D/A) - speaker. The VoiceLive Touch (VLT) definitely provides a preamp, and apparently a A/D converter. I'm less clear on the D/A part. The Scarlet 2i2...

Though not advertised as such I've just learned that the TC-Helicon VoiceLive Touch... in addition to being a preamp and effects processor... can serve as your A/D/A interface too. http://www.tc-helicon.com/download/manuals/voicelive-touch/VoiceLiveTouchCompleteManualENGv1-2.pdf

So much of what is recommended on this board is closer to religion then science simply because nobody has the same set of ears. IMO the Eureka is overkill... in all probability you'll never hear a difference between it and a cheaper piece of gear unless your mic and/or source are especially...

I guess it depends on the expectations of your intended audience. You may find these references of interest. ORTF stereo technique - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia XY stereo microphone technique Impressive voice. :thumbs up:

Holy fuzzsniffle.

IMO RME is very very good. But more and more I ask myself if the pricier gear is THAT much better then less prestigious offerings. I'm using a Sound Devices USBPre 2, but I'm giving serious thought to selling it in favor of Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 when it becomes available. I'll A/B 'em before...

To the best of my knowledge only dual-core (or greater) CPUs can run 64bit OS. Having said that I've noticed a LOT of budget dual-core boxes shipping with 32bit OS. It should only be a problem if your software absolutely needs that second core (as I understand Ableton Live 9 does).

I'm in much the same situation, attempting to support my daughters. I considered the TA-1VP but for a little bit more money I settled on the TC-Helicon VoiceLive Touch which... depending on where you shop... is down to around $330. I looked for a shoot-out between the two units but so far this...

See... this is why you should have held out for an Akai Studio. Kcearl has a Maschine, perhaps you could PM him if no one gets back to you.

This may be too obsolete for you but back in the days of IBM MicroChannel had a user with WordPerfect who selected a 'Genius' display (a huge... for the time... monochrome display that could be used landscape or portrait) just to see what it would do. The only way to fix it was to set up his...

I'm kind of pimping this box but it is very good and can be used with or without a computer.

The little brother of the bad boy this woman is demoing is showing up in two weeks so I'll let you know what I think in about a month or so.

IMO the posts above pretty much nail it. I'd ask how many inputs you're going to need... count one for each microphone, and one for every direct-in instrument (such as a keyboard/piano, or perhaps electric guitar). How much money you have to spend/budget. I also think you might benefit from...

If the PC comes with Win 8 Pro you can step down to Win 7 Pro. Likewise if you have a copy of Win 7 already a clean install on a new SSD/HDD is reasonably straightforward. There are some 'gotchas' in modding a factory system... if you're tossing in an external video card be sure that there is a...