Hi guys, I am looking to purchase a mic pre-amp. Any suggestions, please? I was told about the Presonos Eureka, which is around $500. Any good ones out there you guys can recommend. My budget is around 3 to 4 hundred dollars. Rod ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Kijewski" <sitedblind@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:13 PM Subject: [ddots-l] purchasing a board and sound card > Hello: > I am now highly considering purchasing a new sound card along with a mixing > board. From my previous posts and inquiries on here as well as some other > research, I was thinking of getting a delta 1010 sound card along with some > sort of mackie board. Up to this point I have only been able to record with > two mics at a time and have only been able to record two tracks > simaltaneously while I would like to be able to record with multiple mics at > the same time into multiple tracks. As I understand, the delta 1010 has 8 > inputs and 8 outputs so I would be able to record 8 tracks simaltaneously > with it. I am looking at various mackie boards and was curious which one you > guys think would be my best choice. Also, how would I go about purchasing > this stuff? I am in Ontario, Canada, but have never shopped for this stuff > so am not really sure where I would go to purchase it. Perhaps someone knows > of some good stores for sound cards and mixing boards or perhaps there are > some places online I should buy from or maybe dancing dots sells the stuff I > am looking for? I am very anxious to step forward in my recording set up, > but want to make the best choices possible. Any help from anyone would be > greatly appreciated. > > Brian Kijewski > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq