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Go to the microphone forum, and read the sticky at the top, I think there's somewhere you can go to print it out. Learn what you can about microphones from that. Read the N-track manual through a couple times to learn about some of the simpler features you may not know about, automation, and...

I'm interested in getting a bunch of different connectors and about 100 ft of cable so I can make some short run TRS, XLR, TRS->XLR, etc... The problem is, how do I know if the TRS connectors will fit on the same cable the XLR's do. I know this is probably a stupid question, but can someone...

I'm not expert, but you'll probably be ok with any computer with decently modern specs. Some are gonna be betters than other for audio, and that's what you should be searching for. But in the case of 4-8 tracks of recording, you should be fine. My computer is from 2000, and I can run about 10...

If you get the thing set-up well (1010lt), you don't really need to crawl under your computer that much, unless you have a ton of outboard pre's or something, which I assume you probably don't. I can hook up my computer in about 2 minutes, to my mixer in's and out, my one outboard pre, and my...

I'm not sure I understand 100%, but I think you should just switch the jumpers on your card to line level, if you are connecting an external pre-amp to it. To do this you need to take the card out of the computer, it seems like you know that already. In the mixer window for the 1010lt, set it...

I just ordered six 25 footers a few days ago just to have for live shows and stuff where cables get beat up more often, but I'll probably use them a few times for recording live, since I have a limited amount of nice home made cables. I figure these are cheaper than even making your own, so for...

Yeah those first two inputs with the pre's are pretty much useless to me, since I can't get them to record without clipping even when the inputs are all the way down. But the card is pretty nice, I'm gonna eventually get two channels of SPDIF (I think it's a stereo input) so I can record 8...

Well, they could... especially from the kick I would assume, if he's a hard hitter the rumble from the kick may cause the stands to vibrate slightly which could effect the mics. In a pro studio, they're gonna use shockmounts on the overheads. You could also look into those new auralex foam...

Well, I don't have any links, but you should try not to use too much solder, and obviously just check to make sure the connections are strong. Look at some guitar chords or pre-made cables to see what a good connection should look like.

I didn't word that last post to well at all. Basically, you can't really do this how your describing with what you have. The best way to do a stereo live mix is to set up a bunch of mics into your mixer then pan and mix levels of certain tracks to taste and start recording. Then, see what...

You could use a speaker.

Could it be that the old passive 8.2's that you hear a lot of pro's talking good about, and are mostly considered hi fi speakers may sound different then the new active wharfdales that are being called studio monitors, and which you hear a lot of (what seems to be amateurs) talking good about...

Well, I think the only way to do this would be to mix in the room sound with the soundboard and mix them both into a stereo mixdown (aka, the two tracks panned left and right). Sine you only have two tracks, and stereo is two tracks, your not gonna be able to do two stereo mixes together. It'll...

Alright, thanks a lot. I did a little searching last night and I figured out that stuff, but I still wasn't sure where the plug came in for all this and now I realize that it doesn't. Thanks for clearning it up. now I just need a figure 8.

So lets say I set everything up right mic wise and record 2 tracks into my DAW, the figure 8 pattern and the cardiod. I have a M-S decoder plugin. So what's next? Where do I put the plug? The track that recorded the figure 8, and set the levels from there, or am I missing something? I don't...

or plastic like that, not that i'm trying to put down the 57.

All mics use a preamp, 57 just doesn't use phantom power, which is probably what your thinking of. The main problem is probably that the close mics are not in phase with the overheads. The kick usually gives me the most trouble, it would probably help to get a standalone pre for that and flip...

run the record outs of the mixer to the line in of the computer, using whatever type of cables would work, in this case I am assuming, rca -> 1/8"

No, I don't believe so. Peaks I think are amplitude based, and phase is more fequency based, so lining up peaks is just like lining up where the loudest part came through the mic, but in all honesty I do this a lot with my kick drums and it works pretty well if you want to kick to be more clear...

I've been using Tracktion for about a month now and I really dig it for many reasons. It has it's problems, but the pluses out-weight them all. It's very stable as compared to N-track (for me), it's efficient on my crappy old computer, it was simple to learn, tracking is a breeze. Mixing is...