A pal of mine* who is one of my 'inner circle' (does triodes and vinyl but
not horns only due to lack of space) has a son who wants to record
microphone to computer (guitar and vocals): He knows I do a little of that
myself and has asked me for advice but they want USB connectivity and four
channels which is over my head: I have no experience, I only do mono or two
channels stereo - sometimes direct to computer via USB, sometimes via a
stereo hifi amplifier using XLR to RCA Phono leads.

So the question is: Who is that 'name' that stands out for decent but good
VFM recording gadgets (mixers and the like) - is it Behringer? (Buggered if
I can remember!) And, if so, is there any particular recommendation?

Also, if he wants 4 channels now, what the thinking: get more channels as he
is bound to need them as time goes by? I've no real idea.

Also also, I am under the impression that M-Audio is reputable and reliable
and I have said as much - is that correct, any caveats?

TIA


*Sound familiar? :-)

Canford Audio tend to have a good selection of items for this sort of thing.

Brian

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"Keith G" wrote in message
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A pal of mine* who is one of my 'inner circle' (does triodes and vinyl but
not horns only due to lack of space) has a son who wants to record
microphone to computer (guitar and vocals): He knows I do a little of that
myself and has asked me for advice but they want USB connectivity and four
channels which is over my head: I have no experience, I only do mono or
two channels stereo - sometimes direct to computer via USB, sometimes via
a stereo hifi amplifier using XLR to RCA Phono leads.

So the question is: Who is that 'name' that stands out for decent but good
VFM recording gadgets (mixers and the like) - is it Behringer? (Buggered
if I can remember!) And, if so, is there any particular recommendation?

Also, if he wants 4 channels now, what the thinking: get more channels as
he is bound to need them as time goes by? I've no real idea.

Also also, I am under the impression that M-Audio is reputable and
reliable and I have said as much - is that correct, any caveats?

TIA


*Sound familiar? :-)

"Keith G" wrote in message


So the question is: Who is that 'name' that stands out
for decent but good VFM recording gadgets (mixers and the
like) - is it Behringer? (Buggered if I can remember!)
And, if so, is there any particular recommendation?

Behringer's audio interfaces are generally simple and cheap.

Their UCA 202 is probably their best product in this category.

Also, if he wants 4 channels now, what the thinking: get
more channels as he is bound to need them as time goes
by? I've no real idea.

Nor do I. 4 could be enough channels for a guy with a guitar and a voice for
a long time.

Also also, I am under the impression that M-Audio is
reputable and reliable and I have said as much - is that
correct, any caveats?

M-Audio is good mid-priced supplier,

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_u...rackUltra.html

looks like a good choice. It has 4 mic preamps each with its own dedidicated
channel. Two of the mic inputs can also handle line-level inputs. The
remaining 4 inputs are line level only. Possible future expansion could
come via up to 4 additional mic preamps.

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
...
Canford Audio tend to have a good selection of items for this sort of
thing.


Thanks Brian, I will pass that on.

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message


So the question is: Who is that 'name' that stands out
for decent but good VFM recording gadgets (mixers and the
like) - is it Behringer? (Buggered if I can remember!)
And, if so, is there any particular recommendation?

Behringer's audio interfaces are generally simple and cheap.

Their UCA 202 is probably their best product in this category.


OK, but that's not what they are looking for.



Also, if he wants 4 channels now, what the thinking: get
more channels as he is bound to need them as time goes
by? I've no real idea.

Nor do I. 4 could be enough channels for a guy with a guitar and a voice
for a long time.


I'm thinking if anyone is any good (garage standards) then it usually isn't
long before another guitar turns up - and maybe a washboard and a tea-chest
bass!



Also also, I am under the impression that M-Audio is
reputable and reliable and I have said as much - is that
correct, any caveats?

M-Audio is good mid-priced supplier,

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_u...rackUltra.html

looks like a good choice. It has 4 mic preamps each with its own
dedidicated channel. Two of the mic inputs can also handle line-level
inputs. The remaining 4 inputs are line level only. Possible future
expansion could come via up to 4 additional mic preamps.


That looks more like it; I will forward the link. Many thanks.

Now to sort myself out - this was this afternoon's effort:

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/shown...OfBirdland.wav


and I ain't happy with it. The clart melts into the mix but the (alto) sax
is too far forward (and too dry). I think we can probably cure that by
getting Swimbo to take a step backward with the alto but it's not very
satisfactory - I haven't figured out how to adjust the gain with the USB mic
in SoundForge.

(Iain on the tenor is quite superb, isn't he? ;-)

In article ,
Keith G wrote:
http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/shown...OfBirdland.wav

Great piano break.

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Keith G wrote:

Also also, I am under the impression that M-Audio is reputable and
reliable and I have said as much - is that correct, any caveats?


FWIW, I'm happy with my M-Audio Oxygen II keyboard.

Key action is nice. Rugged..been dropped a few times still works fine.

TonyL

"TonyL" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:

Also also, I am under the impression that M-Audio is reputable and
reliable and I have said as much - is that correct, any caveats?


FWIW, I'm happy with my M-Audio Oxygen II keyboard.

Key action is nice. Rugged..been dropped a few times still works fine.


Good to hear that Tony - thanks for posting.