The cold, hard, facts

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there's something else too. in my room w/ my instruments/vocals and the same few mics, on thing i won't get is variation.

otoh, the one thing i will get is consistency. if i learn to use what i have in here, i'll at least get some decent quality tracks if i stick to some methods that if i've taken the time to find out and hone.

if i ever do finish a complete cd's worth of material, i'm not sure i'd want to do it again in here.

Q. noise. one one track i can barely hear it, but add a few together, and i can actually end up with what sounds like tape hiss although i've recorded digitally with what i thought was quality gear and methods. shocking.

Eliminate all noise from your room. PC? Get some long cables and put it out of the room. Noise like that is common if there's even a little noise source in the room...or in the mics, or the pre, etc. It's also usually acceptable (lots of really old, classical recordings have more hiss than audio!).