what equipment......

Should i get, if i want to make a GOOD recording into the soundcard of my PC. I'm only 13, so i dont have a good budget to work with. Do you guys no if i cna buy something cheap to make fair-good recordings, im sick of the cheap mic.

I would much apreaciate the help.

Ciao

Anyone?

Well a rule of thumb is the more you spend the better it will sound.

If you want to do it on the cheap, I'd get a second hand Korg D1200 from eBay. Cost you about 600 bucks and will get you started on the right road.

You can then upgrade to better pre amps mics as the cash comes in.

FYI my studio came in at about 20 K

yeah i have about 1/80 of that number :)

an 1/80 of 600 or a 1/80 of 20K

you could always start with a tape-recorder I guess !

Originally posted by Dr_simon
an 1/80 of 600 or a 1/80 of 20K

LOL

Well try getting a good mic. I got a SHURE for $75 and my recordings are very nice. The mic is strong enough to pick up everything I want, and I place it about 2 feet away so I don't get any buzz on the recording.

Yep Shure SM57 and SM58, brilliant and under 100 bucks each.... new !

One word of warning, SM57 output is quite low which means it is best used with some sort of pre amp (a cheep Behringer or ART will do the job I have used both and they are good entry level pres, also under 100 bucks second hand (eBay). You can upgrade to an Avalon later !!!!).

Using a pre can cause confusion and falling over if you don't do your gain staging correctly as you can end up with a lot of noise on your recording.


Once you have a pre that can supply phantom power you might want to think about at Shure KSM condenser. They are very cool and very reasonably priced. I am using a KSM44 at the moment, top of the line KSM series and it is both versatile and sounds great. Im running it through a Focusrite pre (after selling my Behringer and ART pres) with a digital output card and it just sounds fantastic !


Personally I love SM57s !