Jan, That was a big help! I have been hunting around looking at Behringer and I think I'm going to *try* and get the 8 channel, but if not that is a great idea. Does that two channel have preamp mic? Hey, maybe you can give me some feedback on this. Right now my girlfriend and I both play instruments. Well me sort of, as I just started the violin. Anyway, I want to have a tuner at each of our music stands (especially mine since I cant tune by ear just yet, plus it's just nice to have). I have mics at each stand as well. The tuners have 1/4" inputs, so I was thinking of running the mics to the mixer, then Y-ing the output, one to the input on the computer, one back to the tuner. Do you think this would have a very negative effect, or maybe there is a better way? Also, one last question, although I am sincerely grateful for all your help, is do you have any opinions on Tobiah's input on the mics? I understand the need for such high-end mics, but at what point will I start noticing a difference? Thank you again, very very much! Bryan |Bryan, | | What you want is a mixer with per channel direct outs. I believe |Behringer has an 8 channel with direct outs for $250 US. You can buy a |cheap Behringer two channel mixer and pan the outputs from each track |full left and right and then use the L/R outputs as input to two of your |channels. I actually have one of these little $60 wonders around and |that works fine. I also recently bought an Art TPS (Tube Preamp |System). This is a two channel tube mic/instrument preamp. It cost |$180 US and I use it with my condenser mics to warm things up a bit. I |also use it live for my vocals and harp. It's not the greatest but it's |not bad.