 Re: PreSonus Firepod
I've got a firepod and its nothing but awesome. I plan to get a second one to stack for a total of 16inputs for recording full bands live for rough demos.
As far as order of drum mics, id put the snare above the bass drum. You can deal with a budget crappy kick sound but a snare sound is so important, its one of the most customizable and signature sounds on the whole kit.
AKG has some pretty good deals on their mic packs - im about to purchase the one with 1xD112 kick, 4xc418 tom/snare and 2x c1000 overheads. And get an SM57 to use as my snare mic as I play a 4 tom setup so ill need all the c418s for toms.
But yeh, get a firepod, just a great all in one piece of kit to get started and use as the backbone of the studio - 8 preamped inputs (and they are pretty good preamps too - maybe get a 2 channel tube preamp for di'ing bass and guitars in addition maybe if youre getting more serious. Certainly good enough for a brilliant drum sound with good mics. Midi interface. Loads of outputs. Rack mountable. Amazing hardware support built into every mac with firewire and im sure its just as good on pc too once you install the latest drivers.
I love it. Get one!
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