Im with Kafla with songs the thing, sink or swim,
agree on the manuals Tinam, cant read them myself...
this might help you understand...stop me if youve heard it before
The old record turntable had a pre amp. it boosted the signal to your hi fi amp..
Pre amps in recorders and interfaces do the same and some do it better than others...
Therefore to get a better quality signal, depth, you use a phantom powered pre amp which is either built into the recorder or interface unit.
I use an old shure 58 which i like for some vocals, bit of edge or something and an AKG414 condenser mic.
the shure 58s a dynamic mic so goes into a line input jack..
The AKG s a condenser with a chunky xlr plug on it, it needs voltage to drive it and gets it from the desk or interface via phantom power.
Also agree that most people, including myself, cant tell the difference, its not what you listen to first time you hear something, your listening to the song, i think we only hear the ‘data’ when somethings amiss...or a hit.! .
Most my gear is ancient, acquired over the years and based around a tape machine.
Was two tape machines, the old B16 lives in the cupboard now, heads worn to zilch, but i retain and cherish the surviving Tascam 388 and will weep the day it doesnt answer me..
Ive got a lite version of protools on a pc which i use to edit with and an HDR recorder thats replaced the B16.
old Seck desk, very basic but it works in a simple fashion.
outboard fostex compressor and alisis midiverb.
Ive been fortunate and grateful to a close mate for the HDR, cos i couldnt have afforded it but o course i never learn and burned the card recently buying a beautiful kurzweil pc3x., i wanted the closest i could get to a real piano and wow was it worth the ear bashing... however the manual is a phonebook and competely unreadable, i just glaze over, but the piano sounds fantastic..
Understand your dream of a studio Ramshackles, really do, if its supported by your community of players to do your own thing then thats beautiful, but if you rely on booking in bands and artists its another story, bad bad time for working studios, dying quietly in the forest...
people like us wont pay anymore, its sad cos as you say the right room is magic
for enthusiasts only..
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) tascam388, found on you tube., .