What do I buy next?

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I'm just starting out, and while I know quite abit about equipment, I have no clue where to go next. I have a Mackie 1604 VLZ Pro, 2 57's, 1(soon to be 2) Behringer ECM000's, A Crown Sound Grabber II, and a cheap old Radio Shack mic that sounds remarkable good for it's price. I use Acid and Soundforge, I have a Live Platinum soundcard, and monitor on Bose Interaudio series speakers(sound good at least) and this pair of headphones supposed to be used as monitors(they do have a wide range) and I'm embarrassed to say the name.

I have 150$ and money comes very slowly as I'm a student with no job. What peice of equipment should I go for next? After that?

Thank you.
 
What I need...

;)

I'm sorry. I should have been more specific. I just want the basics right now. E.g. comps, monitors, mics, stuff like that. Just what should come first? What do I need for decent functionality of my studio?
 
if you are doinf real serious vocals, id look into a Large Condenser diaphragm mic such as the Marshall MXLv67....

if you are doing serious demos, a decent set of monitors may be in order......

if not , just hold on to that money and keep plugging away with what you have......

what kinda recording are you doing?.....do you have mutitrack software?.....
 
- a Large diafragm condenser microphone?
- "real" monitors?
- a 24 bit soundcard?
- an RNC or a Software plug-in bundle?
- a POD/J-Station/V-Amp
- a bigger, faster, HDD?
- a cheapo tube-preamp?
- a Suck-knob?
- loads of beer?
 
Meshuggah said:
- a Large diafragm condenser microphone?
- "real" monitors?
- a 24 bit soundcard?
- an RNC or a Software plug-in bundle?
- a POD/J-Station/V-Amp
- a bigger, faster, HDD?
- a cheapo tube-preamp?
- a Suck-knob?
- loads of beer?
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I must say, a suck knob is highly in order at my place :D. All the other stuff(except the beer as I'm underage) is what I've been thinking about. Clarity is what I'm asking for.
 
Gidge said:
if you are doinf real serious vocals, id look into a Large Condenser diaphragm mic such as the Marshall MXLv67....

if you are doing serious demos, a decent set of monitors may be in order......

if not , just hold on to that money and keep plugging away with what you have......

what kinda recording are you doing?.....do you have mutitrack software?.....
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I guess since I'm gunna be recording punk my 57s will suffice. I'll of course and have to considering the money I have wait until I get more responses before I dish out for monitors.

Thank you.
 
If you want clarity, I'd recommend a 24 bit soundcard. Then monitors...
 
Yup...

And spend about three bucks for a foam popscreen for the 57 vocals...;)
 
Re: Yup...

zip said:
And spend about three bucks for a foam popscreen for the 57 vocals...;)
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Did that. At radioshack when I stopped by to pick up a few connectors.

Meshuggah, is the 1010lt a good one? As good as the rackmount one of higher price?
 
I know nothing about the 1010lt.
I have a Delta Audiophile which I'm content with. I have only compared it to my former SB Live! so I can't really have an opinion....
 
i cant wait to hear the 1010lt...right off the bat it has unbalanced connectors but for me thats not a problem..small cable runs will solve most of that.....

does anyone know if the 1010lt:

uses the same converters as the 1010
has the same preamp circuitry as the DMP2
???
 
Audiophile and xp?

Does anyone (Meshuggah) know if the Audiophile 2496 is compatable with Win xp? I say Meshuggah because I see You use it.

Thanx
 
it has XP drivers, but i dont recall anyone here whos used them yet.....
 
The Delta 1010lt is, IMO, a great value for the cash. I picked one up, and for someone on my budget, its features are as good or better than anything else out there. I dont have much to compare it to, my card before was a 20 bit Gina. I will say that the software controls were a bit confusing to figure out, and I still have yet to grasp the routing software, but this is part of the price you pay for stepping up in the world. More features = more complexity = slightly higher learning curve.

The main difference between the 1010 and the 1010lt is the breakout box and lack of preamps on the 1010. No breakout box on the LT means more confusion, slightly more difficult to plug things into. You also get RCA's instead of 1/4. Mild setback, at least for me. You do pay for convenience. What you do get with the LT that you dont get with the 1010 is the 2 mic pres. I cant attest to the quality of the pres, my knowledge on the matter is very limited. It seems slightly annoying that the mic pre gains are set and cannot be adjusted save from between +4 and -10dB.

I do know is that for the money, this card offers everything most will need. 24 bit, 8 in, 8 out, 2 mic pres. For me its way more than I would have imagined. I was reasonably happy with the 2 in Gina. Now I need a mixer with individual channel outs. Theres always something else to buy.
 
Thanks for the info KingNothing. Unbalanced is no big deal as everything is pretty central. The mixer is on the desk right above the CPU so I don't think there's gunna be enough interferance to notice. High learning curve also means nothing to me as I'm in high school and everything's confusing :D. RCA's just mean an extra 20 bucks for 1/4 to RCA connectors at Radio Outhouse.

Theres always something else to buy.
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Aint that the truth :rolleyes:.
 
Im in college, and everythings even more confusing.

Ive found that one item really does just lead to the next. Its a perpetual, autocatalystic cycle, where there really are no winners, except maybe my credit card company.
 
Read the book, answer the questions.
Listen to the lecture, take the test.
Nothin' to it.

It's the cars and girls and partys that
make the easy stuff seem difficult! :D

You can do it. We're countin' on you!

Hmm, ya made your post go away. It didn't sound
inflamitory. Just normal school stuff.

Good luck.
 
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