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nope, PC. I've heard great things about garage band.

any opinions on a couple <$100 mics?

I'd likely start with a couple for close-ish micing, and stereo as I find a cheap pair

Hey Team- I'm looking at teaching myself some of the basics of recording. I've done some 4 tracking in my day, etc. But this new band exists in a couple places, and our time is limited- so it seemed like a good excuse to get a small audio interface and a couple workable mics. I've used reaper for practice recording, but ended up with all sorts of latency issues trying to overdub. Reading a lot of reviews, it sounds like the best simple free DAW is maybe MUlab? anyone have a different suggestion? What about mics? Looking to keep everything super cheap- just need workable.Other considerations?

Do you have a mac? If so, Garage band is totally fine. It's easy to use and works well. You can't go crazy deep into it but for basic demos and stuff, it's great. I have Logic and DP on my studio computer but still use garage band for quick demo stuff on my laptop.

chris jury wrote:any opinions on a couple <$100 mics?Shure SM57s would be a classic choice, of course. Fun fact: Since LBJ it's been the mic of choice for the POTUS.

audio technica 37r. maybe a little over 100 but worth it.edit: never mind, they are way more than 100. i bought mine 10+ years ago. maybe could be have used for around 100. but also, you would need a way of getting them phantom power.

are you looking to get a pair of mics with which you could do a stereo recording? or like one mic that would be good for close mic'd amp and one that would be good for acoustic guitar and vocals?

chris jury wrote:... but ended up with all sorts of latency issues trying to overdub.I don't know what hardware interface you're using but you should be able to monitor thorough it and not Reaper. That'll get you around your latency issues, anyway.(Note: I've never used Reaper so there's that...)

These are some cheap Naiant stereo gizmo options I'm curious about.