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Originally Posted by Stitch333  Your suggesting this dood get speakers and headphones? |
Well... that's actually not what I'm suggesting at all.
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Originally Posted by matthew.sawicki and either a set of cheap monitors or good headphones. |
That
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But...
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Originally Posted by Stitch333 just take your old walkman headphones just to hear the beat while you record |
I have to say that I think you're not really looking out for the OP, but more so just trying to hype how some microphone mod you love is what he should do.
Suggesting that instead of using quality headphones he blow extra money on some microphone that may or may not sound better than other
cheaper alternatives is silly.
When the OP sends his session off for a mix, and the mixer sends it back because the BS headphones he was using bled like crazy into his "modded" mic, its really not gonna do a whole lot of good is it? Plus, who really doesn't want to at least
try to mix their stuff a little? At least if he buys a decent set of headphones, what he's hearing will be marginally accurate.
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Originally Posted by Stitch333
used apogee mini-me (preamp/ad) 700 - even cheap-ass sound cards have spdif at this point.
The key is getting the quality recorded material to the DAW. If its being mixed by someone else, everything else is peripheral.
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Is there a DAW at this point? I don't think the OP mentioned one at all... and if I'm correct neither have you. But you have mentioned lots of overpriced AD's and mic's that would kill his budget to buy a quality DAW in each situation you've suggested.
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Originally Posted by Stitch333 I would imagine if dood already has a MXL LDC, he has all the accessory crap you'd need (popscreen, cables, micstand, etc). |
I totally forgot about that, just make sure the stuff you may already have is up to par for the job.
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Originally Posted by Stitch333 Any way you go with that budget, eleviah, its gonna be tight and corners will be kut. |
Tru dat. I think if the budget was about $500 higher... we'd both be a lot happier with the suggestions we'd be able to make!