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wcap · July 27th, 2007, 05:51 PM

Just talked to a guy at Groth Music (a big music store in Minnesota) who seems to have some experience with this sort of thing. His strong recommendation was the m-audio interface. According to this guy, if I ever wanted to upgrade my software to Pro Tools (which he claims is the industry standard), then I would need the m-audio device. I don't know that I'll be doing enough of this recording to warrant the big step up in software, but this seems to overall be a good endorsement for the m-audio device that several of you have already suggested.

He also recommended a good condensor microphone (might be several hundred dollars he estimated, off the top of his head), though some of the posts above suggest that cheaper microphones might be fine as well.

I also did a some searching for information on the Rhode NT1 (or its current version, the NT1A). Based on the reviews I read, it sounds like it should give wonderful sound quality (though one person said something about it not lasting long and sounding tinny as it gets older???...maybe not likely to be a problem for me unless I use it a whole lot more than I probably will, seeing as this is a hobby and not my profession???)

July 27th, 2007, 05:51 PM	#19 (permalink)
wcap Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 170	Just talked to a guy at Groth Music (a big music store in Minnesota) who seems to have some experience with this sort of thing. His strong recommendation was the m-audio interface. According to this guy, if I ever wanted to upgrade my software to Pro Tools (which he claims is the industry standard), then I would need the m-audio device. I don't know that I'll be doing enough of this recording to warrant the big step up in software, but this seems to overall be a good endorsement for the m-audio device that several of you have already suggested. He also recommended a good condensor microphone (might be several hundred dollars he estimated, off the top of his head), though some of the posts above suggest that cheaper microphones might be fine as well. I also did a some searching for information on the Rhode NT1 (or its current version, the NT1A). Based on the reviews I read, it sounds like it should give wonderful sound quality (though one person said something about it not lasting long and sounding tinny as it gets older???...maybe not likely to be a problem for me unless I use it a whole lot more than I probably will, seeing as this is a hobby and not my profession???) Last edited by wcap; July 29th, 2007 at 04:19 AM.