Ill be using it with a iMac and Cubase 6.
This will be my main Recording interface, will be used with external preamps for tracking "rock" drums, guitar, vocals, exclusively in my home studio.
I know the feature differences between the two, my question is on the audio quality, does one have better conversion quality or Pres?

I'll buy my first studio headphones. I'll use them for tracking vocals and for monitoring/mixing. I have $180.

I investigated and the best option seems to be the ATH M-50. What do you think? is the best option or do you recommend something else?

Thanks for the information!

When should I dither, and when should not?

What is the difference between the different algorithms? (such as rectangular, triangular, and the powers?

Using Magix Music Maker:

Midi playback skips and studders terribly, and says 100% of my cpu is used when I use multiple tracks with the synth. I know I have enough Ram and my processor is good. What I'm wondering is if the payback midi thats on my computer is causing this problem, and if getting a new soundcard with a better driver will fix this.

I have a Sonar V-Studio 100 as my interface/control surface which has a sampling rate of 24bit/96kHz.
Planning on adding an A/D D/A converter (RME ADI-2) to my chain. The RME has a sampling rate of 24bit/196 kHz.

Amazon used to pocket 55% of the list price that you select. We'll for a while now I've noticed that some of my products that I set to sell at $9.99 are being sold for as much as $12.15 ! I emailed them to complain and they responded by saying something about how their FINE PRINT allows them to charge more. So these f*ckers are total rip off artists.

Ok so...i do a lot of research before i go out and spend a lot of cash.

I really get sick of when i go to Best Buy and i look at really higher end PC's and a sales's rep talks to me and then he tries to lure me into the Apple section.

Well, i was looking at the HP Envy 14 at the time. I can say that though it looks like a Macbook, it def dominates it in all spectrum's.

Today I had a friend come and visit the studio and he brought the Kemper Profiling amp with him. We decided to record a song using the unit exclusively to hear what this sounds like in an actual mix.

I used a Strat and a Les Paul to try and demo how well this works with single coils and humbuckers.

Hey Everybody,

It seems to be taking me longer and longer to get each new post done but sure enough, here is the next one!

I'm dealing with some issues with pretty bad reflections in my recording spot. I'm currently using a walk in closet to get most of my main songs down. The problem is I'm recording in a closet and the second problem is this closet isn't the best for recording in.