It's probably better to put an equaliser on the track effects, if you're recording onto a computer. Unless you have a really expensive mixer of course.

thank you codemonkey

Nation,

I mean Rusven.....You could buy a nice mic pre amp, a good mic or two, and a lap top.

You could do ALL sorts of cool stuff with those few items. A mixer or a digital/analog interface to connect to you laptop might be nessasary at some point as well.

Moving on

When I start to track my projects I try to get the best closest sound to what I am looking for with mic placement. Unless I am 100% sure of my sound I don't add any effect to tape. You don't want to find out during mix time that you made a error that can't be fixed.

Is that a VST plugin you use to add the effects to tape later?

Space wrote: Is that a VST plugin you use to add the effects to tape later?

If I am using a pc then yes. If I am using a non pc setup such as ADATS or any other type of stand alone recording media I use the rackomont gear.