Very nice
Finished my recording studio
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Pinyapplesuckas
He's A Good Man
Roxx the King
www.RoxxAlott.com
Naw, Virginia Beach, VA
the studio is dope. rock on
GreenGhxst
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This shyt is really dope, what do you think the best mic is for under $500?
used at4040 Golden paired with golden age pre 73 should get you right at 500....treat your room with rockwool panels enjoy
Depends on what your recording. Every mic has its own qualities. There is no one mic fits all solution. My avantone cv12 was $500 and I love it for what I do. Before that I was using a $300 blue bird mic that I still have and like a lot.
GreenGhxst
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I have a blue spark, what's the distinguishable difference in your cv12 and your blue bird, hope this isn't a dumb question, and how important is the interface as far as just recording with a mic
It's not a dumb question at all but with a lot of audio comparisons it doesn't really do it justice to explain, it's something you have to hear in the right environment and compare. The avantone cv12 has a warmer, fuller tone. For my vocals paired with an Avalon 737 it give my voice strong presence in the mix right off the bat with no plug ins at all. The blue bird gives you a clean sound, great for singers. Works for hip hop vocals but I found it better suited for singers. The big thing with audio is first you have to develop your ear. Before buying this and that, and looking for the holy grail of plug ins and secret tips, you have to learn how to hear audio. I've heard too often that certain equipment doesn't matter, or that one piece of equipment sounds exactly the same as another. I would strongly disagree, as each piece of equipment in your chain is going to add its own quality to the sound which can further be enhanced (or destroyed) during the mixing and mastering process. There's just too many variables in audio to have a simple "do this and you'll be recording perfect audio immediately" answer. I've seen someone record on thousands of dollars worth of equipment get their recording destroyed by a bad engineer in the mix, and I've seen a great engineer save a sub par quality recording. The biggest thing I can reccomend is develop your ear, get with someone that can teach you to hear. (Dave Pensado has great YouTube videos). And get your listening and recording environment treated acoustically as best you can. Until you're in the right acoustics environment you won't even be hearing the music the way it actually sounds.
GreenGhxst
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Thanks for going in depth, I appreciate that
To answer your interface question. It's important, but don't skip the step of getting your room right. And that doesn't mean just throw some air Auralex around the walls where the microphone is at. If at all possible for you, treat the entire room and recording area. Not just the space where you record, but the space where you're playing back the recording as well. The interface has a very important job in digital recording. Your audio is being captured by the mic as and transmitted as an analogue signal. Your interface is what takes that signal and converts it into something your computer can understand (most likely via some USB format or FireWire in some cases). Not all interfaces are built the same. Some lower end ones will altar the signal to some degree or another during the conversion process. Some people find ones they like, but what I go for is the cleanest sound possible. I currently use an mbox 3 and it works well for what I need. I want to by a us apollo though which is known for being one of the best converters on the market.
pointproven214
i speak facts not emotions
should i buy a mini pc reocrding kit.
What do you mean? What would that come with? What are you trying to accomplish?
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DJ Mart-Kos
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That's a nice good looking studio!