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Kind of elementary question here. I have a set of 603's and a M-box. What the correct way to engage the phantom power so i dont mess up my mics? As of now i am just plugging everything in, turning down the gain on the M-Box, and then pushing the phantom power button. The level meter in Pro...

Hey Everyone, I have a Digidesign Mbox, Pro Tools, and two MXL 603's. My setup is just record myself playing my solo instrumental guitar arrangements. I play fingerstyle and have a pretty soft attack. I have been experimenting with mic placement and the sound quality is getting better...

Hey Everyone, I have Pro Tools and an Mbox, and have a newbie question concerning stereo micing solo guitar music. Say i am recording a solo fingerpicking piece, i have both mics plugged into the two inputs of the Mbox and am ready to go. Should i create just one stereo track and have its...

Hey Everyone, I have an Mbox and two MXL 603's. The sound quality i am getting is better than with my AKG C1000S. But i feel i might need a seperate preamp, even though the Mbox already has one. I am recording mostly solo fingerstyle guitar, and i can't seem to get a strong enough signal...

Hey Everyone, I have a small setup, just an Mbox and my PC. Eventually here i am going to have to get some monitors to mix with. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a pair of budget monitors. I was flipping through musicians friends, the new Fostex PM 5.0 Powered set caught...

Hey Everyone, Does anyone know if there is a way to record a webcast in real time while i am listening to it? I thought i heard of someone doing this once using Cool Edit. Perhaps someone here can point me in the right direction. There are some webcasts of music i like to listen that use...

Hey Everyone, Does anyone know how to record something broadcast over the web? There is some stuff that i like to listen that is played over real player, but its not in an mp3 format i can download. Is there a way to setup Cool Edit or something similar to record this in real time while it is...

I second the vote for going to a community college if you are interested in this stuff. A buddy of mine went to Valencia Community College in Orlando to study recording and engineering. I dont know the details of the program, but i think they have at least a basic bunch of sound engineering...

Hey Everyone, Has anyone heard these monitors in action? I am going to be looking for a pair of budget monitors sometime in the near future. I mostly record solo acoustic guitar and acoustic string band music. anton

Hey Everyone, What does ORTF stand for, when referring to mic placement? thanks anton

I am going to swing by the local GC here in Orlando tomorrow to see if they have the Octavas on sale. I am getting a pair of 603's for Xmas, but i am tempted to get these too, because they are so cheap. I'll have to see if i can score a deal on a DMP3. If not, then i might get the Octavas...

Good point. Dont know why i thought the shock mounts would get in the way. Guess i am gonna get the matched stereo pair with the shock mounts and the nice case. eight street music has a nice set for like two hundred bucks. Hopefully these mics will serve me will till i have enough money for...

I was wondering if anyone can reccommend a good place to buy a set of 603's. I am going to be doing solo guitar recording, so i need a stereo pair. I was looking alot online, but all the stereo sets come with shock mounts. I am probably going to be micing in an X-Y configuration, so wont the...

Does anyone know if Pro Tools 6.1 for XP is out yet? I saw a small review of it in a recording magazine, but its not for sale at the Digidesign store. anton

Thanks for the info guys. That really cleared alot of stuff up. I just got the Pro Tools book by David Franz, the one published by Berkely Press, so hopefully it should get on my way. thanks again anton

Hey Everyone, I am going to be upgrading my setup here in a few weeks and wanted to get some advice from you all. My current setup is an Mbox, Presonus Bluetube, and AKG C1000S. After doing alot of reading here i have decied to ditch the AKG C1000S for a pair of MXL603's, and the Bluetube...

Hey Everyone, I have learned so much from this board since i joined a week or so ago. I am thinking about my next preamp purchase. I have a Presonus Bluetube which i plan on selling to help finance a better preamp. I want to this next preamp to be something i can use for a while. Some...

Thanks for the input guys. Yea, the blue tube is pretty noisy. I bought it a few years ago when i got one of those blue tascam control surfaces, i forget the name, the 428 i think. I ended up selling the tascam unit, but kept the blue tube. Anyways, yea i need to ditch the blue tube. The...

Are you guys talking DDR ram or PC ram? I am still running PC133 ram. I really need to upgrade to a DDR motherboard. anton

I am kinda looking around at my next mic purchase. Right now i am just embarking on a small computer recording setup, with the Mbox, a presonus blue tube, and an AKG C1000s. I am primarily recording solo fingerstyle guitar. I was thinking that my next purchase might either be a set of Rode...