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At that price range I would consider RME Fireface 400 (8 analog inputs).

Perhaps you meant to say the Fireface 400 has 2 inputs with mic preamps ? Last I checked the Fireface 400 had 8 analog inputs and a bunch of digital inputs. So if you have external preamps, you have 8 inputs for mics (2 mic/line, 2 inst/line, and 4 line). With TotalMix, I believe you can...

You can't beat the Emu 0404 USB for value (at $200 price point). Excellent A/D and D/A converters, decent preamps, and way simple to use. Mine sounds great, setup was easy.

what price range?

A dynamic mic will pick up less room sound than a condenser, but you can close mic with a condenser (say about 6" mic to mouth) and you should be fine in about any room. A pop filter is a must at this range, with most mics. Let us know your budget and what your wife's voice is like and we can...

You can hear both these mics compared in the listeningsessions.com . My opinion of these is: The AT4040 is crisp, detailed, and sounds great on acoustic guitar (one of the best in the listening sessions on guitar). The B1 is full and nice on vocals, especially male vox and lower register...

Take a look at the Emu 0404 USB - converters are excellent and the preamps are good. http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837/item--EMU0404 Try Reaper for software. http://www.reaper.fm/ Free to try and $60 if you decide you like it.

+1 on Reaper http://www.cockos.com/reaper/ for $60 (free to try). You may want to check out the Emu 0404 USB for best specs for <$200 (compare dynamic range). I have the 0404 and it's very quiet, has excellent A/D and D/A conversion, decent preamps .

Have you tried using EQ to carve out a frequency realm for each individual track/instrument? This can really separate and define each track. It only takes a couple dB boost or rolloff at the right frequencies for each instrument. Use subtractive EQ where possible.

+1 on the Shure SM58 USB mic for now. The SM58 is a good solid, meaty sounding mic, and will let you make some good recordings until you learn about audio interfaces and preamps. Or better yet, get a regular (non-USB) SM58 for $99 and this $99 adapter...

Are you hearing the BOOM on playback thru your monitors or thru your headphones, or both? Since you were DI'd, if you hear it in your monitors but NOT in your headphones, that could indicate a room problem at that frequency. If so, you may need to treat the room (bass traps), or at least move...

Anyone recorded one of these? I will be recording a 12-note tongue drum in a treated room that is smallish, but not super-small. I also have a larger, untreated living room with 22 ft ceiling (lots of natural reverb) that I may try it in. The drum is pretty loud when played with mallets, but...

Your playing is very nice and the mic itself is doing a good job. However, I agree with scrubs. In think you need some room treatment. I hear a lot of room sound (boxiness) in the recording . For the room, to start, try hanging sleeping bags or moving blankets on mic stands in a V behind...

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I agree with mshilarious that some mild treatment like panels or moving blankets on mic stands around you would be good enough to minimize nasty early reflections. My concern for your setup would be mics and preamps. The SM58 is a reasonably good dynamic for vox and will act to minimize room...

A Shure tech told me that they should sound the same if you take the round windscreen off the 58.

The best way to tell a fake SM57 is to do a simultaneous vocal sound comparison with a real SM57 (or a SM58 with the pop screen removed). You can also weigh it and compare the weight against weight published by Shure. The fakes sound thin and tinny compared to the full, meaty sound of a real...

Agree big-time with this. I recently recorded an ensemble of 20-30 camp singers with SM81s in ORTF (plus some spot mics on guitars and lead vocal) that sounded pretty good. To find a place to record, we looked at all their buildings onsite. We found one that had a very high ceiling, rough...

The fake SM58 I had sounded very thin and tinny, when compared back to back to a real SM58, which is full and meaty. Very dramatically bad sound in the fake. My point being that one could not rule out a fake, based on the OP's description. It was offered as another plausible thing to check...

I have used the AT3035. It doesn't have much bottom to it, but it is very flat response and good sounding on mids and highs. Pretty good on guitar too, although I prefer the AT4040 on guitar. AT3035 is never shrill on vocals or guitar, I like that. But I don't like the lack of bottom, even...