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Beginner Recording Set-up

Hi everyone,

I've been wanting to make a proper recording studio in my house for quite a while now, the problem is, I don't really know where to start! I would like to produce electronic based music (synths, drum machines etc) but once in a while, I would like to do some acoustic stuff (I play guitar and I'm a singer - I would also like to use sampling on my songs with singers).

How do I remove pops after recording?

Hi,
I have a vocal recording which, unfortunatly, I'm stuck with (I cant get the singer back to re-record).

It has a couple of pops in it on the P's and B's. Im very new to recording and would like to remove these myself.

How would I best do this, should I try to find a PopFilter VST plugin , or is there a better way to do it?

Which gain/volume control should I use mixer or soundcard?

Hi all,
I am trying to get my levels sorted so that when I record an instrument the volume bars in my recording application (in my case Cubase sx 3) are just below the yellow and not clipping (not to loud, not too quiet).

So I put all of the volume/gain control to neutral but found the level was too low.

Audio Interfaces - Ive chosen 8 but which one would be best?

Hi All!
Edit: The list of audio interfaces is at the bottom of this post in code tags, its the only way I could lay it out in a table format.

Ok so ive decided for my beginners home studio I need an audio interface as I would like to record vocals, acoustic guitar, base and some other instruments (sometimes together, sometimes individually).