I just searched "mentor" on the main page here. It turn up some results about colleges and 'small town' studios. My initial post was going to ask who/what/how is a mentor exactly. But i noticed some things after the search, that stuck out. Here's a couple. Successful engineers can make good/great? recordings on current average gear.

Hey--Is the strength of the sound (or how loud it is) the only factor that creates clipping?

Right now focused on getting an audio interface and microphone to start recording. I play the trumpet and only other options would be if I decided to plug my Yamaha 155 digital piano in which is less likely or if a friend that I play in an ensemble also plays guitar if we ever chose to record something together. I like the multi-use XLR and having 2 inputs and a few options.

I have an Ampeg 12inch SS bass amp.

The speaker is shot.

Any suitable replacements for under 80 $USD?

So; my current studio setup utilizes M-Audio Deltas for my interfaces. I currently have a Delta 1010, 1010LT & 66 which gives me a total of 20 inputs. The 1010LT has recently died (it was the oldest of the 3) and I'm probably am going to replace it with another 1010.

Does anyone know of any good quality yet affordable earphones?

And by good quality earphones; I mean ones where the right phone's sound doesn't rapidly deteriorate after a few weeks of being purchased and by affordable, I mean preferably under £15 or £20.

Hi there, I've recently moved into a shared accomodation house, meaning I have housemates, meaning I can't sing and record loudly at night time - unless I go downstairs.
But i've just gone and brought a big clunky old PC! clearly it can't be moved around.

Im buying the equipment to set up my comercial recording studio.
Rock / Alternative bands are my main target audience, so the drums are very important. Im budgetting for the mics / pedestals required for this task.

I bought a RME Babyface. I'm running Nuendo 3.0 (not 5.0). Everything works fine unless I start using MIDI. The sound has frozen up a few times. Do you think my system would run more stable by not using the Babyface MIDI connectors, then using a different MIDI interface?

What are people using for mastering compression? Thanks.