Ok guys, my birthday is coming up and my mom recently came into some money!
I think she will be willing to spend a decent amount this time because she has some extra dough and untill I started taping I almost never had anything that I really wanted from her for bdays in the past few of years. So, she has mentioned that she really wants to get me something kick ass.
I'm gonna be honest with her and just ask how much she would be willing to spend, but I am thinking in the $1500 range. Plus I could convince her to go that high because she is so generous and she loves to see me so passionate about music(and she loves the hell out of my tapes I give her).
So here is my dillema, all be it a great one to have.
My computer sux balls for processing my recordings. It takes like 15 minutes to load up a 2hr show into Sound Forge or CDwave and a hell of a lot longer to run processes like normalization or saving a huge file like that. One great example of my computer suckieness is that it only takes maybe 5-10mins to transfer a long show from my jb3 to my computer, but then it takes the computer another 20minutes to transfer it from a temp location to the actual folder. However, I get by with it and I usually am doing this while watching tv or listening to music anyway, so no biggy. If I did get a new computer I would use it strictly for musical purposes.
Or...
I could get some better mics and have better sounding recordings and a real slow computer.
What is YOUR opinion? Mics or Computer?
If you think I should go with the mics, then give me some suggestions/opinions for the $1000-1500 price range.
Thanks,
Joe