I am looking for a new sound card for around $80-$100, that has nice quality for recording acoustic and vocals. If any of the SoundBlasters are good for recording, i would prefer one of those.

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There is actually a question at the end for those who don't get too bored

I bought one of those little bars that allows you to put two mics on one stand. I happen to have HM-1's, so the way the holders are I can place the mics anywhere from 3" apart to 10" apart, which is cool. I place mine about 7" apart, like an ORTF array.

To record stereo acoustic guitar:

hi guys, i've decided on trying to do some freelance work while i'm still building my own studio, but i'm not really sure exactly how the proceedure works. the studio i used to work in didn't really have any freelance engineers come in, so unaware of the basics.

Hi folks. Hope I can get some help from the experts. I purchased the
faded Gibson sG, and played my first gig with it lastnight. Loved how
it played and sounded, but the dual volume thing drove me nuts. I
want one volume to control both pups. My friend says, "no problem,
bring it over". We worked for 3 hours till I was almost in tears. We

Hi all,

hi guys, i have a few totally unrelated pre-amp questions:

1. does anyone know a good website/document/old post where can i read up about the differences between the sounds of the various Neve pre's, eg. 1073 vs 1081, v72 vs v72a vs v672 etc etc. are the v72's anything like a 1073 (minus the eq, obviously)

ok I'm looking into starting a 'home recording studio -type thing'
i have lots of questions but basic info
i have 2 guitars a bass, 2 guitar amps a bass amp a drum kit and 1 mic to record drums and one mic to record vocals

Hi everyone, Ive got a client who wants his guitar reorder through a Line 6 POD, with no amp... Ive never recorded an electric guitar with no amp as its done sometimes with a bass guitar. What do you think of this? I told this guy its always better Micing (or miking, however its spelled) the amp with one or more mics, you can get some ambience, but he insists.

In the machine Im planning on building ive yet to make the big decision...intel or amd...it seems a lot of programs arent compatible with amd is this true? it looks as if reason isn't but I'm not sure...can I get a little help please? thanks guys.

Hi, just registred and this is my first post in this awesome forum

I own a Pentium 3.4Ghz Northwood CPU + Intel D875PBZ Mainboard + 4x 512 MB Ram.

As you know the socket 478 is dead, no further CPUs will be released for the socket.

Will an upgrade to an A64 system with (maybe) Athlon 4000+ CPU increase my DAW power/speed?