whats up everbody, here is how everything is going in my room...
m-audio keyboard midi controller (axiom 25 key, should have just went with a 61 key)
electr. drums that are midi-to-usb
sonar 6 with lots of VSTs/VSTi
i get real nice quality sounds from the VSTi's (Addictive Drums VST is sweet) but what really sounds bad in our recordings are the guitars & vocals. for the guitar & bass we have it plugged into this amp and we have a crappy mic that sits infront of the amp. reading these forums however i just found out that i could've ran the guitar cable to my sound card with the help of an adapter. anyway, now my computer's sound card is some very generic PCI. Since the mic we use is really crappy, I was looking at getting this mic & preamp set
M-Audio MXL 990/991 Recording Mic Duo and M-Audio AudioBuddy Package ($99.99) - guitar center
since the thing plugs into my sound card, would my sound card be reducing the recorded quality any? all I know about it is it has the basic 3 ports on it (line in , mic, and line-out?) and it is ASIO compatible.
Just thinking of things to get to add onto my studio equipment. I was looking at USB mixers, but since I mix the tracks with Sonar's Console, would a usb one benefit me in any way with my setup? Or could anyone recommend me some (not expensive) toys I can get to help improve my setup? I am good with the software but the hardware well I lack the knowledge
