new recording set up

[Anonymous]

Yes William I agree. I have to wonder why companies make so many microphones. Each type should only require one ideal design, but there is a bewildering selection. A simple sound clip comparison would say far more in my opinion. Johnny’s recent comparative demo on the Guardala MP’s told me more than the specifications. At the end of the day it’s all about our personal sound, which is why I love to listen to other members recordings. My USB mic looks good from the specifications, but is clearly lacking in the bass range when I play back my recordings – I should have been more Shure – LOL

[Anonymous]

Today i tried out the focusrite clarett audio interface for the first time, but i’ve only got headphones, still waiting on the
microphone to arrive (so i can’t record the sax yet) & haven’t ordered the monitors yet to play back though the audio interface.

But i did try out Logic Pro x, loaded in one of JF’s backing tracks & played it back through the head phones connected to the
audio interface – and it sounded better than listening to the i-touch headphones.

I agree with what people are saying – i personally don’t want to get bogged down in the recording/editing side as it will take away the time i have available to practice the sax , unless i want to add the guitar/keyboards/sax & make my own tracks with the logic pro x drums.

The main focus of my topic was to see if anyone else used the hardware i was buying/bought to see what they though of it. Unfortunately as is the case everyone else seems to be familiar with other microphones/audio interfaces etc.

but thanks for your input folks as it has been useful

[Anonymous]

BTW – if anyone is looking for a decent microphone – get a Neumann U87 Ai Nickel Studio. lol

[William Cingolani]

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/U87SetZ?adpos=1o1&creative=55673940721&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CI-jr8OJncsCFdgcgQodudkJ3w

Good morning sxpoet. Looks like a good mic.

[paddy jordan]

James think i may get a pair.

[john]

A studio guy that hires me occasionally bought a Neumann U87 and after one of his sessions I came back to my home studio to a rather dull sounding mic!

[Michael]

Hey Johnny,
I looked on Amazon at the Neumann U87 mics and noticed the price tag that comes with those mics…ouch it hurt and I shouldn’t have looked at it LOL For a true pro I guess it’s justified and a studio can use it as a tax write-off too, but for those of us who are mere ‘mortal’ student players it’s out of the question. From doing my research, as well as my Instructor who is playing a hand in helping me set it all up, I’m getting my Interface/Mic next month for less than a few hundred dollars. Along with my Cyberlink Media Suite that I got last year (which my Instructor said was perfect for recording) he assured me I would be good to go for many years to come….unless I get the bug to “upgrade” to other stuff as technology continues to advance and I end up investing more $ that I should LOL My Instructor said that was usually ‘bad news’ because he said all Sax players are usually guilty of falling into that trap LOL Talk about dull, rough-sounding mics…boy oh boy am so glad I’m getting that problem resolved.

[Anonymous]

for recording purposes i don’t have a suitsble room in our house, so if i wanted a professional recording – i would have to use a propper recording studio (that aint gonna hsppen).

when i spend our money – i prefer to buy things with a long term investment that i can grow into later on – rather than waste a lot of money on buying cheap gear that will only last in the short term, then you grow out of them, chuck them away and end up later on buying the gear you could have bought right at the beginning, and saved a stack of cash.

for the mac pro – because it has thunder bolt connections which are faster than usb connections – i’ve
bought the cheapest thunder bolt audio interface, cheap head phones, cheap clip on microphone, and eventually cheap monitors.
When i say cheap – i haven’t bought the cheapest, i’ve tried to buy the best of the cheapest gear before the price band moves into to the lower price band of some really quality gear which is expensive stuff. You get what you for at the end of the dsy, unless your’e just paying for posing label.

i certainly wouldn’t waste money on a neumann mike. lol

[paddy jordan]

what about a ribbon mic then James

[Anonymous]

bi-directional microphone?

clip on microphone i need for playing in church alongside amplified guitar players and was hoping to get away with using it for recording at home for the purposes of checking my sax playing.

For good sounding at home recordings i might invest later on in a stand alone microphone – my playing isn’t at that level yet.
So yep – will have to look into all the other stand alone types! Do you use ribbon Microphones?

Another reason for getting decent stuff – my youngest daughter is doing music tech at school, using expensive daws and recording equipment – into singing and playing clarinet grade 6 standard and learning flute, she makes me sound C R A P on the sax – she’s pitch perfect and can tell strsight away if a note is too flat or high, or if i’m behind/ahead in playing it out of timing.

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