I recently purchased a digi 002, and am working towards creating a small demo quality home studio. What mic preamps and compressors are out there that yield the most bang for the buck?

what is the best?

I noticed that my Brick has a balanced output but the FMR RNC needs an unbalanced input!

How do I handle this? Can I "unbalance" the line before it hits the RNC?

Out of curiousity I tried going into the FMR RNC with a balanced cable anyway and it works but there is some hum. It's also pretty low level and I have to crank up both the Brick and the RNC to get decent levels.

Hey, I am currently in the design phase of my new compressor. I want to continue my pink noise filter in the control path concept, as well as add a few more filters. Plus I want to add a parallel compression idea to the unit. I was wondering what your thoughts are on these concepts and what other features you might find useful in a compressor.

I am looking for a good Compressor/Limiter plug In for mastering.

One kind of like Sony's Wavehammer with these options.
Options:
Has an Input Gain fader(Wavehammer does not)
Allows Peak and RMS Compression
Ratios up to 50:1 or higher if possible.
Offers a Limiter to limit the Output

hello everybody!

i was told that i'd better use compressor for Overheads when recording drum kit?

what do think of that?

regards
Villy

Heres about 15 plugin compressors i tested with the same drum loop all on the basic setting just for you to hear the diffrent tone these compressors give.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FCDE58PB

We've looked at a few different options, dbx 166xl, tc elec c300, drawmer. We need a IU (due to rack limitations) and 2 ch. Less than $1000 preferably. Any suggestions?

i have a stagg-pgt70 microphone and i've been recording w/ the microphone boost option on in the advanced volume mixer but the sound doesn't sink into instrumental behind it. what is the problem? it doens't sound like 1 sound, like a song but more like an instrumental w/ a voice over.

Compressors without threshold knobs ("fixed threshold").

Discuss.

Personally, they piss me off. I don't "get it". First, why would any manufacturer be so lazy as to omit one knob; whats their motivation? Secondly, why would any consumer of said gear want to use it this way on purpose?

What, if any, is the advantage of this design?