Re: [Harp-L] re: audix into the computer

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll put in my two cents for a small mixer ahead of the sound card.  I 
use a Behringer UB1202, which I got for about $70, but the UB802 for 
$40 has many of the same features, just fewer inputs.  It has hiZ and 
loZ inputs for mics and other line-level instruments (guitar, 
electronic keyboards) or other input sources (CD, cassette, computer 
line out), with all the standard stuff you'd expect on a mixer, 
including EQ, FX send/return, etc.  If you're doing any recording at 
all, this is well worth the tiny amount of money it costs.  

I see that Behringer now has a mixer, the UB1202FX, which has built-in 
reverb, flange, chorus, pitch shifting and other digital effects built 
in.  You can usually add these after the fact in software, but a lot 
of times it's helpful to hear them as they're getting laid down.  

-tim


rainbowjimmy wrote:
> How low tech do you want to go? You can just stick an adaptor 
> onto the mic and play right in through the mic input on the 
> computer. Hold still and keep the cable supported or you could 
> get some noise. Use Audacity for the software. I've done this 
> with a bullet mic. I won't tell you it's wonderful but it is 
> feasible.
> 
> If you want to spend big bucks--ART has a USB preamp for 
> $100.00 with multitrack software. It's high on my list of new 
> toys I must get.$125.00 will get you a Line 6 preamp with all 
> sorts of modeling amps.