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I think you have a pretty nice setup for doing vocals, and you probably even have a nicely treated room for tracking and mixing... But, that really in no way translates to being setup to do a whole band (unless they don't actually have any instruments). IMO, knowing the setup you have, taking...

no. it's not suited to room treatment.

MOTU 8Pre.....

Emu's affiliation with Creative is enough for me to never recommend anything they make.

Room treatment (as mentioned above) is intended to treat the acoustics of the space, and not to isolate from noise (this would be the often confused difference between "soundproofing" and "acoustic treatment"). I would dedicate at LEAST 1/3 of your budget to acoustic treatment right off the bat...

thanks. Sounds like you're off to a fine (re)start. have fun _\m/

All that ^. Plus, I think with most active setups, you want to pull out the guitar cable when not in use or it drains the battery.

Also, :confused:

I've recorded two albums for these guys now. The Tillers (new album out now!) på Myspace Music (the first song, George St isn't really typical) We did a stereo pair of room mics, then two mics on the guitar (soundhole + 12th fret), 2 on the banjo, 2 or three different mics on the standup and one...

This is my bands mySpace page. http://www.myspace.com/situationred Listen to "Stab My Back". Especially at around 1:08, 1:40 and again at the last 15 seconds or so. The drummer rolls across the toms at the end. IIRC, the tom mics are just gated to keep the noise down when he wasn't hitting...

A few things to add... I have a pair of Octava MK012s that I like alot, but they seem to be more than the C4s (they were alot less expensive when I bought them 8 years ago). Consider an Audix i5 instead of the Sm57. Also, if you're looking for a set of tom mics on the cheap, look up the ES57...

If you post up what City you're in, you might find a local member than might invite you buy to help you get your head around some of this stuff. Also, definitely don't ruin your relationship of 7 years by getting married.

and better singer/mic technique

not that it really helps, but I use this plug in with reaper pretty regularly, so it does indeed work. suggestions above were good. also, in reaper, when you pick a new folder for vst's click the "re-scan" button.

You can still use Reaper. Your call. I prefer Reaper to my very limited use of Cubase.

^ What he said. I definitely would NOT try to partition that room into anything smaller. Here is a good primer on room setup. http://www.realtraps.com/art_room-setup.htm Also, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbLVjHfHahg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSX14geMw-c Also, stay away from...

Absolutely. Actually, the Tascam unit (and some of the others above) have 8 or more mic pres... so you could throw 6 mics on the drums, a mic on the guitar and another mic on the vocal and record each to a separate track all at the same time. That Tascam is looking like a great deal to get...

The MAudio website has a driver for Win7 32 and 64. Do you have a Guitar Center or Sam Ash or major music store near you? I'd buy from a store so you can (more easily) return something that turns out not to work... Personally, I'll never buy anything from Emu/ Creative again. As for inputs...

That one's got my vote. I've been using a pair of MAudio 1010lts together for YEARS. Always solid and never failed. I think that will have sound quality as good as anything else in the $ range. Plus, its got more inputs than the rest- thats a no-brainer to me. If you stick with this hobby, I bet...

yeah, that sounds pretty bad, but there's hope. I've never heard a direct recorded guitar that sounded particularly good, so I can't say I'm shocked. so, thats an electric plugged straight into the front of the Inspire? How did you get the distortion? Software plugin? Do you have an amp? If so...