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Originally Posted by spegeddd
I have a small room but if I got a multiple input interface, could I effectively record vocals and guitar at the same time? Would they leak into each other's mics? (I could throw the singer in the closet hah).
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There probably would be a large amount of bleed through, especially the vocal mic picking up the guitar amp. But things like bass and electric guitar could be recorded together (if the bass was recorded direct there'd be no bleed).
Two inputs would be good because then you could have some options for recoding individual instruments as well. Such as using two mics on the guitar amp.
Audio Interface:
M-Audio Mobile Pre (USB) ($150): This will give you two inputs both with mic preamps. It is USB1, which I'm generally weary of, but the USB2 interfaces and/or Firewire interfaces are a little more expensive.
Vocal Mic: Either the
Studio Projects B1 ($120) or the
Marshall Electronics MXLV67g ($100).
Guitar Mic: The Shure SM57 is an industry standard for guitar amp miking, however I have heard very good things about the
GLS Audio ES-57 ($30) which is a clone of the SM57. It's much cheaper ($70 cheaper!) and from what I've read many people actually prefer it over the real SM57.
So with the Studio Projects b1 that'll put you at $300 even. The MSLv67g will save you a little bit at $280, but I recommend going with the B1.
-tkr