I own a late-90's Mackie 1604-VLZ mixer, a late-90's Mackie 1400i power amp, and two Grundorf ST-152 speakers. FYI: This equipment was given to me about three years ago and I have some questions:

Anyone tried the Blue Sky Media Desk 2.1 monitors? I've seen lots of great reviews, but haven't seen much pro forum discussions on them. I like the option of being able to upgrade to 5.1 for another $500. I like mixing on transparent, "brutal truth", near-fields such as the NS10's, but the NS10's are now SO expensive ($1000), I'm not sure if the cost is justified anymore.

Thanks all for helping create such a great forum. There's a ton of great info/people here. I have another opinion-based question.

Have you always dreamed of recording your music in a professional studio? TuneCore, Eventful and Solid State Logic (SSL) have teamed up to send one band (up to five people) on a one week all expenses paid trip to England to record at Real World Studios, one of the top five recording studios on the planet.

Whichone of these would you choose?

Focusrite Octopre
Focusrite Octopre LE
PreSonus Digimax
PreSonus Digimax FS

Any other alternative for 8 channel preamps, with posibility of AD conversion and that range of price?

Thank you.
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PD: Does anybody know if there is a difference between the preamps quality of the different editions?

Guys,
i would apreciate your opinion in this matter. I've been working as a recording engeneer for the last 9 years. I work a lot with independent musicians and i own a little PC based recording studio.

Hi all, new to the forums here. Ummm...anyway...

this is what I'm using now, just wondering if anyone had any feedback on where I should go or upgrades in gear I should look at.

Gear:

Dell inspiron 1501
2 GB RAM
dual core processor

Toneport ux2

At 2020 mic package

oqygen 8 keyboard

m-audio 75 watt monitors

Software:

After reading a recent post on Old Tannoys it got me thinking that I could put new surounds in a pair that I have tucked away downstairs. They are 15" diameter to the outside of the casings, the metal cases are gold in colour and the only other distinguishing marks on them are these "Monitor HPD Type HPD/385/8".

hi guys
Can Korg D1600 add outboard graphic equalizer and compressor?
because i want to use this machine to record somethings meet the standard of a CD like some big studios do
thanks a lot