2006 FansOfLive Cover Contest Options

[NectarDan]

The 2006 annual Live Cover Contest begins today and will run thru May 26th! US $50 will be awarded to the winner, and US $25 will be awarded to the runner-up. For full details on this years contest, please visit the Contest Section.

Update: The deadline for the contest has been extended an additional week until June 2nd, in case anyone needed a little extra time to get their entry in.

[Fredrik]

I've gone through several stages as my interest in recording music at home grew larger.
I'm preatty satisfied with what I have right now, and being a student sort of limits any possibility of buying better stuff

Soundcard: M-Audio Delta 1010LT. I guess it's a little bit too much as it has 10 inputs and 10 outputs But it was a christmas present so I can't complain ... If anyone is looking for a solid card for a homerecording studio, M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 is preatty much the same card - only less connections. It's often recommended in magazines as a great card for low-budget homerecording studios.

Microphone: ADK A51e. I used to have a Shure microphone (can't remember the name though) and it worked great (my Dolphin's Cry cover from last years competition was recorded using that). The ADK however did wonders to the acoustic guitars aswell as the vocals. The only problem is that it's a compleatly different thing to sing into a condensor microphone than into a "regular" one if your used to that

Mixer: Behringer Eurorack UB802 mixer. Nothing fancy, and I guess you could use a mic-preamp insted if you're only going to record with a microphone - and you'd probably get a better result aswell. But I also record bass and sometimes use my line-in on my other acoustic guitar and I don't want to have to switch connections all the time

Compressor: Behringer MDX 1600 compressor, only used to controll the in-signal so peaks doesn't occur as often (or rather: they shouldn't occur at all!). I'm guessing that knowing how to set up my mixer better would have been a smarter idea. But then again the compressor gives me more confidence that the signal won't peak. And having less to worry about when I begin to sing often results in better performance.

Software: Cubase VST (came with the soundcard). Easy enough program to use.