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    Recommended Preamps?

    How would you compare the Avalon VT-737SP to the MP2?
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    Recommended Preamps?

    What preamps would you recommend to get for each individual instrument. Can you please separate them into the following categories: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Kick Drum, Snare, Toms, Overheads/Hi-Hat. The main intention for this is rock music but will also be used for...
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    Avalon 737

    It will be for a small/mid-sized commercial studio. A lot of it will be rock music, but it will be open to everything. Considering it will be located in Atlanta, there is bound to be a lot of hip-hop. What all mics (i.e. vocals, overheads, electric guitar, acoustic, etc.) do you think I will...
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    Avalon 737

    Well, right now, it is looking like the majority of my mic pres will be the Focusrite pres installed in the Pro Tools Control 24. I don't really know anything about the quality of these pres. The 737 would mainly be for vocals, acoustic guitar, and possibly some other applications if they call...
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    Avalon 737

    This is a simple question. I am considering buy the Avalon 737. Is it worth it?
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    Best Overhead DrumMics

    I am about to buy all of the needed mics to use on a drumset. My kit mics will include a Shure SM57, four Sennheiser MD421's, and an AKG D112. I'm not sure what overheads to get. Ones that I have considered include Shure SM81's and AKG C414's. The budget is around $1000 per microphone...
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    Presonus Eureka

    I am currently considering buying the Presonus Eureka. And I was just wondering if anyone in here had used it and I would like to have your opinions on whether or not this would be a wise investment. Thank You.
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    Burning Songs to CD

    I know that this doesn't really fit in this thread, but I use Sonar 3 Producer, so I decided to use this thread... I am wondering if, when burning songs that I have recorded to CD, there is any way to take out the space between songs and just let them run straight from one to the other. If...
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    Shure57/58

    if you're using the mic for vocals, you'll probably want to go with the 58 due to the windscreen. if your using it for instruments or anything else, go for the 57.
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    M-Audio Tampa vs. Focusrite Penta

    I am wondering, based on either your own personal experience or what you've heard from others, which of these two preamps is better. Both the M-Audio Tampa and the Focusrite Penta are in the $400 price range. Any feedback would be helpful. Thank You.
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    Best Inexpensive Preamp?

    I am wanting to add another inexpensive preamp to my rack, and there are a lot of options out there, I just don't know which one to choose. The most expensive I would go would probably be around $400. That is the range of the M-Audio Tampa. A dual-channel preamp would be preferred, but it is...
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    studio moniters. help

    I personally like the Fostex PM-1's myself.
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    Piano sound from a keyboard

    I am about to begin a recording project where the band I will be working with is wanting to record Coldplay-esque piano-rock. The problem is.....they don't have a piano. So, does anyone have any advice on how I will be able to make a keyboard sound like an actual piano?
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    Compression and EQ Settings

    Can some of you give me some ideas for preset eq, threshold and and ratio levels for recording vocals, bass, acoustic, and electric guitars? These would be the settings that are recorded onto the hard disk, I could still change them a little later on.
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    Best websites with cheapest prices?

    The best and most consistent site that I found for online equipment purchases has definitely been music123.com in my experiences.
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    Mindprint En-Voice MK II

    I'm looking into buying a preamp sometime in the next few days and I was really looking into a Mindprint En-Voice MK II. Does anyone know anything about this preamp, and if it's worth the money? Let me know all that you know about this please. Another one I was considering would be a Focusrite...
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    Tascam US-428 EQ controls in Sonar - do they work?

    I have the same problem. I'm using the US-428 with Sonar 3 Producer Edition and I haven't found a way for the EQ features to work with it. But if you can find out how, somehow let me know.
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    Preamps: DBX 586 vs. Focusrite Penta

    I have recently been looking into purchasing a mic preamp in the $400 dollar range. At a large music store in my area, they have both a DBX 586 and a Focusrite Penta. Both of these have been recommended to me by store employees. The Penta is new and the DBX 586 is used. Both of them are...
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    Order of Buying Rack Units

    I would like to know all of your opinions of what order rack effects should be bought. This list includes pre-amps, compressors, equalizers, reverb, and anything else that you may deem important. Thank you for your input.
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    Computer for Recording

    The motherboard that I will be using is a Soyo SY-P4I865PE Plus Dragon 2. The chipset on this is i865PE. What does the chipset having anything to do with how well it works???
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