I am a beginner artist and am looking to get a good recording set up. Right now, I have an at2035 and a guitar with a built in pickup. All I need is a dual channel Preamp, Ive been looking at the Mackie BlackJack Onyx and PreSonus Audiobox 2x2 USB. The only requirements are, I can hook up my guitar, my mic, it can connect to my windows PC, and is under 150 bucks.

Hey all figured I'd start a thread where we can post links to free plugins. That way everything is all in one place. I'm sure some of these will be limited time offers but at least it's all together.

I'll start w this which is unfortunately only good till the end of today July 24 2016. It also requires an ilock.

can i run two firewire interfaces at the same time? both have dual firewire connections.

A thought struck me the other day. (i had to treat it kindley as it was in a strange place).

Hello experts,

I want to buy a desk with DAW control (for Cubase) and more than 8 preamps. So far, I've only found the Focusrite 2802 (too few channels) and the SSL matrix (too expensive).

Any other recommendations on the $4000 price range? (yes I'd get a Duality, but first a house maybe XD)

Well.. Not sure where to post this one .. but seeing that its a Child of Sonar...

I was looking for an easy DAW that my daughter could Use .. Ran around the net trying lite versions of a number of products...

Anyhow, wound up downloading Music Creator 7 ... it was $28.00 CDN directly from Cakewalk...

I am currently using Studio one as my DAW of choice. ease of work flow. What are some of your choices to make music.

Hi everybody,

Which would you be looking at?

I'm just curious... I've given some thought lately to having an actual surface from which I could work in a more tactile fashion, as opposed to "mousing" every command, particularly when it comes to the mixing end of things.

I'm woefully out of touch with what's out there these days when it comes to control surfaces.

Just wondering what people believe is the best Amplitude effect for increasing the volume of tracks? Do you hear differences in quality between different DAWs? Are there standalone programs that are markedly better?
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