Hi Gary... I know that your advice/observations are right on track with my not being very satisfied with the audio recording and sound. It's been so long since I've done anything with my music, I've forgotten how I used to do it. Not to mention the learning curve I had when I got BIAB/RT in March. But I'm doing OK on that end of it.

When I'm recording audio, (my voice, my guitar) I plug directly into my Audigy 2 Platium... it has all the plugins in the front of the computer. Funny thing... when I record my guitar (rhythm only) it comes out sounding great. It's a 1992 Takamine... it has the little EQ on it. The problem is my voice - I plug the mic in the same input on the computer - not at the same time as the guitar... heh... and it comes out muffled... It certainly isn't crisp. But as you say... I'm sure it's the mic. I don't think you'd call it "dymamic". I'm going to start checking around in our main music store here to see what I can find. And... as you pointed out... I may be able to get something better for a good price. I've already spent more than I planned to when I decided to get back to making music. As someone said somewhere in another post... making music for a hobby isn't cheap.

I'm running XP Professional, 3.1 gig duo core and 4 gigs of RAM. And like I said... the Audigy 2 Platium. I know I have the computer resourses to be doing all this... BIAB and RB has NEVER crashed on me since I started using it, unlike some of the posts I've read here. Everything is beautiful as far as performance.

I think the first thing I'm going to look at is a new mic... I don't think I'm ready to start trying to get a TRUE studio sound just yet... I have to become fluent with the software first. Question for Mac... you mentioned something to someone last week about using the Ketron's "higher banks"... what is that? Am I able to access them with the patch map I got here? Just wondering.

I'll keep you all informed about my further progress!!!
Bobby

https://soundcloud.com/bobby-t-394727974