John Call

I have a Sterling Audio ST55 condenser mic. It has two switches on it. One is 0db or -10db and the other has a flat line and a line that starts as an upward curve. For acoustic guitar, vocals, etc how should these two be set? I'm not really sure what they are for. For a picture - https://sterlingaudio.net/sterling-st55-fet-condenser-microphone/ Thanks!

I have a Behringer UM2. The only output knob is for the headphones so I don't think it will do anything to the monitors. I was hoping there was a setting on the song or track that would stop playback during recording.

Two questions. I have tried to figure this out and I'm sure it's simple but I cannot for the life of me get it right. When I'm recording I don't want sound coming out of my monitors but just the headphone plugged into my interface. How do I do this? I keep having to use the volume knob on the back of my monitors and I know that can't be right. When I'm recording myself I only need one set of headphones. However, when I'm recording someone else I'd like a pair for me as well so I can hear them against the mix. My interface only has one headphone jack. How do I do this? Do I just get a splitter? Thanks.

I appreciate the advice. How do you do a tap vs a slap? Also, what beats?

I'm trying to program a train beat with the included SI-Drums kit. I'm reading drum tab, but....I'm not a drummer and I don't think I'm doing it correctly. What I want is to simulate a simple country train beat. The ones I'm seeing seem to indicate a 16th note snare beat but that doesn't work. Can anyone tell me how to map out a simple drum beat for one measure? I can take it from there. I'd love to be able to simulate brushes as well but not sure I can. Thanks, John

A buddy of mine recorded a track at 100bpm but is playing like it's 200bpm, basically he double-timed it. I want to convert this to a 190 bpm track that I can insert and use as a scratch track.