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04-03-2011, 08:18 AM
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New gear, need some opinions, please
Seems like I will be able to finally buy some semi-serious DAW hardware. I would like to hear some opinions about it. Any help/info much appreciated.
Laptop: ADK 7600-i7 (i7 640M, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Siig FireWire 2-Port ExpressCard2, etc.) - $1681
Audio interface: Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 - $230
Monitors: M-Audio Studiophile BX8a - $355
Mics: Shure SM57 - $99
Shure SM58S - $104
How does all this sound? Any problems with Windows 7 64-bit?
Does anyone have any experience with ADK laptops? Do they ship their stuff outside USA? Their website has no clear info about shipping.
Thanks in advance.
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04-03-2011, 08:23 AM
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What are you gonna use for a vocal mic?
~Rob.
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04-03-2011, 09:32 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by junioreq
What are you gonna use for a vocal mic?
~Rob.
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SM58. I thought it's good enough for home rec use.
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04-03-2011, 09:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PerunZG
SM58. I thought it's good enough for home rec use.
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Thats more or less a "live" vocal mic although im sure thousands have used it before for studio use... There are quite a few good studio quality mics for the 99-300 $ range US dont know what your budget is?
Also any reason for a laptop Vs desktop? For the $$$ you gonna blow on that laptop a custom desktop build might be sweet?
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04-03-2011, 10:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bfsound
Thats more or less a "live" vocal mic although im sure thousands have used it before for studio use... There are quite a few good studio quality mics for the 99-300 $ range US dont know what your budget is?
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Any suggestion for around $100?
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Originally Posted by bfsound
Also any reason for a laptop Vs desktop? For the $$$ you gonna blow on that laptop a custom desktop build might be sweet?
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I'm gonna be away for some time, so laptop is the only option. Btw, this ADK is a custom made laptop for audio use (or so they advertise it ).
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04-03-2011, 10:34 AM
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58 and 57 are pretty much the same thing, just a different pop filter thing on em. Def wouldn't use that for recording vocals, depends on what your voice needs and what eq correction needs to be done to your vocals.
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04-03-2011, 10:57 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PerunZG
Any suggestion for around $100?
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I'm very satisfied with my Audio Technica AT2020. It's a great mic in this price range.
Michael
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04-03-2011, 11:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MichaJo
I'm very satisfied with my Audio Technica AT2020. It's a great mic in this price range.
Michael
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Thanks! It's even cheaper - $69.
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04-03-2011, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by junioreq
Def wouldn't use that for recording vocals, depends on what your voice needs and what eq correction needs to be done to your vocals.
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Probably a lot of Autotune as well!
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04-04-2011, 11:51 PM
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no one has no experience with ADK laptops?
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