Hi!
I'm -- to coin the dreaded words -- new to recording. I'm a classical guitarist, and want to record solo guitar in my quiet front room. I've had a pair of Rode NT-5s suggested as a decent place to start for microphones, and now I'm looking at the missing interface for getting recordings out of them.
Many guitarists are using the Zoom H-4 portable recorder, which makes sense since it's very convenient -- I don't have any need for portability, though, so my question is:
* is there likely to be an appreciable difference between the A-Ds and preamps in something like the Firebox or Audiobox vs. the Zoom H-4?
* if so, is a pair of NT-5s a good enough pair of microphones to expose that difference, or is it all the same when you're only spending a few hundred dollars on the mics?
Thanks in advance for any advice! Having the Zoom H-4 is quite attractive to me since I'm running Linux and don't like the look of the driver situation there, but if the preamps aren't up to a classical guitar recording with the mics that I'm thinking of then I'll take my chances with something like the Firebox instead.
- Chris.
I'm -- to coin the dreaded words -- new to recording. I'm a classical guitarist, and want to record solo guitar in my quiet front room. I've had a pair of Rode NT-5s suggested as a decent place to start for microphones, and now I'm looking at the missing interface for getting recordings out of them.
Many guitarists are using the Zoom H-4 portable recorder, which makes sense since it's very convenient -- I don't have any need for portability, though, so my question is:
* is there likely to be an appreciable difference between the A-Ds and preamps in something like the Firebox or Audiobox vs. the Zoom H-4?
* if so, is a pair of NT-5s a good enough pair of microphones to expose that difference, or is it all the same when you're only spending a few hundred dollars on the mics?
Thanks in advance for any advice! Having the Zoom H-4 is quite attractive to me since I'm running Linux and don't like the look of the driver situation there, but if the preamps aren't up to a classical guitar recording with the mics that I'm thinking of then I'll take my chances with something like the Firebox instead.
- Chris.