Hey guys what’s up. After asking some questions and reading many pages of info on this forum, I’ve come to the point where I need to finally buy some stuff. Which is always a good thing : )

Here’s what I currently own:

RODE NT1A mic

PreSonus FP10 audio/midi firewire interface

Logic Pro 8

Here’s what I’m looking to buy:

I'm having trouble with an MXL 604 I recently bought. It's squealing (rather audibly) at appx. 14 kHz. I'm relatively sure it's a microphone problem. When I toy with the high pass/pad switch the frequency and loudness of the squeal change.

So a few questions.

Well RO,
while I was cruising the web tonight, in addition to cringing at the piracy thread, I came across three different kinds of Blue microphone cables, which ironically are also red and green. I was just curious as to what the difference is, since I need to spend some Christmas money burning a hole in my pocket.

what microphones LOOK the hottest? all sound characteristics aside, what is a mic you think looks sexy? a few that i have recently discovered with a *bling* factor are:

m-audio sputnik
ev re27
any of the gold CAD equitek's

your thoughts?

Hi all,

I just got the SM57 and after recording some samples I noticed I performs like the Shure 8900, so I got both next to each other a put a metronome like 10cms from them, and compared the Waveswhich look pretty much identical.

What type of sounds will help me see the difference ?, is it in front of a amp where I can see a difference ?, any other way to notice it ?

Hello there,
I was wondering if anyone can suggest a couple of mics that i can use for recording acoustic guitar and voice at home. Something with good quality but not too expensive. How many do I need? etc.
Thanks

Hello there,
I was wondering if anyone can suggest a couple of mics that i can use for recording acoustic guitar and voice at home. Something with good quality but not too expensive. How many do I need? etc.
Thanks

I've been looking for stereo Micing mounts.

I just wondered if there's anything that would set this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00080H3FC/?tag=r06fa-20 apart from a more (or less) expensive mount.

And if anybody has any suggestions if otherwise or if they know of anything cheaper.

If I have a 4x12 guitar cab in a small very dead vocal-booth type room, I know I will need the standard sm57 on the sweet-spot of the cab speaker, but would putting a condenser at a farther distance and getting the phase right make any difference to the sound?

I'm planning on upgrading my mic which do you think would be better for brighter vocals?..i only have a budjet of 1000 dollars for a mic and a preamp, or just a mic, I'm leaning towards the at2050, but the bluebird is slowly gaining my interest.