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Starting from Nothing- Student Musician, most basic gear, No prior Knowledge

Hi Folks!
I'm a student musician at a certain Boston based Conservatory in New England. I am considering changing direction in my studies from performance to Audio Science and Engineering. I Have NO clue where to begin.

I'm currently away from school until January and want to begin studying the basics of Audio. Before I return.

recording music first time, please help

I'm trying to record some bass tracks using Cubase 5 and a fast track usb plugin . Windows 7 64-bit. I can get Cubase to register the sound levels of the bass, however when I actually record, the sound doesn't show up in the top part. Basically, the recording remains a straight line instead of showing the sound being recorded like I've seen in youtube videos.

Low End microphone suggestions for CLASSICAL music

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I'm a classical composer and I'm putting together my own recording setup to archive my own works. The recordings do not need to be "professional level" -- this is for my own personal portfolio, not for any kind of wide distribution. I don't have a ton of money to budget, I was thinking maybe $300-400USD total for 2 mics that I could use for simple stereo recording.