need new equipment...
 

ok... ill have bout £300 to spend i havent got a clue what that is in us dollars but fuck it,

my mics shit, i need a mic, preamp, mic stand, pop filter, shock mount, and some headphones....

can anyone give me some advice what to get thats cheap but good?

:) cheers

That's about $500 USD. hmm

For your voice, I'd say Rhode NT1, 2 Monster XLR cables in the shortest lengths you can get away with, Fast Track USB interface, go with any old mesh pop filter, the cheapest phantom power you can get (since they're all the same), and some studio headphones, not DJ headphones, and certainly no headphones from any old electornics store. Buy all your equipment at a professional music location that sells nothing but music gear, liek Guitar center (not sure if they have em in the UK or not) Sam Ash, etc. If musiciansfriend.com mails to the UK, then you're good, since musiciansfriend.com is owns wholey by Guitar Center.

Wires and headphones are the most important part of your set-up because they're the only pieces of the puzzle that'll tell you how you ACTUALLY sound. You can't EQ your tracks or tune your mic with any real direction if you don't know the ACTUAL sound coming out of your mic and this could save you hundreds on buying equipment that you really never needed to solve a problem that cheap headphones were telling you that you had. Wires have the biggest effect on sound quality since they have the job of carrying your voice electronically through the wires and not all wires are created equal.

Hope this helped.

nerd^^^^^^...lmao... good shyt.... as usual

mad niggas hoppin on that NT1..but apexx..what if i copped the interface and the mixer..dont even worry about the money..just the quality of the shit..would that make it even more betta?

damn, when you don't know, they call you dumb. when you do know, they say you're a nerd. I'm gonna go have my self a mean cry session now[/sike] lol



Well, if you got the interface, you won't need the mixer. What ever program you'll be recording into already has a mixer built in on every track layer lol. its what controls the track panning and the volume.

As for the quality, well, you gotta remember that the less hardware and circutry your sound goes through, the clearer it is. All components have resistance of course. Each device adds their 2¢ to the original sound, even if YOU don't alter it one bit. The only reason to go with hardware to do wht software already does losslessly (meaning without warpage or deteroation of sound) is because a specific piece of hardware gives you a specific sound that you're looking for, and you're only going to discover that after you get really deep into it. And even still I could make the argument that plug-ins can still absolutely merkulate that anyway!! There's things you can tune with software that you couldnt' even achieve with pieces of hardware under a few thousand bucks a pop.

I could tell you a horror story about a beautiful Presonus tube pre and a sleek MXL 9000 that made love to the sound of static, muffled highs and muddy lows that were supposed to be 'warm'.

^^That was my personal wake-up call and the realization that it's the digital age. You record on a digital mic with digital signals in and out. Introducing analog equipment into the mix is rarely a good idea, which is why most people's set-ups go from one expensive bandaid to the next to get the sound they want, just like I did before reality struck.

Holy shit, does Apexx ever know his shit. Props to you Apexx.........mind if I ask you for what to get what I get the money?

word wut apexx mentioned is exactly wut i have rofl.. kk

Rode NT1-A Mic - (200 Dolllars) worth 365 dollars..
Mic Stand - Ofcourse (20-30 bucks)
Monster Cables 100 (Got me 20 ft but you will only need 10-15 feet) 20-30 bucks
Usp Fast Track - 100 dollars..
Rolls phantom power - 40-60 dollars..
Pop Filter - 20-30

thats all u'll need for pc =P

oh and if you get the NT1-A.. it comes with a shockmount.. so no worries on a 30-40 dollar shockmount if u get it..

man i got some Mogami Gold Neglex Quad Mic Cables :)

Idk but the mic Q, LE, UNF and so on have, you don't need any other equipment for it do you?

if its a condensor then yea you gonna need a power supply..mic stand, cables

yea it's a condensor I believe, how much will it cost all together?

i have a Condenser...i don't need any additional cables..it goes straight into the USB port...but word Apexx when my computer gets fixed ima be asking u some questions about "tuning" and shit like that...word.

im sure u have a cable runnin from ya mic to ya USB interface..

well yeah lol my bad...it just goes from the mic straigh to my usb port in my computer...not through any preamps or anything of that sort...ay yo...me you young montana and q should collab..cuz we all up in maryland