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What type of recording? A Kodak Zi8 and a Zoom H1 might suit basic needs (youtube). What is needed in terms of reliability? Operates in -40F to +120F? Runs on batteries for 8+ hours? Can be run over by a truck several times? Or just wont break if you look at it (most of the time). To go...

Headphone preamp is what you're after. It basically takes a single line input and outputs multiple headphones each with their own volume knobs. Some have a master knob for all headphones, some don't. Other features like mute and mono depending on which and what. Presonus HP4 is what I use...

More reverb, make it harder for the guy to pick out the flaws. (kidding of course / sort of) If you're shifting actual parts and not just midi parts, that's too much editing IMO. At some point, your time is more valuable than there lack of perfection. It is what it is, as the saying goes...

Starting small... - small budget??? - small parts list??? - small profile / miniature??? or all of the above? Lots of options to be had. Zoom H1, H2, H4n and other field recorders are good starting points and meet most of those options. And keep using audacity to edit. If you need...

Well a simple buzzing sound could be electrical interference. Perhaps the A/C and/or washer and dryer isn't running, therefor the influence is much reduced. I get a buzz on my mics when I'm out and about and near the electrical box right outside the back door. And now with some high voltage...

Any sample of this sound? If it has the wind with the spoken word, or sung. Try it on other sources that don't produce wind and see if it still has said noise. If there's a difference, then you need a popfilter and/or a windscreen. If it's some other noise like that of the signal chain...

Is it Hal Leonard that holds most of the US copyrights? And a few other agencies for permission to arrange and other things. If it's for a non-profit, the original writers are generally good about it. But not all of them. John Williams is very tight about his works. Pretty much on the don't...

As long as you're not doing more than 2x out and 2x in, 1GB of RAM should suffice. As long as there's not NON-audio and NON-OS stuff running at the same time. Weatherbug? IM? Auto updates? Torrents? WoW / GH / Halo / ...... i.e. Your audio machine needs to be a dedicated audio machine at...

Alternatively you can add some EQ to see if that helps. Just a flat slope to favor the high end is what I generally do. The low end tends to get hyped in most enclosed spaces and with proximity to the mic. And the high end tends to get de-hyped with fake fur, pop filters, and age...

How many tracks are being processed at the time of recording? Not really a beefy or recent-ish computer. The one I have from 2007 has better specs, but not by much. 1.9GHz dual core. Shouldn't be an issue if you're keeping it simple. I tend to be in the recording too hot category, but don't...

Well, sometimes the question is more like, how do I get my pinto to go 200mph. Where you can't, you have to buy a porsche is an answer that might meet the goal, even if it wasn't the original question. But I guess you could get a pinto to go 200mph if you drove it off a cliff. Although for...

I like White Rabbit. But I probably wasn't born when it was hogging air time. Just fond memories of friends and stuff singing it at karaoke. And other kind of tasteful placement of it in a movie or two. But then again we sang puff the magic dragon in primary school. Before the war on drugs...

That and tape's speed isn't always that consistent, so you can't really do multiple passes as there will likely be some temporal differences on each pass. Even if you line up the start of each track, they'll likely end at different times if you do more than one pass. Not that you'd notice on...

I've got an sE reflexion filter, the large one. And it does little more than to make an OMNI a wide cardioid (if you have a side address OMNI). And weighs a ton. But of use if you happen to have a freeway on the back side of the subject of intent. Or a computer with a noisy fan. More of a...

Perhaps recording a steady tone or tones for a duration and noting how / when / if it changes. Cheap mics can be extra sensitive to the room or it's orientation to the sound source. A difference of 6" or less could be huge in terms of recorded results. Which could be as innocent as the...

AT4033 is a wide cardioid IMO. Just be careful with feedback. AT4050 would probably do better IMO (flatter EQ). I've seen an AKG C3000 used for this type of thing. If you're going to be sharing the mic, you need a wide cardioid. At least a mic that doesn't change character off axis. And...

Probably not much of an issue at these voltages. But too much power on a circuit for too long can shorten it's life span. Way too much power can result in the magical blue smoke. Not very likely at these levels, but at other types, it could permanently disable a device. I remember running a...

Are you sure that it's just not the vocalist? Perhaps another type of mic would better suit (headset?). It's just hard to tell on that one since zShare seems to suck IMO. And the type of voice isn't really my thing. The other sample had obvious clipping. This one I really couldn't get more...

The DMP3 outputs line level (-10dB / Nominal / Consumer) via TRS. So probably any interface that takes 1/4" TRS as line input. Which is a good majority of them. Make sure that they allow you to bypass their preamps as not all will allow that. The DMP3 is a TWO channel preamp, why limit...

Hopefully you got a used Delta 44 off of craigslist. They're like $100, and listed often. Otherwise you're out about $300-ish buying new.