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Bryan,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

The Presonus is a fine piece of equipment.  Your computer must be  
equipped with a firewire port, though.  If Philip's computer has a  
firewire port, then the Presonus would work well.

If Philip only has a USB port, he could find a smaller (two channel)  
interface.  USB has plenty of bandwidth for a couple of channels.

The Presonus comes bundled with Cubase LE -- a 32 channel recording  
environment.

-- Kevin
Quoting Bryan Holmes <wayatan@...>:

> Hello,
>
> I'm kind of new to the aetherphon group. I had a homemade theremin
> that nowadays sound horribly but I recently got a new moog EW. How
> different it feels!!! Well, by now I'm just practicing, though I'm
> using a right-hand technique different from famous players' one... and
> I feel more comfortably and still considerably in tune.
>
> But I'm composer and make also lots of electroacoustic works, so I
> know at least the basics about recording and signal processing, and I
> must agree with Kevin. U$500 should be the needed investment for a
> basic digital recording set-up. Get, for example, a Studio Projects B1
> microphone (around U$100) and a Presonus Firebox interface (U$300),
> plus a mic stand... and you're done! Otherwise you won't be
> appreciating you wonderful instrument. Even if Gabriella had a direct
> output, you'd need the interface, which makes the conversion from
> analog to digital in a decent way.
>
> Wel, my two cents...
>
> Ah! and I'm Chilean and live currently in Brazil, that's the reason
> for my poor english... and the reason because I didn't have a theremin
> even when I wanted to.
>
> Okay guys, nice to "meet" you!
> Bryan Holmes
>
> --- In aetherphon@yahoogroups.com, kkissinger@... wrote:
>>
>> Philip,
>>
>> Gabriella is a superb instrument...  not that you would part with it,
>> but its quality of construction and sound puts it into the $5000
>> category.
>>
>> Since you are not doing intense multi-track work, you don't need lots
>> of memory and CPU to do decent recordings.   However, you need a
>> decent interface and, if you prefer to record with a mike, a decent
>> mike.  99 bucks probably isn't going to be enough to do your
>> instrument justice.
>>
>> You could do pretty good work if you have, say... around $500 or so.
>> You could probably get a decent pair of mics (needed for stereo
>> recording) and a clean USB interface.  Also, most interfaces are
>> bundled with recording software.
>>
>> Anyway, just my opinion...
>>
>> -- Kevin
>>
>> Quoting Philip <kmg5443@...>:
>> >
>> > ---I just ordered my third theremin....for a grand total of 50
>> > bux...one of those cute Japanese miniatures. Lydia played one in a
>> > video...Maybe I can get Jordan interested now.
>> >
>> > My biggest gripe at the moment is how totally unsatisfactory this usb
>> > microphone is that I got to record with....its a NADY USB24m...low
>> > output, poor audio.
>> >
>> > I was looking at the Behringer 99 dollar podcasting bundle...mic,
>> > mixer, USB coverter. Is this a total waste of cash as well?
>> >
>> > Philip
>> >
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