Thanks to this video that popped up in my feed a couple weeks ago...
...I am now the proud owner of this...
2018-03-20_06-37-29 by
jelloman 1965, on Flickr
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2018-03-20_06-40-14 by
jelloman 1965, on Flickr
When combined with my already existing setup it looks like this...
2018-03-20_06-52-15 by
jelloman 1965, on Flickr
ASUS F555L Laptop: Intel i3 2.1GHz 4GB RAM
Mixcraft 8 Studio
Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 Studio with large diaphragm condenser mic
Akai LPK25 MIDI controller
Sony MDR7506 headphones
The mic is the standard cheap Chinese model, basically the same as the Berringers and the Samson C01 (which gets a lot of love from reviewers)...the headphones are just that, headphones...they're not going to measure up to the Sony...
In addition I have a set of AKG K240DF headphones, but they are 600K and need a lot of boost to get any volume out of...the Focusrite can do it but at almost max output and I don't want to load the USB bus that much...
I used to use a Lexicon Alpha interface with knock-off SM57 and SM58 mics...this is a GIANT step up from them...
Now I just have to learn how to use this thing...