On the mixing desk front, one of the little Behringer jobs with 4 XLR inputs would probably do you if you're looking for a cost-effective solution - simple, straightforward features, easy to use etc :)
A Behringer Xenyx 1202 would probably suit unless you need more inputs or you want to do more fancy processing on the board rather than in post - I have one, it's fine and was bloody cheap too Pete On 23/08/07, Matthew Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > TBH From my experience professional recording on linux simply isnt > there yet (well, at reasonable prices anyway). > > However some pointers: > > Hardware wise I would most definately reccomend a professional > soundcard. Try the M-Audio 2496 for a cheap decent prof card (about > £60-70). Whatever card you get, make sure it is compatible with ASIO. > ASIO is an interface specifically made for professional audio mixing > apps, the main thing it does is reduce latency like crazy. > > You want to have Balanced Inputs. > > You want a Mixer. That takes Balanced XLR inputs. > > Balanced means that 3 signals are sent: The first is the normal > signal. The second is an inverse of that signal. The third is a ground > signal. The signal is recreated by taking the difference of the normal > and inversed signal. Noise generated on the line is then removed using > the ground signal. > > Microphone wise, you can't go wrong with an SM58 (£50-60). SM58 is > your bog-standard dynamic vocal mic. Great for live / outdoors etc. > For instruments try the SM57. If you have a good environment and want > a nicer 'studio' sound invest in a pair of Rhode NT1's. (£100 > each) > A pair will let you do stereo recordings (research stereo pair - takes > advantage of the cardoid nature of the mics), and because they are > compressor mics as opposed to dynamics you get a much better sound. Be > gentle with them though. > > For drums try an SM57 on the snare and hi-hat, SM58 on the bass drum > and the NT1's in a stereo pair over the cymbals. Not a brilliant > setup, but costs sod-all. > > For software something like Audacity simply is not powerful enough for > music recording etc, something more beefy is needed. I personally am a > Logic fan and will refuse to work with anything else for more than 5 > minutes, so I'm not a lot of help here. > > > I am in no way an expert but I hope this helps > > Regards > > On 17/08/07, Neil Greenwood < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 17/08/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What I need advice on are: > > > > > > - Advice on what audio editing software I need (I'm coming from an > Adobe > > > Audition / CoolEdit) background, and the key features I need are > > > FFT-based noise reduction, track volume normalisation, and in-line > editing.) > > > > Audacity seems to be mature and have lots of features. It's also > > available on Windows. > > > > Jono Bacon started a team to develop Jokosher, but I don't know how > > far they've got with it. I don't think they've released v1.0 yet, > > although I could be wrong on that - haven't heard much about it for > > months. > > > > > > Hwyl, > > Neil. > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > -- > Matthew G Larsen > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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