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For a home setup i've come to the conclusion that a mixer might not be best for me. I don't need six so so channels of mackie or soundcraft preamps. I just need a couple really good preamps, or maybe a few different types of preamps so i can match the right preamp for the right job. I don't need any of the features of the mixer accept for the preamps i don't think. So i think in theory i could get away with a card like a delta 44, some mics and some outboard preamps. But my question is where do i control my monitors volume from? Assuming doing it from the windows volume control isn't idea, or headphones and stuff like that? Right now with my sblive i can't monitor what i'm recording while i record it, due to the delay. I could however when i had rented a mackie 1202, i had the output of the computer going into the mixing board, and i mixed the signal being recorded into the headphone mix, which counteracted any latency from the hard drive. Now if i got a card like a delta could i just use the softwear monitoring in logic audio and not have to worry about a mixer to do that? I'm hoping the latency wouldn't be an issue with a delta. Also would it be a good idea to get one of those tiny behringer boards for the monitor volume control and headphone stuff?
I usually just record one person at time. Usually some acoustic guitar, or congas, or electric guitar, or bass, sometimes piano, sometimes steel drums, some times vocals, etc.. So i figured if i got a pair of behrenger ecm8000's, a nice large diaphram condensor mic (AT mic, SP C1, something like that maybe?), and a shure sm57, i'd be doing ok for a start. I have a sm58 already and a art studio mp. And then i could get maybe an RNC, and then about 4 different channels of really solid preamps ontop of the ART. So i would have 2 channels of one brand, and 2 channels of another. So i'd have 2 choices for my stereo recordings, and 3 choices for mono recordings using the ART.
Does this sound like good logic for my position?
A couple of Preamps, a compressor, some of those mics, and some monitoring speakers?
I guess i'm just wondering what i'm missing that i'll need for that headphone mixes and stuff like that, and which things would be best for me.
Budget wise i guess i'm alotting $800 Canadian for the Yorkville YSM1p's. The delta 44 is $350 canadian, the shure sm57 is about $150, i think the studio projects C1 is about $299 canadian, and i'm not sure about the behringer ecm8000s probably around $150 for the pair. Now i can save a bit extra for a better mic, or some better preamps, or whatever. I know that if you buy shit you buy twice. I can't afford a great river preamp and a pair of neumans, but i can afford some decent stuff if i keep it small. I guess i also need to find a LD condensor that Fits my voice.
For preamps i was thinking getting on of those Dmp3's (or whatever that really good cheap one is, i think it gives you two channels?), and then something a little better. So i guess the budget for the preamps is undefined/flexible.
Any help would be appricated, i'm confused at what would be best for me. I was thinking i'd be so much cooler if i had a Baby bottle, so maybe we can work that in too
I usually just record one person at time. Usually some acoustic guitar, or congas, or electric guitar, or bass, sometimes piano, sometimes steel drums, some times vocals, etc.. So i figured if i got a pair of behrenger ecm8000's, a nice large diaphram condensor mic (AT mic, SP C1, something like that maybe?), and a shure sm57, i'd be doing ok for a start. I have a sm58 already and a art studio mp. And then i could get maybe an RNC, and then about 4 different channels of really solid preamps ontop of the ART. So i would have 2 channels of one brand, and 2 channels of another. So i'd have 2 choices for my stereo recordings, and 3 choices for mono recordings using the ART.
Does this sound like good logic for my position?
A couple of Preamps, a compressor, some of those mics, and some monitoring speakers?
I guess i'm just wondering what i'm missing that i'll need for that headphone mixes and stuff like that, and which things would be best for me.
Budget wise i guess i'm alotting $800 Canadian for the Yorkville YSM1p's. The delta 44 is $350 canadian, the shure sm57 is about $150, i think the studio projects C1 is about $299 canadian, and i'm not sure about the behringer ecm8000s probably around $150 for the pair. Now i can save a bit extra for a better mic, or some better preamps, or whatever. I know that if you buy shit you buy twice. I can't afford a great river preamp and a pair of neumans, but i can afford some decent stuff if i keep it small. I guess i also need to find a LD condensor that Fits my voice.
For preamps i was thinking getting on of those Dmp3's (or whatever that really good cheap one is, i think it gives you two channels?), and then something a little better. So i guess the budget for the preamps is undefined/flexible.
Any help would be appricated, i'm confused at what would be best for me. I was thinking i'd be so much cooler if i had a Baby bottle, so maybe we can work that in too
