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For sure you can get the capsules from The Sound Room, at www.oktava.com. You might also try calling musicians friend, since I know that they sell a lot of MK-012's... -mg

c7sus, how are you sealing the box, if the slots are variable, sliding on dowels? Any plans / pictures to share? -mg

Oops, I forgot about the capsules. That's more like a $16,000 solution...

a pair of 421's for dynamics a pair of BLUE Bottles (with all of the capsules) for the condensers That's my simple $11,000 solution! ;-) -mg

Yeah, if you're thinking about the Rode NT-1, you owe it to yourself to look at several other microphones, as well. Take a look through the microphone forum, but some of the ones you might want to consider would be: MXL V67 Studio Projects C1 AT3035 AKG C2000B Rode NT-1A Studio Projects B1...

Even in Canadian $'s, it's not worth $500! I have a PowerMac 7200/90 which I'd be thrilled to get $100 for... If you're going to spend $500, think about an all-in-one system (Boss, Roland, Fostex), or save up, and get a modern computer. -mg

Absolute needs are simple: -instrument (voice, others) -microphone -something to record said microphone -speakers/headphones I spent a lot of time working with just the above (and cheap, cheap versions of each). And, since I like to answer questions with questions, I'll send you to this...

So I was in Borders this weekend, browsing several music magazines, and came across a discussion in a magazine (Computer Music, I think), which was talking about acoustic treatment on a shoestring. Their recommendation was to hang a curtain rod in the room, and hang heavy curtains around the...

BTW, I had the exact same reaction to the Studio Projects listening CD's the first time I heard them. After time, and really careful listening, I started to understand... -mg

The other differences become much more apparent when you're mixing a track in the context of a song. Great mics need very little, if any, EQ'ing, and usually just sound "great" in a mix. That particular quality is very hard to hear when you solo a vocal track, especially if you don't know what...

Considering the dynamics that you have, I don't think that you could go wrong with a used Sennheiser MD-421 from ebay (usually about $200, sometimes less). But if you're more interested in a nice condenser mic, than the C1 recommendation is probably pretty safe, if you're buying without...

Or you could get your hands on a mixer, where you could mic the drums with however many mics you like, and record the two channel sub-mix... Of course, you're limited to the levels you set, but it is nice in that the mixer should also have mic pre's on all the inputs, so that will cover you...

Ethan, John (and of course, anyone else who has an opinion ;-) I seem to have read some conflicting views between you guys on your opinion of panel absorbers. Over on the Recording Studio Design forum (which is linked here often), I came across this post, challenging the effectiveness of panel...

tracking is going to be the process where you capture sounds, or creating tracks (hence, "tracking"). Usually, to keep the creative flow of the musicians, very little sound tweaking (like adding EQ, compression, etc) is done here. Prior to tracking, you need to dial in the sound you want...

Zeke, you're going to have to go through your signal chain, one piece at a time, to find the culprit. First, turn down the input gain on the vf16 quite a bit. Then, run a test recording, and see if you're still getting digital distortion. If so, it's not your input gain. Then, go to the...

take a look at this post http://www.homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=29551&highlight=under+the+hood You can also try searching the forum for SCM-1000... I don't know of too many other discussions of this mic. Hope that this helps! -mg

HabitualG, I don't have experience with ProTools, or the Mbox, but I did make the switch from an all-in-one unit to PC-based recording (using SONAR), and have NEVER regretted it. I'm definitely a strong advocate of the flexibility afforded by recording in the computer. I'll leave others to...

Wow, I've read a lot of crap on this board, but that was the first time I was actually offended. wvsoulja, you've got some serious homophobia to get over. Those aren't words to be bantering about lightly on a BBS. I realize that this is probably for naught, but take some advice: God gave...

Dude, sounds like you blew your CAD... (somebody had to say it). seriously, go to www.cadmics.com. they have a contact, and they were really helpful to me (and pretty quick). It definitely sounds like you've isolated it to the mic. -mg

Guys, Oktava mics from Guitar Center are not the same quality as Oktava mics from the Sound Room. SR stands behind their product, and for the 3 capsule version of the MC-012, it costs about $660. It is well worth it to get them for $575. If you want to know any more about the history...