On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 02:58:33AM +0100, Lars Luthman wrote: > On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 19:10 +0000, James Stone wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 10:48:39AM -0800, Brad Fuller wrote: > > > James Stone wrote: > > > >I am planning to buy some reasonable headphones and an > > > >entry-level mic for voice recording.. I would be grateul if > > > >anyone here has some recommendations.. > > > > > > what will you use the headphone and mic for? Are they both for singing? > > > For VO work? > > > > Yes.. for singing. > > > > > What is your price range? > > > > I'm really doing this on a budget.. The soundcard is a real > > bottleneck (SBLive) so there is no point (as I see it) spending > > masses on the mic/headphones.. I was thinking in the region of > > 50 GBP for each.. The Audio-Technica ATH-D40 look interesting.. > > any thoughts? > > If you spend a little bit more on the microphone you can get a Samson > C01U USB mic that probably has a better ADC with less noise than your > SoundBlaster. I don't know how it compares to other non-USB microphones > though. > Sounds an interesting option. How would it work with Jack for playback of an audio track (thru the SBLive?) whilst recording? James
