I've been doing a lot more sessions lately and I've been using my DAW without a console. This leaves me without a viable talkback solution for session.

What do you folks out there use?

I've seen several solutions:

1. PreSonus Central Station
2. Mackie Big Knob
3. Samson C Control
4. Hear Technologies 600 mv
5. SPL MTC 2381

I've got a Tascam FW-1082 with the headphone output going into a Samson C-Que headphone distribution amp. I want to add a talk-back mic without sacrificing any of the board's 8 inputs.

The C-Que has an additional inject input that mixes with the stereo outs from the board. I'd like to add a preamp and mic there. I tried it with one of my other preamps and it works well.

Can anyone recommend me a affordable talkback mic (mic+stand+switch) to get for my home studio.

I plan to use a cheapo Behringer compressor to duck the background when the mic is enabled.

hat is the best way to set up a session using DP and be able to create a headphone mix and a talkback device?

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