My New Hardware for use with OctaMED S.S.

[spihunter]

I just got it a couple days ago, and I must admit, to a non-musician, the manual is very confusing, though there are plenty of guides on Youtube that have got me pulling off more tricks with this than I expected to be doing already.

Bottom line, I DO NOT resent forking out the $200 for this that I spent in the least bit!

Sadly it did not come with the mic. Any good suggestions for a quality replacement?

I have the same MicroKorg sitting here and I love it. I've only used it for the vocoder so far. Don't use the original mic that came with it. It sucks!. Use a real microphone. I have a SM-58 running through preamp hooked to it and it sounds great.

[spihunter]

Runequester: Soon, I forgot to bring them with me today.

Magnetic: I really don't have anything else to compare it's octave range with, but I can say that it does have one at least, though certainly not as deep as OctaMED's.

None the less, if you want to spend $200 or less on a nice synth, this is the way to go.

Magnetic: At first I was cringing a wee bit because it was not analog, but now that I've seen what can be done with it, I'm not regretting it a bit.

spihunter: I'm new to a lot of this, midi, electronic devices, and so forth. It has been a collection I've slowly been buiding up, and slowly learning at the same time (amongst other hobbies), so I am greatful for any advise any one can give, such as your advice on the mic...

...on that note, what exactly is the difference between an amp and a pre-amp? I presume this is something that will boost the mic's output audio? If so does it cause any problems with over loading the MicroKORG and causing the light to turn red?

You use a pre-amp when you have a mic that doesn't have battery power and your plugging into something that doesn't provide power. Some recording devices have "Phantom power" that provides power for standard mics.

Listen to the song "Battlestar Canada" in the link on my signature. I use the vocoder on my MicroKorg for most of the vocals.

[spihunter]

You have these a bit mixed up:

Phantom power is a power source for condenser Mics, they require power as part of their design though some have batteries as well.
Dynamic Mics do not require any power.
Note: Only use phantom power on things that need it, otherwise you could end up frying things!

Pre-amps are for everything.  It's the first thing a signal goes through when it goes into a mixer.  You use them to increase the level on Mics (all types), guitars and anything else (even synths if they need it).

All Mics will need to go through a pre-amp whether it has phantom power or not.

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I'm learning a lot of this stuff at the moment as well but there's a lot of help out there.
Youtube has loads of stuff.

There's a free book here on setting up a studio:
http://www.recordingreview.com/killerhomerecording/KHR_SettingUp.php

ProAudioDVDs.com have a weekly free video.
They also have a DVD set called "Ultimate Home Recording School". Bit expensive but very good, covers a lot of the basic knowledge you'll need.

Yea, You know it's bad when I'm a 20 year veteran of this stuff and I can't get it right on a retro computer forum!. Thanks for clearing that up..

[spihunter]

Magnetic: I'm figuring that what ever can be done by hand should be able to do through OctaMED, but I could be wrong.


Spihunter: That track was awesome, reminds me of something...

GOing to check out more of your stuff, thankx again!

Hey, Thanks for listening!. Let us know when you upload some of your stuff.