new recording set up

[Anonymous]

Today i tried out the focusrite clarett audio interface for the first time, but i’ve only got headphones, still waiting on the
microphone to arrive (so i can’t record the sax yet) & haven’t ordered the monitors yet to play back though the audio interface.

But i did try out Logic Pro x, loaded in one of JF’s backing tracks & played it back through the head phones connected to the
audio interface – and it sounded better than listening to the i-touch headphones.

I agree with what people are saying – i personally don’t want to get bogged down in the recording/editing side as it will take away the time i have available to practice the sax , unless i want to add the guitar/keyboards/sax & make my own tracks with the logic pro x drums.

The main focus of my topic was to see if anyone else used the hardware i was buying/bought to see what they though of it. Unfortunately as is the case everyone else seems to be familiar with other microphones/audio interfaces etc.

but thanks for your input folks as it has been useful

[Anonymous]

BTW – if anyone is looking for a decent microphone – get a Neumann U87 Ai Nickel Studio. lol

[William Cingolani]

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/U87SetZ?adpos=1o1&creative=55673940721&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CI-jr8OJncsCFdgcgQodudkJ3w

Good morning sxpoet. Looks like a good mic.

[paddy jordan]

James think i may get a pair.

[john]

A studio guy that hires me occasionally bought a Neumann U87 and after one of his sessions I came back to my home studio to a rather dull sounding mic!

[Michael]

Hey Johnny,
I looked on Amazon at the Neumann U87 mics and noticed the price tag that comes with those mics…ouch it hurt and I shouldn’t have looked at it LOL For a true pro I guess it’s justified and a studio can use it as a tax write-off too, but for those of us who are mere ‘mortal’ student players it’s out of the question. From doing my research, as well as my Instructor who is playing a hand in helping me set it all up, I’m getting my Interface/Mic next month for less than a few hundred dollars. Along with my Cyberlink Media Suite that I got last year (which my Instructor said was perfect for recording) he assured me I would be good to go for many years to come….unless I get the bug to “upgrade” to other stuff as technology continues to advance and I end up investing more $ that I should LOL My Instructor said that was usually ‘bad news’ because he said all Sax players are usually guilty of falling into that trap LOL Talk about dull, rough-sounding mics…boy oh boy am so glad I’m getting that problem resolved.

[Anonymous]

for recording purposes i don’t have a suitsble room in our house, so if i wanted a professional recording – i would have to use a propper recording studio (that aint gonna hsppen).

when i spend our money – i prefer to buy things with a long term investment that i can grow into later on – rather than waste a lot of money on buying cheap gear that will only last in the short term, then you grow out of them, chuck them away and end up later on buying the gear you could have bought right at the beginning, and saved a stack of cash.

for the mac pro – because it has thunder bolt connections which are faster than usb connections – i’ve
bought the cheapest thunder bolt audio interface, cheap head phones, cheap clip on microphone, and eventually cheap monitors.
When i say cheap – i haven’t bought the cheapest, i’ve tried to buy the best of the cheapest gear before the price band moves into to the lower price band of some really quality gear which is expensive stuff. You get what you for at the end of the dsy, unless your’e just paying for posing label.

i certainly wouldn’t waste money on a neumann mike. lol

[paddy jordan]

what about a ribbon mic then James

[Anonymous]

bi-directional microphone?

clip on microphone i need for playing in church alongside amplified guitar players and was hoping to get away with using it for recording at home for the purposes of checking my sax playing.

For good sounding at home recordings i might invest later on in a stand alone microphone – my playing isn’t at that level yet.
So yep – will have to look into all the other stand alone types! Do you use ribbon Microphones?

Another reason for getting decent stuff – my youngest daughter is doing music tech at school, using expensive daws and recording equipment – into singing and playing clarinet grade 6 standard and learning flute, she makes me sound C R A P on the sax – she’s pitch perfect and can tell strsight away if a note is too flat or high, or if i’m behind/ahead in playing it out of timing.

[Dazza]

Hey guys. I finally got recording recently as you may have seen and in the end I went with the Shure SM57 with the X2U signal adapter staight in to my laptop. I grabbed the free version of Audacity for now as it does all I need by the way of recording multiple tracks while playing the backing track back to my headphones via the x2U. It’s pretty cool and good sounding and highly portable. Total cost including laptop $690. I dispensed with the digital interface which meant a lot more leads and messing around. I bluetooth the lap top to my portable battery powered amp (birthday present – $235) but even sounds great through my computer speakers. Hope this helps some of you…..

Will try to post pics again though it didnt work last time. Heres hoping.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxStofRvV92TWnR4Tm50TnMwdGkxT3BzYVBkYkozdnNBMExF/view?usp=sharing”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxStofRvV92TdE5oSG9qMk1ZZ1BJWnZ6MzY3TzBSU0dvb1dj/view?usp=sharing

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