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Recording Fender Rhodes

A band I am working with is going to be recording some tracks with a Fender Rhodes. I have never recorded a Rhodes before. The player tells me he has a nice matching amp that he really likes the sound of. It breaks up nicely. What is the best approach to recording this instrument? I have the following tools to work with. Preamps: API 312+, TL Audio pre/comp, TL Audio pre, Mackie XDR pres.

Opus, is there such a thing. .

Opus, is there such a thing as a PCI card extender? What I want to do is, break into the cable before the extended slot, and feed a discrete power source to whatever is in the slot, to isolate it from spurious voltages. The DC power rails are noisy, even with the best power supplies and mobo's. Also, I'd like to put the sound cards in thier own metal enclosed box.

15 or 30 ips on 2" analog?

I'd like to know you opinions on this subject. I am about to make some rock records on tape, and i have to make the decision on what speed to track. Tape costs are prohibitive here in Argentina, so 15 ips is a lot more affordable to us. I made some comparisons, and I didn't seem to hear any improvement on the bass response on 15, as i expected.

monitoring-how to tell what's "accurate"

I must say I love these Mackie 824's. When I bought them last summer, I also purchased 42" stands to place them on. A while later, after trying different positions and width apart (including the general 'equilateral triangle w/listener' rule), I came to the conclusion that they were standing too high in relation to my sitting position, I felt I could do better.