Hello, I'm new to the forum.

I'm a singer/songwriter, and in the process of setting up my home recording studio.

Here's what I have:

PC is a Dell 2400 series, Intel Pentium 4 Processor at 2.20GHz, 256MB, hard drive 40GB.

Martin D35

Roland MA-8 Monitors (a gift)

Beyer dynamic M88N(C) mic. (old, but rebuilt)

I am ordering a pair of Kel HM-1's for my project studio. These mic's have to pad or HPF. I will be running these into my PreSonus Firepod which has mic preamp's, but no pad.

How effective are in line pads vs an integrated mic pad, and when should I use them?

Newbies. Don't you just love us! :oops:

I need a mic to sing MPB/ POP music (MPB (música popular brasileira) is an acronym for Brazilian popular music.).

I am looking at a Sennheiser e845, e855 or AKG D880?

Thanks for any advice!

So let's say you're recording an electric guitar, multitrack, to be used in a band setting.

Do you:

Dial in EQ on the amp, using the low/mid/hi knobs, to the way you/the guitarist want it, then just record that signal and keep it relatively flat from there?

I was wondering what people here think of these cables v. alternatives.

I'm thinkin of purchasing a microphone for recording use, my budget is $100 - $700.. this is gonna be used strictly for vocals, i need a mic that could handle loud vocalists to smooth sounding singers, mic that could pick up their tone of voice really nice. any suggestions...

Folks...I've got some interesting orchestra location jobs coming up which will require some very VERY tall mic stands...one in particular that has been scouted shows the conductor's stand 2 ft from the front of the stage - then it drops off 9 ft to the traditional orchestra pit...absolutely no way to place a traditional mic stand.

Anyone use the digital beyer mics? I am considering buying one...

Todd Rundgren used one along with some mic modeling software on his latest LIARS CD.

-mike

okay. ever wonder which way was correct for turning this abbreviated word into a participle or past tense verb? well it has driven (it done drove) me crazy for too long so here's the entry on dictionary.com in all its glory:

mike Audio pronunciation of "mic" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mk) Informal
n. also mic (mk)

A microphone.

tr.v. miked, mik·ing, mikes

Hi folks