In a recent read of one of my favorite magazines, i noticed that one producer mentioned what a P&D deal means. He says that :

"P&D stands for pressing and distribution, under this new deal, a new artist who wants to start a label can get thier records pressed up for free, and then have them distributed to all the shops" he then mentions..

Up until now I have relied on sampel drum sound, but I want to start recording real drums, since I just got hold of a Tama Artstar and a Gretsch snare drum. So my question is how to go about this with the gear that I already have (I might be willing to invest 400-500£)..my gear list:

Can someone explaine what the differance between the Focusrite isa 428 and the red 1 are. I mean other than the price.

I have put together a basic recoring studio in a small room at home, it's not the best size or shape for a studio but.

I'm going to buy a new soundcard. I am going to buy one that has balanced ins, but should I also sure that the balanced ins take +4dbu, or is -10dBV input okay? Will it even make a difference?

My preamp is a Mackie 1202, so I can send my output through either +4dBu or -10dBV.

Thanks in advance for the help.

i wanna get a laptop as a desktop replacement to run Pro Tools 002 rack. any suggestions? i dont really know laptops that well... :?
please help...

Well, I finally put my LynxTwo up for auction on eBay. I'm going to miss that card, but I really need the money.

I'd like to try to get a decent soundcard for $200-250. I really only need two ins and two outs. Any suggestions? I know it won't be nearly as good as the LynxTwo, but oh well.

Thanks in advance for the advice.

ok so i want to have multiple options for recording guitar! because i believe sometimes repeting a performance and it's intensity is sometimes virtually impossible... so this way i want to mic amps and use different amps within my reach...

Hi i'm looking some pics over the net and i c that most studio monitors at pro studios ar laying down with the tweeter facing outside, Is it better or what?, i try my own monitors at the two positions (standing up and laying down)(tweeters out and in) and it seems to be a little bit difference in hi freq response.

I'm looking at picking up a couple of SATA drives, setting them up in RAID 0, and using them as my audio drive. I heared or read somewhere a while ago that there was a specific cluster size (?) or other format option that is optimal for reading large files. Is this the case? Anyone know what this is?

Thanks