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The SM7b is always described as needing lots of gain. It's not clear to me from previous threads exactly which preamps have been successfully used with this mic. I'm considering units in the price range of the Grace Solo 101 (non-ribbon version; would the hi-gain ribbon version be unsuitable...

After experimenting with different approaches, my band seems to have settled on recording by running direct into our powered mixer head (we don't have a dedicated mixer to record through), and using the mixer's recording outputs to go into a digital multitrack, which feeds a headphone amp. We...

By way of a quick review, I just installed one between my KRK monitors and my Zoom MRS802. The monitors both go to a power strip, which in turn plugs into the same outlet as the recorder. The Hum X got rid of a hissing noise which had been present before, when the speakers and recorder were...

The lead singer in my 4-piece band doesn't like recording track-by-track, so we're going to try to record "live", with all of us playing simultaneously. To avoid issues associated with room acoustics and insufficient mics, we plan to go direct into a multitrack recorder, while tracking each...

MY KRK RP8s are plugged into a single surge protector strip, along with my Zoom MRS802 multitrack. The recorder only has unbalanced outs, which are connected to the unbalanced inputs of the speakers, which also have balanced input options. A fairly loud hiss from the monitors was diagnosed...

Our band has a web site, and a difference of opinion about how much interactive content it ought to feature. One view is that we ought to have a public forum, where regstered users can place posts. Another view is that such a feature invites irrelevant content, and serves no useful business...

I'm looking for reviews/experience-based suggestions for passive 12" floor monitors equipped with a pole mount socket so they can double as small FOH. My primary criterion is clear, accurate, quality sound, since they'll mostly be used for rehearsal (lead vocals only) at moderate volumes, and...

My classic rock band is looking for cost-effective self-powered monitors for vocals only, and noticed the Galaxy Audio "Galactic Package", which consists of one powered and two unpowered Hot Spot mini-monitors. Can anyone offer us the benefit of their experience with this package, or any of its...

New P.A. buyer has a few questions - hope you experts out there can help out with some insights! Classic rock band getting it together enough to start playing out once in a while, very part-time (rehearse together twice a month; hope to play out maybe once every couple of months in the future)...

Anyone used them? My band is considering them as a pair of relatively compact, inexpensive vocal monitors.

I've recently acquired my first multitrack recorder, a Zoom MRS-802CD, and am beginning to learn to use it. I intend to use it to record my band rehearsals so we can assess our readiness to perform, and as a practice device for myself to see how I sound individually. I don't initially plan to...