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GucciCondom

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Ok so I rap but I don't make beats. For the past few years I have been using a Radioshack mic just plugged directly into my cpu with an adapter. I am looking to upgrade my hardware so that my vocals will come out a lot nicer. I am trying to keep my budget around $700-1000 total. What I need to know, is what should I upgrade and what is most important? I was thinking mic and preamp, anything else? And if thats all..what mic, what preamp? Thanks in advance.
 
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GucciCondom said:
Ok so I rap but I don't make beats. For the past few years I have been using a Radioshack mic just plugged directly into my cpu with an adapter. I am looking to upgrade my hardware so that my vocals will come out a lot nicer. I am trying to keep my budget around $700-1000 total. What I need to know, is what should I upgrade and what is most important? I was thinking mic and preamp, anything else? And if thats all..what mic, what preamp? Thanks in advance.
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IF I HAD A G TO DROP ME MYSELF ID DROPP THE 500 ON MBOX WIT PRO TOOLS. SPEND LIKE 300 ON A NICE MIC,ANYTHING AUDIO TECHNICA,NEAUMAN,MXL,SURE WILL DO. SPEND THE OTHER 200 ON FAT CHICK PORN
 
trinidad

trinidad

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StressWon said:
yeah,,,an MXL condenser joint can be around 150 and up,,,I got a MXL,,,shit works great.
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i AGREE I GOT A MXL 2001 MIC THAT RAM ME BOUT 100BUCKS THE SOUND FOR THE PRICE IS BANGING I GOT PPL U EARD MY RECORDS AND COMPARED IT TO THERE STUDIOS WITH MAD EXPENSIVE STUFF AND THE SAY ITS JUST AS GOOD.

n THE mBOX IS GREAT THROW SOM COMPRESSION ON THE VOCALS IN U STRAIGHT. FOR REAL.
 
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GucciCondom

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ill o.g.
Aight I'm probably going to get this. Is the ProTools software going to be easy enough that I can lace up my vocals over beats nicely without knowing the program much at first?
 
andreas

andreas

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ill o.g.
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Pro tools is really userfriendly and the M-box is a great piece. It has a really nice Ad-da coverter. For those of you who doens't know what that is it's the coverter that coverts analog signal to digital. And that's really important.

But don't underestimate the use of a preeamp. I think you'll need that aswell. I'd say that a good preeamp and Ad-Da coverter is more important than a good mic.

So get yourself the M-box and a preeamp
 
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The Bastard

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trinidad said:
i AGREE I GOT A MXL 2001 MIC THAT RAM ME BOUT 100BUCKS THE SOUND FOR THE PRICE IS BANGING I GOT PPL U EARD MY RECORDS AND COMPARED IT TO THERE STUDIOS WITH MAD EXPENSIVE STUFF AND THE SAY ITS JUST AS GOOD.

n THE mBOX IS GREAT THROW SOM COMPRESSION ON THE VOCALS IN U STRAIGHT. FOR REAL.
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thats the same mic i have, i like it. and yeah the mbox comes wit mic inputs that are preamped. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=rec/search/detail/base_pid/240469/
shits only 300 bills theese days, that means even more money for porn
 
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TymE

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Yeah the M-Box has a focusrite pre amp if there like the ones on the 002r, you might want to get some type of stand alone pre (eg. ART, real good and reasonably priced). So i would say definetly say soundcard M-Box but get the M-Box 2, a pre amp, and mic. PZ
 
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