Anything Is A Step Up From What I Got!

[mikeeb]

Heya Everyone. Right now my band and I have been using a rockband mic to record and the software is audactiy. I have a Digitech RP350 effects pedal which i use for effects and recording different sounding guitars and such. I noticed that there are 2 microphone ports along with the usb which i use to plug into my computer. My question is, if i buy a condensor mic can i use the RP350 as a preamp? I am not sure how all of this works but i just want the best sounding thing i can get for my vocals. Will the RP give me a great signal or would something be better? I want to try to save as much money as possible, but the mic I would be plugging into the RP350 would most likely be a $400 Blue Bottle Mic. This is not set in stone and I am just looking around where I can get the best buy for an acoustic/alternative rock singing mic. In all i would like to spend $400-$500 including the preamp. If you could tell me a good set up for combination for recording the acoustic guitar or just the singing to make it sound better i would be so grateful. Right now, we record on a rock band mic and the software we use is audacity lol. I would really like to become experienced and have read many of your forums and i know that this is the right place to post since you guys know what you are talking about. Please Help and maybe when i make it big I will pay you back =]. Thanks guys!
-Mikee

 

[dgatwood]

That device has XLR outputs, not inputs, so no, you can't connect it to a microphone. If the mic didn't require phantom power, you could adapt it down to the instrument pre input with a line matching transformer, but it would probably sound terrible.

My advice would be to buy a cheaper mic and spend the rest on a decent interface with decent preamps. You'll probably be happier that way.

 

[CalypsoNut]

Hey there,
dgatwood is right on the money. Check craigslist everyday and you're sure to run across a lexicon omega or lambda, or maybe something like and alesis io14 for a hundred bucks and change. Most local music stores will have used mics somewhere if not in the displays. Grab something as cheap as a shure fake 58 (not sure the exact model? pg48?) and start there. Sometimes local mom and pop stores will almost GIVE you a mic because they see that you're trying to get rolling and #2 it's hard to sell used mics anyway.
Just get started! and first things first get your xlr ins and outs straight.
Have fun, write hits!!!!
Peace

 

[Chili]

Please don't double post in the forums, it's considered rude. Pick the most appropriate forum for your post and post it only once.

You got the same answers here as I gave you in your other thread, so I deleted that one.

Thanks.