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There has been much debate about the listening sessions around here. But basically everyone values the advice from that person when he posts (the consensus is that he knows what he's talking about), so it's not like *I* posted a bunch of clips for comparison! Anyway, I have found that things...

I think that there are a lot of people around here that are more "bedroom" recorders (like me). And I think that it's easy to get caught up in sonics for home recordings (or what the next good thing would be to buy, needed or not...), and get a bit overwhelmed or discouraged. I've done that...

tone_alot, as you can see, there is much debate on this topic. There is at least one thread going at all times around here where someone asks, "should I get a better mic, or a better pre-amp, or a better, etc, etc, etc..." And then there are a thousand opinions. Different gear works for...

I bet it has to do with advertising. Musiciansfriend, etc, seem to focus on this as the "magic" dollar amount in their catalogs...

I don't have a lot of high end mic's, but I've actually owned a C1000, sold it, then bought another one because I missed it. Somehow, I really like it on vocals. I don't know why, it's not sonically awsome, I just like the feel. I like the Octava MC012 better on most instruments - especially...

Well, I'm no expert. But I think that legal action is really a business decision for a company. For example, if a company thinks that you will lose them ~$100,000 in sales, or that this clip will damage the reputation of the artist (again, with loss of revenue), and they can sue the crap out...

As some less educated advice, I like to double acoustic parts by playing them twice and panning - in which case, you really only need one mic for "stereo" acoustic. I can see this sounding cool or really not cool depending on the type of music though....

I had a Rode NT1-A for a while and had the same experience. It seemed like it was distorting on the high end because it was so bright. And I was recording fairly dark, felt pick acoustic guitar at the time... I got an AKG C2000 right after that, which I found much better. Darker, more...

Home recorder here. If you are happy with the pre's on that board (I have little experience with different boards), you would just need a A-D convertor and software. And you will need 8 channels of conversion so that you can keep your tracks separate within software for mixing, etc. I hadn't...

Well, I used one of the audio component CD recorders to record band practice one time. I assume that's what you are talking about, just the DVD one. We used two condensor mic's in the room - SM-81's I think, into an Audiobuddy, then into the CD cutter. It didn't sound bad at all, we didn't...

Oh, yeah - that's a good point. Sorry Scottfisher, maybe that post was way too vague. Listen to these other guys....

Okay, fair enough - I'm a home studio guy, and certainly not an expert. I read much of that thread, but not all (and it's been a while). I agree that it is wonderful information. But from an applied perspective of someone buying a $100 mic, is my statement so awful? It's my experience that...

Well, the biggest difference between a dynamic and a condensor is that a dynamic is designed to pick up sound only a few inches away from the mic - and a condensor is designed to pick up sound from the whole room. So depending on what you are recording, that may make a huge difference...

Okay, I'm only on page 6 of this thread, so I don't know if anyone else has done this one. I'll catch up over the next day, this thread is really fun. I especially like the Strawberry Fields Forever and the Lady Madonna, great stuff! I listen to Tomorrow Never Knows from time to time and...

I have two Tampas and really like them...the pre's are different than the DMP3 (which I had and sold), they are less hyped and just sound nicer when you stack up tracks. Not night and day different by any means, but different. It also just feels better on vocals, hard to describe, but it has a...

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Hey, that's cool, man - bully for you. Just trying to point out that there are far more people around here with $200 mic's than $2,000+ mic's...you are in the home recording forum, after all. Hope the people who have high end stuff chime in for you...

I'm just a home recorder, and I am really crappy at mixing, but since this was an acoustic track and pretty sparse (which is what I do quite a bit), I thought that I'd chime in. It sounds like you record your acoustic pretty far off the guitar for a nice open tone (and it sounds good...mp3...

I have found that there is much philosophy around here about the most important part(s) of an audio signal chain. If you post a more complete list of what you have and what you are recording to...and the style of stuff that you record, I'm sure that you'll get tons of opinions. I'm just a home...

Unless money starts falling from the sky at my house, I won't have $10K to spend on recording gear even if I live for 10,000 years. That being said, I am curious about the option of renting a good space every so often to improve sound rather than spending more money. Especially at the $10K...