Recroding with 2 mics..

[JamesPeters]

James.. my good man.. good to hear from you .. hope all is well.

I'm doing well, thanks! I've had a lot of things on the go, so I've been a bit less present on the 'net.

Ahh ok! I see what you mean.

Ok.. then yes, it is a good idea to purchase something with everything in there already instead of having to buy seperate little units and more wiring.

Yeah, you'd be into it for a minimum of $300 anyway for decent mic preamps and audio device for the computer (plus cables). I can't think of any good mic preamps that cost less than about $150 for two (M-Audio DMP-3 for instance, priced around $160) and a good soundcard with balanced ins/outs (and really good converters, and good drivers) for less than $150 (like the EMU 1212m that I bought for instance). You can go cheaper on both, but you'll get somewhat noisier ins/outs on the soundcard and preamps that don't sound as good. But for $200, you can get one of the new M-Audio "Fast Track Pro" USB dealies with two mic preamps built in.

Whatever you get, if you're using Vista you might want to check around online to see if there are (reliable) Vista drivers for it yet.

 

[trey85stang]

just remember you're still going to need a mixer/preamp of some sort to go with it.

Yeah and it only does 16-bit, and it only has unbalanced RCA connectors, and it doesn't have ASIO drivers.

I'd just find a decent USB or Firewire interface with mic preamps built in. L&M carries M-Audio stuff and some of their newer devices seem quite good.

It does only do 16bit, but it has asio drivers. Obviously a more expensive setup would be a better way to go though.

 

[JamesPeters]

It does only do 16bit, but it has asio drivers. Obviously a more expensive setup would be a better way to go though.

It uses Windows multimedia drivers since it doesn't come with its own. That's what I read about it anyway (including on Behringer's site just now). Where would the ASIO drivers come from in that case? And please don't say ASIO4ALL or something lame like that. That doesn't count.

 

[Bash_Man]

Yeah, you'd be into it for a minimum of $300 anyway for decent mic preamps and audio device for the computer (plus cables). I can't think of any good mic preamps that cost less than about $150 for two (M-Audio DMP-3 for instance, priced around $160) and a good soundcard with balanced ins/outs (and really good converters, and good drivers) for less than $150 (like the EMU 1212m that I bought for instance). You can go cheaper on both, but you'll get somewhat noisier ins/outs on the soundcard and preamps that don't sound as good. But for $200, you can get one of the new M-Audio "Fast Track Pro" USB dealies with two mic preamps built in.

Whatever you get, if you're using Vista you might want to check around online to see if there are (reliable) Vista drivers for it yet.

So basicly I can plug 2 mics into that and then use the USB To plug into a computer and the signal would go through the usb connection?

 

[JamesPeters]

So basicly I can plug 2 mics into that and then use the USB To plug into a computer and the signal would go through the usb connection?

If you buy a USB audio device that has mic preamps, then yes...that's the idea. You can also get a Firewire device that has mic preamps. And some PCI cards have "breakout boxes" that have mic preamps (which connect to the soundcard with a cable). The idea is you need: 1) mic preamps, 2) a device that converts the sound to digital (well) to your computer. (And the audio device should have good drivers.)

 

[Bash_Man]

So basicly I can plug 2 mics into that and then use the USB To plug into a computer and the signal would go through the usb connection?

If you buy a USB audio device that has mic preamps, then yes...that's the idea. You can also get a Firewire device that has mic preamps. And some PCI cards have "breakout boxes" that have mic preamps (which connect to the soundcard with a cable). The idea is you need: 1) mic preamps, 2) a device that converts the sound to digital (well) to your computer. (And the audio device should have good drivers.)

Thanks James.. I'll definitly check that M-Audio unit.