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LDC, SDC... matters not, IMO. Cello is pretty tolerant—not a lot of the extremely high frequencies that make cheap mics sound cheap, and nothing so low that you're begging for an omni. I don't think I'd ever go so far as to use a dynamic, but you might be able to get away with it. The one...

You need at least two mics to get a good sound from an upright. Good article here: Recording Techniques For Upright Piano IMO, SDCs work best for piano, which pretty much rules out almost every mic listed in this thread so far. If I were you, I would either get a pair of SDC omni mics or...

But, but, but.... What will you use for a hammer? :D

Do you mean the output of the PA amp into the input of the Zoom? Depends on the amp. Assuming it has a line-level (unamplified) output, then sure. Most PA amps have a "Record out" or similar that should do the trick.

My advice would be to freeze some tracks and grit your teeth for a few months. Tim Cook said that Apple has plans to update the Mac Pro some time this year: Tim Cook confirms updated Mac Pro coming in 2013 As for Logic, if their upgrade schedule doesn't suit your needs, there's always...

For sequential reads, the 5400 RPM drive above is about 22% faster than the 7200 RPM drive. For random access, based on the seek times and rotational latency, I'd expect it to be about 16% slower on average. In other words, roughly a wash. Use the 5400 RPM drive for audio; it's bigger and...

CAD's M179 or M9 would both probably be interesting options for you, IMO.

For your purposes, I'd pick a 2020 pair over anything else on that list, because it is the closest thing on the list to an SDC. :) Or you might consider a Naiant pair. That would probably be my vote.

Are these both relatively new drives? The reason I ask is that audio recording tends to involve almost entirely sequential access to large stripes of the disk at a time, which means that RPM tends to have a smaller effect on track count than areal density. Since platter count tends to be...

Melodyne. Just say no to mandatory dongles and non-transferrability clauses.

Don't know about the 64-bit issues, but yes, the Delta 1010, the DA-2496, and the RPC-1 all use the same chipset (ICE1712), so if the driver matches the device (no guarantee there), then the same driver ought to work for all of them, in theory, assuming they're configured similarly on the other...

My general attitude is that the difference in converters, once you get past the cheap crap that only does 48 kHz and under, is so small that you are unlikely to be able to hear it in even the most ideal conditions. Preamps make a big difference, microphones doubly so, mic positioning triply so...

IIRC, that probably indicates that the port was shut down because of a serious hardware fault (dead short from power to either ground or to one of the signal pins) in the Presonus interface or your FireWire cable. It might also be displayed in the case of the device drawing too much inrush...

FIREPOD hardware is just a BeBoB FireWire chip. It should work out-of-the-box with the built-in drivers in OS X, though Presonus's software for adjusting settings apparently don't work in Mountain Lion. It should show up and function, though, even if you can't change some of the settings...

AT2020 has approximately a 0.67" capsule, not a 1".

Rushing noise could be a moisture problem (or a bad capsule), but it could also be an under-voltage or under-current phantom power supply. Check the supply voltage both with and without the mic attached.

Agreed on the MK-012 for hats or overheads. I'd probably pick something with a little more sparkle for acoustic, but maybe that's just me.

Nothing handy. I've been too busy to do much recording lately. I've never tried a ribbon on strings, so I don't have an opinion either way.

For the brass, I would suggest a non-phantom-powered ribbon with a good preamp. I would also consider upgrading it with a Lundahl transformer for a more open sound. My favorite for brass so far is a Lundahl-upgraded Nady RSM-2. For the piano, it just depends on the sound you're going for...

Is it tripping a breaker, or is the computer just turning itself off? Do you see a huge power sag (lights dimming) when you turn on the rack? If you turn the computer on after the rack, does everything work? If the computer works as long as you turn it on last, what you have is an inrush...