I have the day off today. Here's what I did this morning:

a few dynamic vocal mics .. on a guitar cab. a pisspoor guitar cab and pisspoor guitar. in a pisspoor room. also i'm a pisspoor guitar player. now that you've been warned...

I play both an acoustic guitar and a mandolin and do vocals through an Ultrasound 50 watt amplifier pointing out towards the audience. At times, I will have an additional acoustic musician. I have 15 volts of phantom power available for a condenser mic.

I am recording with a Macbook Pro, and thinking about getting a SM7B for hip hop vocals. I'm kind of new to this, and I know that dynamic mics don't need phantom power and all of that like condensers do... so, this may be a dumb question, but does that mean that there's a cheaper option for me as far as an interface goes without sacrificing too much sound quality?

I've been experimenting for several years now, and without making this a thread of "boost this and cut that", "use this not that". I was wondering if there is a useful reference (book, CD, etc) for drum eq/compression/gate/etc available (in addition to my ears and creative experimentation).

Hi has anyone tried any of these T.Bone dynamic mics for recording?

http://www.thomann.de/gb/t-bone_mb85.htm
http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tbone_mb85_beta.htm

I'm also interested in this condenser

Hi, I'm totally new to recording.

I'm getting a Fostex 8-track. What would be better for recording guitar, piano, conga and cello? I'm planning to play all of these instruments myself so I'm going to record each separately.

Anyone own a dynamic range controller? What do you use it for? Mastering and mixing? Printing tracks? How does a dynamic range controller compare with a compressor?

Hi there

I am wanting to get myself some decent dynamic plugs to use in logic on my Macbook Pro for production of electronic music (trance).

I use some of the stuff included whithin logic pro 7.2 but I would really like some decent plugs that will allow mt to get the best out of my mixes.

which do you think is better backed by technical explination and cherry on top being your ears opinion.

also can anyone explain to me the benefits of the beta releases over the standard mics? also, tech followed by audible difference plzz

Hello.:D I own a Sebatron THORAX and a newly acquired vmp-2000e.I love them both very dearly and track all my instruments and vocals through them. Was wondering if there were any other recommended dynamic microphones for recording male rock/folk vocals specifically to match up with these units. Any suggestions?