| Home recording and general music post from the archived Yabb Recording Website Message Board. Some of the info here may be outdated but many of the audio recording and home studio tips are still good. Note: The only tags I made and attempt to convert are italics, bold, center and underline. So if you see some gibberish surrounded by brackets, just ignore it.
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Febuary 2001 Yabb Message Board Archive
Subject: El cheapo digital recording ?s
by Nimbo | 03/09/01 at 13:54:36
Okay, here's the deal: I'm using the Fat Rock Studio Version .65 recording software, with an old Yamaha tape deck with two 1/4" mic inputs that have individual recording level adjustments. The left and right rca jacks run into the line in on my computer's soundcard via a rca to 1/8" stereo patch cord. I am currently using a Shure SM58 and an Atus ATR20 for the mics. What would be a more suitable mic preference for recording a live rock band rehearsal. I'm pretty impressed with the results thus far, but I've heard a lot of good things about condensor mics. Budget wise, I would like to keep the price under $500 total for two mics. All input welcome, positive AND negative. P.S Please don't e-mail me as I hardly ever use that account. Thanks.
Subject: Re: El cheapo digital recording ?s
by Maury | 03/11/01 at 15:19:14
If your band is using a mixer at rehearsal (and all instruments & vocals are running thru it) you could record direct from the mixer to the soundcard. If you want to go the "condenser" route, you'll need to supply that kind of mic with 48v phantom power, which in your case will mean adding a phantom power supply. some mixers can send that 48v to the mic thru the xlr cable, but you're soundcard will not. AT 4033 is a nice condenser for $350. Rode NT1 is OK for $200 (a bit bright)... and a pair with phantom power supplies would keep you near or under $500. good luck.
Maury
Subject: Re: El cheapo digital recording ?s
by E-money | 03/12/01 at 06:35:17
A pair of Marshall Electronics MXL 603s would be good for this, and would only set you back $160 -$170 for both. You would need a preamp with phantom power. A Symetrix 302 would run around $300 - $320. This would be a pretty decent setup for any on location recording.