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Oops, stuffed up the edit and somehow double posted... I was attempting to add some detail about a guy who did something very similar, and made it work. Back in the early 70s, here in Australia, a young fellow did pretty much what is being talked about. Initially he was legally 'underage' and...

Does it really matter if the guy is exaggerating his accomplishments or is totally genuine? It's an interesting discussion either way. Back in the early 70s, here in Australia, a young fellow did pretty much what is being talked about. Initially he was legally 'underage' and was rumoured to...

Why are you running a guitar through the BAE unit at all? I don't know them, but aren't they primarily a vocal pre-amp? Isn't adding some gain precisely what it's there for? If you want to be more direct wouldn't it be better to just plug straight into the MBox, or does the particular guitar...

I don't know about 'interference' - maybe somebody else here knows more about that, but it can definitely be an advantage to have something running through your firewire port, just because will leave a USB port free. Once you start hooking up gear you can run out of ports pretty quickly on many...

Treat learning vocals like you would any other instrument. It won't just happen, so read the instructions, do the work, and make sure you enjoy yourself. :) I know this because I've been pretty good at doing the reading part and the enjoying myself but woefully slack about the work bit. So I'm...

Realistically, that's pretty much the bottom line. You don't really have enough cash for decent new gear across the whole range you'd like to cover. So a lot depends on what you want to do. If your aim is simply to enjoy yourself and have some more fun experimenting (much as you have done so...

+1 For words to be' lyrics' rather than just attempts at poetry they have to sit properly on the pulse of some music. The key words need to hit the right beats and the singer has to be able to sell the song. I had a quick listen to your songs and the good news is that I don't have to tiptoe...

I can't tell you anything useful about that particular Presonus unit, but I'm definitely a fan of getting the best gear you can afford at the time. There's nothing worse than buying something that only just fits your current need, only to find that a few months down the track you wish you had...

The catch there is that what you actually need now and what you might want in 12 months time may not be the same. It's always a toss up between what you 'want' (gear lust), what you 'need' (from a purely practical and budget conscious perspective) and what might be a good bet to last for a...

Hi, It's not going to cost money to give it a try, so I'd give it a shot and see what sort of job it does on the kind of projects you do. It might be OK as it is. Until you know what you're up against it's probably not worth spending too much time wondering about theoretical upgrades. Even if...

Hi all, From my lofty position as an opinionated but enthusiastic noob I'd say that telling newcomers that they should simply buy a set of monitors and not mix on headphones is as problematic as telling them that anything goes. Neither is really true and the unwary newbie can have a whole raft...

Interesting advice, which agrees with what I’ve seen while researching the same topic.. :) I've recently bought some gear for home hobby recording and was pondering much the same questions as Paw1. I'd been taking some lessons at a friend's studio (including some basic ones on recording/mixing...

Digidesign Product Compatibility Document Archive — May 2006 & Earlier Only? Google could do better than that couldn't it? ;) Try Avid's current information. This one looks promising: Pro Tools 10.0 Approved Audio Interfaces and Peripherals Broadly speaking Pro Tools seems to be moving...

To be a bit less flippant than my reply above... It's worth considering what people mean by "commercial quality recording". If that means could my equipment be good enough to record and mix something that people might be willing to buy, then the answer is a resounding "YES!". The physical...

Hi, I'm not familiar with your gear but unfortunately I think that, as Miroslav said, you have probably bought a card that is primarily designed for playing audio out - as in gaming, home theatre, etc - rather than recording in. A quick Google told me that it could also handle karaoke, which is...

Hi, My first interface was a Yamaha Audiogram 6 and it worked fine for me. It even came bundled with Cubase. I've alway been satisfied with Yamaha gear giving good results at their particular price points, so "a good cheap interface" is probably a fair description, in my experience. If you want...

Good pics. Makes me want to build a house again... Looking forward to seeing the rest of the pics of the project. All the best with the venture. Chris

That's certainly an intriguing paradox. My money is on the ones with the best self belief being strongly represented among the ones that do get somewhere. I expect to succeed when I take something new on, so I usually do. I also expect to learn something useful if I do screw up - and sure...

Yes, that's just what I'm striving for - a state of blithe optimism - but it's not so much an 'end' or aim to me as a way of traveling. And "joy" is certainly what I get from making music, at whatever level I've reached at the time. It's not that I disagree with the need to honestly evaluate...

Hi Nathan, I'm in pretty much the same boat as you, and I think that "cheating a lot" is not just inevitable it's actually a reasonably smart way to go - provided that we understand when we're cheating and why. Our set ups will never match the equipment quality or acoustic properties of a...