
cincy_kid
Active member
Hey all,
I posted this last time and asked about upgrading my soundcard or my mixer and I was told I needed to get some monitors as my next purchase, which after some research I saw of course that was a no brainer. So here is my current set-up (somethigns have been changed since the last post)
- new dell computer (p4 3.0 with HT, 1g RAM and a 250Gb Hard Drive)
- I will be using ACID 6.0 Music Studio (until I get Acid 6.0 Pro) and anything I need in SoundForge 8 once its here
- I have crappy (discontinued it seems) soundcard: M-Audio USB Quattro
- An equally crappy cheap mixer: Behringer Eurorack UB802
- Dynamic Shure 57 to mic my Johnson Amp
- Condenser mic Studio Projects B-1
- Alesis SR-16 Drum Machine
- Ordering Studio Monitors in next day or 2 (when I decide between KRK RP6, Wharfdales 8.2a, or other that I haven't considered yet)
(I think thats about it for the main pieces...)
So now that I have monitors covered, I go back to my main question. What's my next best purchase? Upgrade the soundcard? Upgrade the Mixer? I have a budget of about $300-$500 if needed to upgrade both or one or other other.
Please give me your thoughts. The 2 weak links I think are the card and mixer for now, but want to hear other opinions.
Thanks in advance
I posted this last time and asked about upgrading my soundcard or my mixer and I was told I needed to get some monitors as my next purchase, which after some research I saw of course that was a no brainer. So here is my current set-up (somethigns have been changed since the last post)
- new dell computer (p4 3.0 with HT, 1g RAM and a 250Gb Hard Drive)
- I will be using ACID 6.0 Music Studio (until I get Acid 6.0 Pro) and anything I need in SoundForge 8 once its here
- I have crappy (discontinued it seems) soundcard: M-Audio USB Quattro
- An equally crappy cheap mixer: Behringer Eurorack UB802
- Dynamic Shure 57 to mic my Johnson Amp
- Condenser mic Studio Projects B-1
- Alesis SR-16 Drum Machine
- Ordering Studio Monitors in next day or 2 (when I decide between KRK RP6, Wharfdales 8.2a, or other that I haven't considered yet)
(I think thats about it for the main pieces...)
So now that I have monitors covered, I go back to my main question. What's my next best purchase? Upgrade the soundcard? Upgrade the Mixer? I have a budget of about $300-$500 if needed to upgrade both or one or other other.
Please give me your thoughts. The 2 weak links I think are the card and mixer for now, but want to hear other opinions.
Thanks in advance