After reading alot of reviews, I just put a bid in on eBay for a Studio Projects C3 (which is the same as a C1 with additional directional capabilities).
The C1 reviews compared it to the $1600 Neumann U87.
eBay has it or $200
my bid for the C3 (retail $499) is currently at $199 for a brand...
Don,
I've got a Crate Pro Audio CSM12
http://www.crateaudio.com/products/stereo_console_mixers/csx12.html
You can "Click Here for More Information" to the total layout of the mixer.
I'd greatly appreciate learning how to use the aux outs. THere are 4 of them.
Ok, don't laugh if I'm doing this whole cabling thing wrong. Here's the way I've been "trying" to record.
Music only:
Headphones are plugged into mixer.
1. DVD player --> mixer --> sound card LINE IN --> into N-track in stereo
Vocals only:
Unplug headphones from mixer. Plug into LINE OUT on...
I have a Crate Pro Audio CSM12 Mixer. Here are the specs. You can click on "Click Here for More Information" to see the exact specs.
http://www.crateaudio.com/products/stereo_console_mixers/csx12.html
It can supply 48v phantom power to each of the 12 channels. I always thought that this was...
Here's my problem guys. I've tried recording vocals half a dozen times for the same song and it just doesn't sound right (ie. as when I'm not recording). I'm wondering if there is another method than the one I'm using.
I listen to the music through headphones to avoid bleeding into the vocal...
Evan,
Very nice setup you got there. I especially like the Computer desk you have. Where'd you get it?
About the preamp...
Is it beneficial for a microphone to have a mic preamp rather than using the phantom power through a mixer? I see you have both preamp and mixer.
Hey HotSauce
I'm a newbie too. Don't listen to those other guys with like 4000+ posts. Take it from a fellow newbie, man.
That sucked!! You ever watch American Idol with that guy from the Atlanta area singing "Like A Virgin"???
You beat him out. For the worst singer award. You can't...
Oh yea, I dl'd all your other songs and have them in my music collection. Talkin' Smack is my fave. "Robert Tait" I'll be looking for the name in music shops across the country one day.
thanks for the responses guys...
I think I'll get the smaller Cakewalk Home Studio, since I heard it provide 80% of what SONAR does at about 1/3 the cost. And get a C1 because I've read such raving reviews on it for vocals. The two will set me back about $300.
I also saw on ebay that a brand...
I'm torn between what to upgrade. Can I hear some opinions?
I do only vocal recording right now. I'm currently using the trial version of n-Track to record and singing into a Shure SM58.
n-Track is only 40 bucks to register but seems REALLY basic. Also, I'm not totally satisfied with how my...
Awesome BOB
Bob, I'm totally new to home recording so there's no way I can offer any technical critique. That said.
DAMN, I loved it!!! You've got alot of talent. The song as a whole is perfect to me. It all reminds me of Lou Reed. Keep it up! You're an inspiration!
Well then, with my native Asian tongue:
Yes, me do sound revel good arleddy. You no need say bad rangwage rike dat. New York peeples so lude, or is it rude???
Mixer
Can someone point me to where I can learn what all the gadgets on my mixer can do?
Gain
Pre
Post
Aux 1, 2, 3, 4
High Z
Low Z
PFL Out
Headphone/PFL (why together)
etcetera
I've got my wireless SM58 hooked up via XLR to my mixer. Got the mixer hooked up to the sound card from "Tape Out" (R/L) to LINE IN (with Y-connector). Phantom power tried ON and OFF.
1. Why would the volume be so low when recording (both voice and music) from the mixer.
2. Do you lose stereo...
Found article on wiring a mic
says <<... the easiest way to use a mic channel for feeding a soundcard is to turn its fader fully down and then use the pre-fade send control to send the mic signal to the mixer's pre-fade output jack. This is normally used to set up monitor mixes, but in the...