Can anyone render an opinion on any of the following components for home recording?
iD14 Audient 2 Channel Audio Interface $299.00
LA220 Lauten Audio LA220 FET Condenser Microphone $249.00
S1v3A PreSonus Studio One 3.5 Art $99.95
SRH840 Shure Closed Monitor Headphones $179.00
For a total of $826.95 (of course, I'll need cabling, stands, hardware, etc., as well).
The unabridged remainder of the initial question (feel free to skip):
So, here we are about a year after my 'I'm getting out' meltdown wherein I sold most of my little gear collection. Said episode began as I realized I had done nothing musically in over five years and the prospect for anything going on in the future was absolutely nil. Said episode ended with the shocking prospect of selling a certain Hamer guitar, my bond with which is uncanny given, well, frankly, it isn't a Strat. But I digress...
Much of the discussion in the initial For Sale threads (highly consolatory and therapeutic responses from my HFC brethren) included recommendations to begin recording as a creative outlet. With the looming prospect of receiving within the next month payment on a rather expensive piece of sold gear, I revisited the thought and, knowing absolutely nothing about recording [other than a completely cluster-failure attempt at the act using the wonderful THR10 and the equally un-wonderful Cubase], I read as many HFC recommendations as I could find, then called my Sweetwater Sales Engineer.
My initial budget was $500 (I was thinking, [HFC-approved] Reason, a Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, a mic and headphones). I was informed that, yes, that would do it, but "For a Few Dollars More" (great movie, BTW), efficiency, effectiveness and more to the point, end product, would be notably enhanced. [Above] is what he recommended.
Some thoughts before I pose my question: I am unfamiliar with Audient (not because I know anything, but it isn't a brand that shows up in the GC, Musicians Friend or Sweetwater mailers that find their way to my house. Reviews I can find are quite favorable; that's all I know. The Lauten Audio mic gets favorable reviews, though I am intrigued by a recent-ish rethinking/clone of the Neumann U87, the Warm Audio WA-87 that retails for around $600. Sweetwater makes no bones about their entire staff being in the tank for PreSonus Studio One. From what I can tell online, it seems fine, but what do I know? Lastly, having read the specs, I really really like the headphones (but I am as openly in the tank for Shure as Sweetwater is for PreSonus).
Now, if you've read this far, thank you very much for affording me this much of your time.
The question is, does this look like a good start? Not doubting my Sweetwater Sales Engineer - he's been great on a wide variety of purchases for more than five years - but there's no harm in getting a second (or tenth or hundredth) opinion. Oh, and it will all be run on a recent Dell Win7 PC with plenty of RAM, storage, etc.
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Can anyone render an opinion on any of the following components for home recording?
iD14 Audient 2 Channel Audio Interface $299.00
LA220 Lauten Audio LA220 FET Condenser Microphone $249.00
S1v3A PreSonus Studio One 3.5 Art $99.95
SRH840 Shure Closed Monitor Headphones $179.00
For a total of $826.95 (of course, I'll need cabling, stands, hardware, etc., as well).
The unabridged remainder of the initial question (feel free to skip):
So, here we are about a year after my 'I'm getting out' meltdown wherein I sold most of my little gear collection. Said episode began as I realized I had done nothing musically in over five years and the prospect for anything going on in the future was absolutely nil. Said episode ended with the shocking prospect of selling a certain Hamer guitar, my bond with which is uncanny given, well, frankly, it isn't a Strat. But I digress...
Much of the discussion in the initial For Sale threads (highly consolatory and therapeutic responses from my HFC brethren) included recommendations to begin recording as a creative outlet. With the looming prospect of receiving within the next month payment on a rather expensive piece of sold gear, I revisited the thought and, knowing absolutely nothing about recording [other than a completely cluster-failure attempt at the act using the wonderful THR10 and the equally un-wonderful Cubase], I read as many HFC recommendations as I could find, then called my Sweetwater Sales Engineer.
My initial budget was $500 (I was thinking, [HFC-approved] Reason, a Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, a mic and headphones). I was informed that, yes, that would do it, but "For a Few Dollars More" (great movie, BTW), efficiency, effectiveness and more to the point, end product, would be notably enhanced. [Above] is what he recommended.
Some thoughts before I pose my question: I am unfamiliar with Audient (not because I know anything, but it isn't a brand that shows up in the GC, Musicians Friend or Sweetwater mailers that find their way to my house. Reviews I can find are quite favorable; that's all I know. The Lauten Audio mic gets favorable reviews, though I am intrigued by a recent-ish rethinking/clone of the Neumann U87, the Warm Audio WA-87 that retails for around $600. Sweetwater makes no bones about their entire staff being in the tank for PreSonus Studio One. From what I can tell online, it seems fine, but what do I know? Lastly, having read the specs, I really really like the headphones (but I am as openly in the tank for Shure as Sweetwater is for PreSonus).
Now, if you've read this far, thank you very much for affording me this much of your time.
The question is, does this look like a good start? Not doubting my Sweetwater Sales Engineer - he's been great on a wide variety of purchases for more than five years - but there's no harm in getting a second (or tenth or hundredth) opinion. Oh, and it will all be run on a recent Dell Win7 PC with plenty of RAM, storage, etc.
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