This forum is such a valuable resource and I hope I can get some feedback.

I recently tried an experiment with an older version of the c 414 but not sure which one it was as I was in a student studio here in london and was pleased with the results,it was all black ? not like the new one's but how do they compare when Micing high gain guitar amps compared to say a SM57?

I have some nice Grado headphones for monitoring, but becuase much of my voice-over work will now end up being distributed as streaming Flash audio, I'd like to listen to the mix on cheap consumer desktop computer speakers as well -- the kind of thing that comes bundled with a PC or that you'd pick up at Circuit City or Costco -- that's what most of my audience will have.

i've been reading some stuff on how to mix and match and overdub to get a killer guitar tone for the track...

what i really missed in the last session i had was the snare sound that i had in my head.. was looking for a tight, compressed, fat sounding snare, but couldn't get anywhere close to that..

The PCI interface card I'm looking at buying (the RME Digi96/8 PAD) has only UNBALANCED analog inputs. Almost all the threads I've read here talk about the advantage of going all balanced. Should I drop it from consideration or is the lack of balanced inputs not a problem?

Does anyone know of a stand alone transport control either USB, Firewire or serial (no pre's or mixer built in) for a reasonable price. I just need it to start and stop recording from my drum kit. Running from the PC to the drums, playing then running back to start and stop recording just isn't working. ANY suggestions would be appreciated I'm getting worn out.

i recorded a session the other day in pro tools at 48 khz. the problem was, the clock was set to 44.1 khz and now i have 44.1 khz files that play back at 48 khz (so they sound sped up - faster and higher in pitch).

Basically I'm interested in creating good quality theme songs for my doom 3 mod, much like the songs "They Crave" and "Corruptor" as seen at http://www.futurecrew.com/skaven/ and I was wondering if I could get some advice as to how to do so, such as software recommendations, any special techniques, etc.

So my question is this

i use either a roland 2480 or Cubase as my main recording environment
SX 2 i should specify.

So should i set my projects up as 44.1/24bit? and then mix down or "dither" (still not sure how or when this works) to 16 bit so i can play on a CD?

the real question is, is there noticeable sound quality improvement?

thanks

Greetings all,

I'm setting up a small home studio . . .

Where should I go to buy a few mic and patch cables that use quality wire and terminations? Please include a link if possible. Thanks!