Hi, my name is Paul. I am electrical engineering student in the latter half of my BS degree, and happen to be a violinist. My girlfriend Erin is now receiving three bachelor degrees in music for composition, theory, and flute performance. She is going to continue her education and get a PHD in comp.

I have been looking into getting a preamp for a Korg DAW. Some of the preamps I have looked at include: Focusrite red 8 dual mic preamp, mh441 isa 428, or isa 430 mkII. Avalon makes a dual mono ad2022, which I might also be interested in.

I'm always hearing about subMicing an amp instead of just running the pre from the amp into whatever youre using. What's the disadvantage of using the pre out of the amp instead of a mic Micing the speaker? Unless the speaker and the mic add warmth you're looking for and can't add later, doesn't the pre out give you everything that's going to the speaker anyway?

You keep recommending the Q10 for its wordclock. I have one and I want new pre's. You also keep recommending the seb pre's. Now the question. The Q10 has four inserts; do you think I would get the full potential of the seb's through the Q10 inserts? Are the converters good enough? I'm thinking of buying the 2000e. I can live with 2 great pre's and 6 average pre's.

any tip?

I have a small, low-budget home 'studio' (mainly used for experimental and limited creative purposes) but I need the best possible sound. I try not to skimp on my mics or monitors but in the past (when just starting out) I went with some m-audio studiophile SP-5B's.

People,

For the life of me...I should be able to figure this out...but I think I'm having a major brain warp tonite hashing it out in my head.

I am a 17 year old Sr. at Lynnwood High School in WA. my Sr project (manditory to graduate) is home recording.

My band has our own fair share of mic's good and bad. an Audigy EX plat sound card. Cool Edit pro software, Eurotrack UB2442Fx Pro Behringer mizing board (16 inputs) and a Yamaha EMX 860Si.

I'm thinking about picking up the M-Audio FireWire 310 for my mac.
Just wanted to see if anyone knew what software would work best for recording and mixing. I need something that allows me to record an instrument on one track and voice on a separate track, all at the same time, but I want to mix each one individually.

I've been recording a lot of stuff lately just to get the hang of it. I'm basically building my songs, orchestrating them if you like. I'm gonna re-record everything once everything is finished, good guitar sound is not something I'm after right now. Besides there's lots of advice on the forums just for that. Now I have this little question for you guys.