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Good & Cheap Mixer-to-Computer connection?

Hi (again),

I've managed to buy a Soundcraft Folio SX mixer for not too much and am now trying to find the best possible way to connect it to different computers.
The thing is that not all have a soundcard with a line-in that isn't the mic-line input…

So I've started looking at the idea of USB/Firewire sound interfaces.

Need a cheap preamp for talk-back mic

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I've got a Tascam FW-1082 with the headphone output going into a Samson C-Que headphone distribution amp. I want to add a talk-back mic without sacrificing any of the board's 8 inputs.

The C-Que has an additional inject input that mixes with the stereo outs from the board. I'd like to add a preamp and mic there. I tried it with one of my other preamps and it works well.

One expensive microphone or many cheap ones?

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Decisions, decisions.

Time to make a qualitative leap. Split between a U87 or a couple of cheaper but good mics:

perhaps the bright, but in an excellent way SP B3, the TLM 103 and the RODE NTK, for times when deliberate colour is required, though it seems to sound great on a few sources but terrible on many.