Recording Cello and Piano/ Cello

I’m looking for some advice on how to record solo cello and cello/ piano duo. We will record in a nice hall and have access to a beautiful collection of Neumann and Schoeps microphones.

I am looking at either getting a guitar amp or modeler for studio use, (for those younger bands with the sh*tty ass amps). The thing is I don't play guitar, I play drums, so I don't know what amp gives what type of sound through such and such pickups. I am wanting to pick up an epiphone lespaul as a studio guitar and then either an amp or a modeler.

mic preamp - I assume api? Great River with royer?
how about for a compressor - what will give a nice fat and present sound?

So I have a PreSonus Eureka and an ART Pro channel. They're ok, but all of the true professionals I know are telling me to stop wasting money on these prosumer gear, and instead buy a couple real pieces.

I'm considering purchasing the Focusrite ISA 428. Am i really going to hear a difference in my mixes send stuff through this instead of the Eureka?

ive just got into recording and have started with the lowest line superlux condenser. it seems to do an amazing job for the price i paid ($40). i will soon be purchasing another condenser but dont wanna go above $250.

I have a Boss BR-1600 and want to incorporate my computer in the setup for MIDI, sequencing, editing & mixing.I know the capabilities of what is onboard the BR-1600, but would like to practice performing some of the mentioned tasks in a different environment.I have an old 800mhz celeron.What recomendations does the group have for the software to get.I have a copy of Qbase VST.

I am new to this game and any info regarding this would be appreciated. I have a Yamaha emx 5000 12 mixer with in and out recording and playback on a Tascam CD-rw750. what are the requirements for my laptop ( maybe bypass the crummy sound card in it) to receive multi tracks from my mixer (via a edirol ua-25 or equiv interface) back out to the recorder?

I have a Boss BR-1600 and want to incorporate my computer in the setup for MIDI, sequencing, editing & mixing.I know the capabilities of what is onboard the BR-1600, but would like to practice performing some of the mentioned tasks in a different environment.I have an old 800mhz celeron.What recomendations does the group have for the software to get.I have a copy of Qbase VST.

PLEASE HELP! I'm recording with a delta 1010 with cool edit 2.0 and I only receive a signal from the left channel. I hooked my mic up to my soundblaster and it worked fine. Even in the control panel(of the 1010) where I have my mic hooked up to(HW 1/2 in)only the left level meter moves. I get nothing on the right. why is this?

:( I'm troubled with latancy while recording. I can use direct monitoring but then i can't here the effects while recording. I managed to bring down the latency a lot already, but for optimizing i need some sort of latency test. How do I test latency? is there any software available. Help is very much appreciated.