| My personal studio breaks down like this for two channel recording(for me as a songwriter of course)
The major players are:
Mics: U87 and SF-12
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Pre: Pacifica
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A/D: UA 2192
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Interface: Fireface 800
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ITB EQs and comps, etc. as plugins
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D/A: UA 2192
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Adam A7s
This same setup should be good for you too since you're only doing two channel. Choosing a vocal mic could be something to experiment with. In the end, I knew that instruments were far more important and ended up spending the majority of my money on that. The logic of the above setup is getting the highest quality two channel recording. In the future, I may expand with OTB EQ and comps. The Fireface allows for expansion as well as a few quick and dirty preamps. For yourself, you could just as well remove the 2192 from the equation and replace it with an echo audiofire, which in the end will save you a lot of money since the audiofire has no pres.
If the instruments that you don't do in software only require one mic (or you'll be happy with just one mic :P...) you can go even cheaper with a single channel preamp. But that might be cutting it too much...
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Simon
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