Hey new to this so bare with me :)

Ok i have the following equipment;

RODE NT1A
Behringer XENYX 1222FX
Behringer U-Control UCA202 USB audio interface
Qubasis
2 speaker amp 120 watts
Marshall 40 watts practice amp

oh space and a sound proof practice room.

I'd like to build a new audio workstation at home; a desktop system revolving around the M-Audio FireWire 410 audio interface. My current setup is basic, consisting of:

well my wife and i might buy a house that is in the beginning stages of being built. the contractor said that if we decide to go with it, we can customize the layout...etc. that being said, i was planing on using the basement as my studio. i was looking for some advice as far as what i can have done to make this room best suited for recording/playing music.
discuss.

I apologize for any lack of equipment knowledge, half of it isn't mine.
Here is our setup.

Band = Voice through shimsham PA
Guitar through halfstack
bass through amp and cab
drums live

Hello everyone,

I've been interested in recording using the Stereo Mid-sides technique... However, no one I know owns a Bi-directional microphone, and nor do I. I tried it with 3 mics (all caridiod, one facing forward, the other 2 in a figure 8 pattern 180 degrees - as a bi-directional mic would pick up). It works well. But it creates a clutter of cords and stands.

I'm looking for something FW (running an iMac 2.16/2G RAM), preferably at least 320G, maybe 500G. I say maybe 500 because I've barely chewed up any of my local 250Gs, but I'm mainly because I don't want to record too much to my local drive.
None the less, I've heard lots of good things about LeCie, Gdrive, RocStor...

Aight I was wounderin if theres anything i could buy somthin that i could hook up to my computer or somthin..

I have had an itch to buy a bass guitar for some time now. I don't play bass and have no specific need for a bass guitar...it's just something that I've been wanting for the last year or so.

i'm sure this has been asked a million times, but it's not a question that seems to lend itself to the search engine very well...

but who's got suggestions here?
usb& firewire, 7200 rpm of course, quiet (silent?),
here's the clincher- bus powered.
as far as capacity goes, bigger the better.