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I think any differences you hear in the quality of their stuff will be mainly attributable to their individual levels of skill and the amount of effort they put into their work.

Holy Crap! Thanks for a lot of great info! I had to quit reading about halfway through the second post, as I'm at work and need to get back to work :D, but I'll be coming back to read the rest for sure. Thanks, Pingu :)

Aah...good point. I'm not sure if I'm thinking too hard or not hard enough!

Thanks everyone, for your contributions to this - a lot of useful info here! With the rock material I'm currently working on, when my master fader is set at 0db my meters are typically fluctuating between -6db and -3db with occasional peaks towards 0. So it seems that if I used a -20db signal...

In answer to that question, no you don't need an amp to run these monitors I recommended, or any other ACTIVE monitors. If you buy PASSIVE monitors, however, you will need a separate amp to power them.

If you can save up another hundred you can get a pair of these . Alternately, perhaps you could find a used pair within your 250 budget. These are what I use, and they work great. They'll do a heck of a lot better job for you than trying to use headphones :)

OK, so I just got a new SPL meter and I thought I'd use it to check the db level at my mixing position. My understanding is that it's a good idea to monitor at around 85 dba. So, playing a reference track I had loaded in Sonar with the fader set at 0db, I adjusted the trim on my monitors so I...

Well, I see the "pro" model can record 24 bit while the mobile pre only does 16 bit. It also gives you more i/o if you have any need for it. Both models list the same dynamic range in the specs so I'm guessing maybe they have basically the same preamps, but the "pro" is a little higher end on...

Well, then how about try one of these? Powered off the USB port.

OK, I don't know which firewire interfaces you've looked at, but as I was curious, I looked at the specs for the m-audio firewire audiophile unit. It says it can be powered either by the firewire bus or with the included dc power supply. Perhaps with your laptop it would work with a power supply?

Don't quite understand - you have a firewire port but it's the wrong configuration for an interface? How about just getting an adapter cable like this? Would that solve the problem? (I'm not sure what kind of cable comes with the firewire mobile audio interfaces).

Yep, I have a v-amp pro and love it. It's made of metal, and IMO a pretty nice looking piece of rack gear. Large variety of sounds and if you download the free software and hook it up via midi you can edit everything on your computer. And yes it has a decent tuner - not like a high quality...

Hell, no! :confused: Having trouble, something you wanna talk about?

Yep, I have that one...quality recording, something I'd love to aspire too. Course, my current project is one consisting of big distorted guitars, pounding drums, and hard hitting vocals. I'm using an LA Guns track as a reference for this...

:eek: I'm cringing at the thought of German Sheperds running through a studio!

Look here: http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/ Check out the "mini" series of A/D and D/A converters and preamps. Quality stuff...not gonna be cheap though.

Although I get lazy and forget sometimes, I usually like to take my mics down and store them in their bags/cases when not in use, for the simple reason that I don't want to accidently knock the stand over and damage the microphone.

Well, the only good thing about work is it gives me time to sit here and read this bbs :D And in turn, the typing and mouse clicking make it look like I'm busy...

Exactly. With Sonar and the mobile-pre, just plug your mic into one of the inputs (say you're using channel 1), insert a new audio track into your Sonar project, select "m-audio channel 1" as your input source, and record. Make sense?

What ez said :cool: Thing is, there's as many approaches to all this as there are people approaching it. I'll often go into my studio with no idea what I'm going to do. Like sometimes I'll just start playing a guitar - perhaps jamming to an endless drum loop. Then all of a sudden I'll do...