Nick_cor
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hey, I'm getting the firepod and i was wondering does it work with any recording software? cubase? cakewalk.. what softwares do people recommend?
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eltrain858
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i used it with cubase sx 3, it worked really well. eventually we traded in the firepod and bought a firestudio and digimax fs, now we have 16 inputs.
Nick_cor
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eltrain858 said:
Nice, I was looking at your clips here, and they are pretty darn good in terms of quality , what mics are you using? I'm thinking of buying a sennheiser md421 and using that and my sm57 to mic my guitar cab, and the bassists would go straight in, and i'd get a shure drum mic kit for the drummer. Also do you know if the presnous interfaces work with any other softwares?
eltrain858
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haven't tried them with anything other than cubase but i'm pretty sure they work with sonar/cakewalk, not sure about anything else though.
i used an audix i5 and a sennheiser e906 for the guitar, blending in a little bit of direct/recording out especially on the cleaner tones. i really like the i5 over an sm-57, similar size and shape but i find the i5 a little less crispy and a little more bottomy.
the bassist ran direct from an mxr direct box and blended that with a mic on one of his 8x10" speakers close up, off axis (kick drum mic, audix f12)
the drums were mic'd mostly with an audix fusion drum mic set:
kick - audix f12
snare (top) - audix f10
snare (bottom) - shure sm-57
middle tom - shure sm-57
hi tom - audix f10
floor tom - audix f10
ride - audix i5
overheads - two audix f15 small diaphragm condensers
i used an audix i5 and a sennheiser e906 for the guitar, blending in a little bit of direct/recording out especially on the cleaner tones. i really like the i5 over an sm-57, similar size and shape but i find the i5 a little less crispy and a little more bottomy.
the bassist ran direct from an mxr direct box and blended that with a mic on one of his 8x10" speakers close up, off axis (kick drum mic, audix f12)
the drums were mic'd mostly with an audix fusion drum mic set:
kick - audix f12
snare (top) - audix f10
snare (bottom) - shure sm-57
middle tom - shure sm-57
hi tom - audix f10
floor tom - audix f10
ride - audix i5
overheads - two audix f15 small diaphragm condensers
eltrain858
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i don't have any experience with the shure mic kit, the reason i use so much audix stuff is that when we first started auditioning drummers i found an audix fusion 4 piece kit, 4 stands, 4 cables and a road/briefcase on CL for $100 (turned out to be a guy I went to middle school with..)
after that I just wanted to be consistent in buying more mics so I picked up the f15 condensers on ebay for $110, and the bassist already had two sm-57s.
i was already impressed with the audix drum mics (when listening to those clips keep in mind this is a basic tama rockstar kit with slightly warped shells), so after hearing about the i5 as a guitar mic i gave them the benefit of the doubt and picked it up. (i use that same mic for the ride when we record drums).
no matter which mics you use though, i think the biggest factor for recording the drums is mic placement. it took us months to get it down...
after that I just wanted to be consistent in buying more mics so I picked up the f15 condensers on ebay for $110, and the bassist already had two sm-57s.
i was already impressed with the audix drum mics (when listening to those clips keep in mind this is a basic tama rockstar kit with slightly warped shells), so after hearing about the i5 as a guitar mic i gave them the benefit of the doubt and picked it up. (i use that same mic for the ride when we record drums).
no matter which mics you use though, i think the biggest factor for recording the drums is mic placement. it took us months to get it down...
Brewski
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We have 3 Firepods daisy chained for 24 inputs and use Cubase. When you daisy chain them, they get a little flaky or finicky. Sometimes we have to reboot to get them all to come up. They give great sound when they're working correctly, and are a pain in the *** when they're not.
Although we've never used 24 inputs simultaneously, we've used the 48 volt phantom on one firepod for mics that require it. We use a combination of SM58's, SM57's, a Sennheiser E906, for vocals and amps, and a few different condenser and ribbon mics for vocals. I'm not sure what we're using for percussion.
If you want to try a nice ribbon mic for the money that can be used for both voice and your cab, try a Cascade Fat Head. It has a very nice fat bottom and rounds off nicely toward the top. And they're not that expensive at around $160.
Although we've never used 24 inputs simultaneously, we've used the 48 volt phantom on one firepod for mics that require it. We use a combination of SM58's, SM57's, a Sennheiser E906, for vocals and amps, and a few different condenser and ribbon mics for vocals. I'm not sure what we're using for percussion.
If you want to try a nice ribbon mic for the money that can be used for both voice and your cab, try a Cascade Fat Head. It has a very nice fat bottom and rounds off nicely toward the top. And they're not that expensive at around $160.
nomad100hd
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i use my firepod with logic, garageband and cubase LE. Very transparent i also use a 609e mic because i think sm57 sound like raspy crap when recording distorted guitar.
nathan28
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I have a firepod and I use sonar 6 and works fine, at first i had all kinds of problems with it and that was because i had windows xp media edition on my laptop, after going to presonus website i found out that they do not support xp media center edtion, so i put home edition on my laptop and i have had no problems since.
