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Originally posted by fink
Hi.. I can only give you anecdotal recommendations...
Additionally, a bit of free advice... make sure your soundcard and hardware (mics, cables etc) are also of good quality... that's as important as the software you choose. If you can, use a sound card that has balanced low impedance inputs. Also make sure that impedances are always matched and use transformers to do so if necessary... don't patch a high impedance mic into a low imp input (& vice versa)without using a matching transformer... otherwise sound quality will suffer and it could add noise/distortion to the end product. If you choose to use a condenser microphone also use a high quality phantom power supply. That makes a difference as well.
One last thing.. unity gain (0db) is there for a reason.. try to always get levels to average around 0db on the meters.. that's where all audio is designed to work. If you have to, err on the low side (-3->-6) overloading digital hardware/software creates very nasty sounds.