badassmak
Herbi-Whore
hmmm I'm lookin at some different soundcards here but I'm gonna start by listing every piece of musical equipment i am using to record...;
COMPUTER
amd k-6 533mhz (some kinda compaq)
192 mb ram
20 gig hd
1 cd rom 1 cd/rw rom
1 crusty dusty monitor
16b soundblaster crap
INSTRUMENTS
2 BC Rich warlocks (nice pointy axes)
1 El degas (first guitar it was cheap and black)
a few other various guitars mostly crap
1 recently purchased behringer xm2000ms cardoid mic (mic stand n cords too)
1 wee little white amp...10 watts...
1 peavey rage 158 (I'm currently using the above two amps for my mic)
1 behringer blue devil amp
1 behringer fcb 1010 foot controller
headphones picks beer and a baggie
SOFTWARE
win 98se (considering upgrade to xp good or bad idea?)
fruity loops and n- tracks and cool edit pro (i have none of these but given the shortcoming of funds I think starting out these are the best choices)
Theres actually more too soundcards here like upgrading my ancient email device but for now a good soundcard I think will do...
I plan to use the programs for recording strictly...my amp and footcontroller will provide guitar effects and what not...I can even fake a bass on here for now...I guess Ill need a wee bit o room for vocal effects too...the soundcard that seemed to catch my eye was this http://www.cdbm.com/shop/detail.cgi?id=114160 delta 66 omni studio? i think because it has mic preamps...does this mean I can just run my mic right into the card with no amps?..if so is there a cheaper alternative to this soundcard?...I know people spend a lot of money on gear but I have to be realistic here...plus Im pretty good at working with what i have...basically i think the tunes I will be doing are generally of the heavy variety...I know i posted sumthin below but possibly it was a little more vague? so ive tried to include everything i could think...oh yes in relation to my earlier posting...what kind of minmal upgrades can i do to my pc that will make it feasablew to use the programs listed above as well as the hardware...
Many thanks to those who provide their feedback
COMPUTER
amd k-6 533mhz (some kinda compaq)
192 mb ram
20 gig hd
1 cd rom 1 cd/rw rom
1 crusty dusty monitor
16b soundblaster crap
INSTRUMENTS
2 BC Rich warlocks (nice pointy axes)
1 El degas (first guitar it was cheap and black)
a few other various guitars mostly crap
1 recently purchased behringer xm2000ms cardoid mic (mic stand n cords too)
1 wee little white amp...10 watts...
1 peavey rage 158 (I'm currently using the above two amps for my mic)
1 behringer blue devil amp
1 behringer fcb 1010 foot controller
headphones picks beer and a baggie
SOFTWARE
win 98se (considering upgrade to xp good or bad idea?)
fruity loops and n- tracks and cool edit pro (i have none of these but given the shortcoming of funds I think starting out these are the best choices)
Theres actually more too soundcards here like upgrading my ancient email device but for now a good soundcard I think will do...
I plan to use the programs for recording strictly...my amp and footcontroller will provide guitar effects and what not...I can even fake a bass on here for now...I guess Ill need a wee bit o room for vocal effects too...the soundcard that seemed to catch my eye was this http://www.cdbm.com/shop/detail.cgi?id=114160 delta 66 omni studio? i think because it has mic preamps...does this mean I can just run my mic right into the card with no amps?..if so is there a cheaper alternative to this soundcard?...I know people spend a lot of money on gear but I have to be realistic here...plus Im pretty good at working with what i have...basically i think the tunes I will be doing are generally of the heavy variety...I know i posted sumthin below but possibly it was a little more vague? so ive tried to include everything i could think...oh yes in relation to my earlier posting...what kind of minmal upgrades can i do to my pc that will make it feasablew to use the programs listed above as well as the hardware...
Many thanks to those who provide their feedback