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^^^Steen nailed it as usual :thumbs up:^^^ This took me a while and plenty of frustration to realise and was a large part of the reason i bought the AI i did. For a while i was using a Motu 8 pre which was ok as it was but i wanted to try some external pre's with it. I ran the line outs from...

Yeah, snares can be pretty useful some of the time. But they're not as cool as hitting a cardboard box that's loosely sealed with gaffa tape that has been on the floor of a music venue for 10 years to hold the cables down to prevent a trip hazard, filled with live bees that may escape and attack...

I'm sure if you ask Shure and ***** nicely they'll custom build you a heater made out of SM58's and ***** 3310's. Then you can hit it with a stick to your hearts content :) EDIT: *gasp* it blanked out the name of a well known phone!? I'm guessing it's an anti-spam bot filter thing. You all know...

That sir is true dedication to finding the perfect sound, and i for one salute you :thumbs up: (*insert salute emoticon*) We went through 6 peoples sets of keys to find a decent jangle for the last album but they all sucked and ended up digging some jingle bells outta our singers wives schools...

I don't know how much the £ to $ conversion rate is, but i love the Focusrite ISA preamps and the ISA One is about £399 new this side of the pond. Really clean, really classy sounding pre. Although i've not tried it the FMR RNP gets good reviews and is about the same price as the ISA One, but...

It sounds really cool to my ears :thumbs up: I love the crazy effects on the clarinet, sounds at times like an electric guitar, at other times like a clarinet swirling around, LOVE it! :) For a couple of years in a row we did a similar project with students over a term where we started with...

^^^This^^^ :thumbs up: I often feel this is the best approach; Research and try stuff out, get some general advice, narrow down your choices, research a bit more, pick one or two and just go for it. As Moresounds sig says "Any mic you buy will be perfectly suited to your needs, until you use...

Tbf the "phantom power" to change the circuitry of the mic seems to be the new "cool" thing to do. There's at least one valve mic (and i can't remember for love nor money what it's called again) where sending phantom power to the mic's dedicated PSU changes the sound of the mic by, i think...

The name may have come up a thousand times or so :D Yeah, the Joly mod's get alot of praise and, although i've only ever heard the clips on his site, i'm very impressed. if i had the money i'd send some his way. Also, i really wouldn't worry too much about losing the capsules. Just make sure...

I honestly think this i something that gets overlooked sometimes. As i've said before, i'm a HUUUGGGGEEEE fan of percussion on tracks and as such have picked up a variety of different tambourines/shakers/bells/"janglies" and usually try a couple of different ones out to see what suits the song...

There is fair warning man! Perhaps the title should read; "The Cave - abandon hope ye who enter here" I ended up in the cave once. i'm in no rush to do so again :p

Sorry you've had a bad first impression of the boards man :( I assure you there are a lot of really awesome and super knowledgeable people on these boards who will go above and beyond to help anyone and everyone when they can. However, i think the main focus of a lot of these boards are...

Maybe i just missed the, as you called it, "horrible cracked straining" high notes but everything sounded fine to me. I'm not a huge fan of too much vibrato but the pitching and tone of you voice is really good. If you're struggling to hit the high notes there could be a number of reasons...

Tbf, i've said it before and i'll say it again, buying an Audio Interface was the second hardest audio gear purchase i've ever made in my life, only just behind monitors. I'm guessing as you have the Ultralite that you're using firewire, in which case my money would go towards a Focusrite...

Hey man, welcome to the board :) In terms of audio interface, the only extra bit of info that would be useful is 1) USB or Firewire? and 2) Do you plan to use more than four mics for drums in the future? With that said, there are plenty of good 4 in', with mic preamps, audio interfaces...

*sigh* why do i have to be the "bad guy"? :( Music on both - exceptional! genuinely fan-flippin'-tastic! Vocals on (Feels Like) Heaven - honestly? not my cup of tea i'm afraid. You have a great voice but my issues were mainly the tone of it at times and, to me, it felt very forced. However...

I had a similar thing a while back with a presonus firestudio mobile (which does support aggregate device) and an Maudio Firewire Audiophile (which doesn't support aggregate device). I managed to get the computer to set up the aggregate device and work but it did drop out every time i loaded a...

Hmm this seems oddly familiar :D I never minded as it made me research stuff more to answer my friends, and tbf they have since developed their own specialisms of which i can now pester them on (mainly mastering and live sound) Yep, i completely agree, and i'm guessing you've already done your...

And that, my friend, is the best bit about home recording imo :thumbs up: Good luck man, let us know how you get on and remember we're all always here to help if you ever have any questions :)

Wow, that's one hell of a list man! :thumbs up: Maybe i missed it, but was there a specific question you wanted to ask, or just opinions/advice in general? Either way, my opinion would be; Get your space nice and acoustically treated (the DIY boards have soooooo much info it's a veritable...