The Blue Icicle is THE fantastically economical entry into home recording. It does look a little hokey if you're pairing it with any non-Blue microphone, but hey, you work in SOUND. I enjoyed using it, although I settled on spending $50 more on a Shure X2U. The headphone monitoring was too important to me, and the X2U also perform...
I bought this product to see if it was easier and less of a hassle to set up, use, and maintain than an interface. I had owned two interfaces and a mixer previously, and it wasn't easy to maintain them, as I had to install and reinstall drivers, they kept coming loose, lights kept burning out, and the like. I decided to look for a small product,...
I've been using the Apogee Electronic AD-16X analog to digital converter for about a year and I've been quite pleased with the results that I get with it. It is easy to use for what I do with it and is an awesome substitute for Digidesign's converters. This being said, these aren't cheap, as they are a huge quality converter from a highly truste...
