JBL does make reference monitors.
You need a pair. Active monitors have built-in amplifiers and passive monitors require you to buy an amplifier for them. I don't know your budget but a few examples of some good reasonably priced active monitors are ;
KRK RP-8 $500 for a pair...
For home recording you want a pair of near-field reference monitors. They won't exaggerate certain frequencies like a PA speaker (like the Eon15) and are meant to be positioned about 3 or 4 away from you. A pair gives you a stereo field in which to pan the various instruments and vocals you...
The ES is even better than the original Motif. Twice the polyphony, has the three-layer piano sample, twice the ROM, better filters, more insert effects and multi-band compression as a master effect, wider variety of orchestral sounds, etc.
$1750 for a Les Paul Standard and $1100 for a Taylor 414 acoustic. I think my local sales tax is about 9% so that really adds to the cost.
I also bought a $240 Yamaha classical guitar that I play the more than any other instrument I own, and my Fender Standard Jazz Bass was $300 plus I...
What are you using for drums ?
Maybe an amp modeler for bass guitar. The Bass POD XT or the original Bass POD, SansAmp RBI or Bass Driver, Korg Bass Ampworks, etc.
Monitor stands. It's important to get them right at ear level and to properly place them in the room for the best...
The pickups in the Studio are the 490R and 498T. The Studio has a '59 rounded neck. (I have those same pickups in my 2001 Standard)
The Standard comes with a choice of 60's thin neck or a fatter/rounder 50's neck. It has Burstbucker Pro pickups.
I know the Standard comes with a...
The DPS16 at 24-bits 44.1 - it will record 10 tracks simultaneously and play back 16 tracks. It only has 8 analog inputs, so I assume you have to use SP/DIF to get the other two tracks ? :confused:
On Ebay, you can buy used Digitech Genesis 3 amp modelers for about $80. If you buy one make sure it comes with a manual- it's not really a complicated piece of gear but a few of it's features didn't make sense until I read a couple pages of the manual.
I don't think you will get a good accurate mix with Mackie c300i PA speakers, you need a pair of reference monitors. I have a PA in my studio and the sound is very colored, inaccurate, and warm, but keyboards and bass guitar sound fantastic through it so that's why I have it. :cool...
Actually, you're more of an asshole than an idiot. I stand corrected.
You don't know what kind of bass/pickups he is using. Chances are high that there will be an impedance problem with the Mackie and his bass is not going to sound very good. I own a 1402vlz so I do have first-hand experience.
The ART Tube MP is decent as a bass DI. Since you need a preamp too , it makes sense to me. It's only $50
Maybe you should consider a used SansAmp Bass Driver, Korg Bassworks, Bass POD, or Johnson- J-Station. I just looked on Ebay and you can get used J-Stations for $80-100. The...
The Hot Rod Deluxe is a great amp for gigging. Plenty of volume, great clean sounds and slightly overdriven. For heavier distortion I think an overdrive or distortion pedal is neccessary.
Don't know anything about the Godin.
The ART preamps are great for drum samples and some synth sounds. They can add a fatness and subtle (or not so subtle if you desire)distortion to the sounds.
That's why Korg put a vacuum tube in the new Triton Extreme that can be used as as insert effect or applied to the final output...