[MPA] Request for recommendations

[Carlson]

Yes that would be ideal. Every mic has it's own character, and to spend
upwards of $1000 for a high quality condenser mic kind of locks you into a
"sound". It's so hard to test all these different mics as well, but with
your rig you could run the Antares Microphone modeler plugin and tap into a
variety of options. You have to start with a good source, like maybe an AKG
C series, but I have reasonable success using a Shure SM58. A lot can be
done with compressors, eqs and effects. It really depends on how much money
you want to spend and what your purposes are, professional or otherwise. I
also use a Mackie 1202 mixer to plug in to my computer, rather than a high
end single-channel mic preamp. The Mackies are renowned for their mic
preamps.

Andy
> I think I need a good condenser microphone
> and preamp plugged into the line input
> of my Mac. Is that right?
> 
> Can I use the app. Coaster 1.1.3 with such
> a setup? Do you have recommendations
> for a make/model for the hardware?