I'm trying to do my own preamp and compressor shoot out and I'd like to split the signal after the mic and power supply (tube mic with own power) into two or three different preamps. Then do the same after a single preamp with two or three different compressors. This way I am using the same takes and what not to judge the comparison. Will I run into phasing problems or will this work?

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I will be recording a friend at school who has a jazz trio (piano, drums, bass) in our preformance hass, which is a rather "live", but good sounding room.

The equiptment I will have access to is as follows:

-2 SM81

I'm thinking about buying a Royer and a nice quiet pre to match but can't decide between the active phantom powered model or the passive model. Is there any differnce in sound between the two? I'd like to be able to use the Royer with more than just the best mic preamp for artistic purposes.

So I have never had the chance to work with these but I am in fairly desparate need of 2 good pres and EQ would be a huge plus as the EQ on my Sountracs board is quite lacking. So I have the chance to purchase 1 or more of these for $1000 which sounds like a great deal to me. I am doing all my tracking to PC DAW and mix on my board.

The consensus seems to be that the A/D - D/A converters on the Digi are just middle of the road. So does it make sense to use better converters in conjunction with the Digi or just move up from the Digi ?

Any info would be appreciated.

It's time to get some life in this party! I'm sure you experts can enlighten me as to why I have made a Humoungous mistake in building a DAW based on the Iwill kk266+ mobo. What I have done is bought into the theory that for me, a musician 1st, computer geek 42nd, a stable, albeit dated, machine is far more important than bending the bleeding edge.

I'm considering opening a 16 track studio to make demo's for small bands. I've played drums for lots of bands over the years and have come across many musicians who are somewhat wild. I'd like to keep things on a professional level. Do you inform your clients ahead of time not to come in loaded and no alchahol allowed? I want them to be comfortable but don't want clowns wasting my time.

Can anyone suggest a Firewire CD burner that is compatible with a Mac and Waveburner 2.1?
Emagic's website lists mechanism part numbers only...not models. Many of the mechanisms listed are already history.
I knew Waveburner wouldn't "see" my internal burners but it doesn't "see" my SCSI or QPS Firewire burner either.
Please advise.
Thanks.

Due to the OS limitations of Win98 it can not record 24 bit audio files...does anyone know where there is a link to fully describe this issue or know what it is that does not permit 98 to do so? I know that you cant but I cant remember or cant find where I read it in full description!
Thanks Guys!
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