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<blockquote data-quote="Village Idiot" data-source="post: 424043" data-attributes="member: 29446"><p>Sorry, but Behringer's quality isn't great. With recording, you get what you pay for. If you buy a $50 mic, preamp and input, you get a $50 sound. </p><p></p><p>And your computer being an Apple has nothing to do with the ease of recording, trust me, I know.</p><p></p><p>You'll need a decent mic, probably about $100. AT2020 is a great condensor for the price. It works great on vocals and guitar. I don't know about a sax though, I haven't tried that just yet. Sure SM57's are also good for the price.</p><p></p><p>You'll need a decent preamp. A $5000 mic plugged into a $50 preamp will probably still sound like crap.</p><p></p><p>Input device - Firewire = $$$. If you only want one or two tracks at a time, that's fine. Stay away from USB. If you're looking for 8-10, you're going to spend about $800 on the device, be it MOTU, Apogee, or Presonus.</p><p></p><p>You really don't want to record multiple instruments at once if you're going to try and fine tune each track. You'll get bleed and your sax track will have trumpet, trombone, and drums on it, making it impossible to seperate them.</p><p></p><p>If you want a decent mixer with decent preamps, look at Mackie mixers. They're a little more expensive, but they're a lot better quality than the Behringer products. I have an old 1402 VLZ that I paid nearly $300 for on e-bay that is still rock solid. You can always just find a mixer for mixing and then go buy a good preamp and mic, but you could end up paying $300-$500 for just a preamp.</p><p></p><p>Quality is expensive and isn't easy. Just keep in mind 2 things. You may be completely frustrated at first and if you want it to sound really good, then it's not going to be really cheap.</p><p></p><p>I own a studio with a partner of mine and do some recording along with an engineer that works for us. I'm no pro, but I know enough to get by. Check out the site below and look up different recording forums with google or yahoo. You'll get more professional answers than you can find on a computer forum.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.recording.org" target="_blank">www.recording.org</a> has a lot of full time professional sound engineers and production people on it. It moves a little slow at times, but it's a great resource for any questions you have or problems you need solutions for.</p><p></p><p>Edit: Sorry, forgot a really important part. If you're just looking to record a demo and don't plan on doing much recording afterwards, buying studio time can be the cheapest and best way to get really good results. Some places charge as little at $25 an hour and some places have very knowledgable engineers to help you out and give you suggestions and guidance while recording. Beats taking a lot of time to troubleshoot your software and equipment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Village Idiot, post: 424043, member: 29446"] Sorry, but Behringer's quality isn't great. With recording, you get what you pay for. If you buy a $50 mic, preamp and input, you get a $50 sound. And your computer being an Apple has nothing to do with the ease of recording, trust me, I know. You'll need a decent mic, probably about $100. AT2020 is a great condensor for the price. It works great on vocals and guitar. I don't know about a sax though, I haven't tried that just yet. Sure SM57's are also good for the price. You'll need a decent preamp. A $5000 mic plugged into a $50 preamp will probably still sound like crap. Input device - Firewire = $$$. If you only want one or two tracks at a time, that's fine. Stay away from USB. If you're looking for 8-10, you're going to spend about $800 on the device, be it MOTU, Apogee, or Presonus. You really don't want to record multiple instruments at once if you're going to try and fine tune each track. You'll get bleed and your sax track will have trumpet, trombone, and drums on it, making it impossible to seperate them. If you want a decent mixer with decent preamps, look at Mackie mixers. They're a little more expensive, but they're a lot better quality than the Behringer products. I have an old 1402 VLZ that I paid nearly $300 for on e-bay that is still rock solid. You can always just find a mixer for mixing and then go buy a good preamp and mic, but you could end up paying $300-$500 for just a preamp. Quality is expensive and isn't easy. Just keep in mind 2 things. You may be completely frustrated at first and if you want it to sound really good, then it's not going to be really cheap. I own a studio with a partner of mine and do some recording along with an engineer that works for us. I'm no pro, but I know enough to get by. Check out the site below and look up different recording forums with google or yahoo. You'll get more professional answers than you can find on a computer forum. [url]www.recording.org[/url] has a lot of full time professional sound engineers and production people on it. It moves a little slow at times, but it's a great resource for any questions you have or problems you need solutions for. Edit: Sorry, forgot a really important part. If you're just looking to record a demo and don't plan on doing much recording afterwards, buying studio time can be the cheapest and best way to get really good results. Some places charge as little at $25 an hour and some places have very knowledgable engineers to help you out and give you suggestions and guidance while recording. Beats taking a lot of time to troubleshoot your software and equipment. [/QUOTE]
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