TrollFaceTheMan

No sexual favors... Damn, don't think I can help you then sorry.

Listened to your reel and I am genuinely suprised at the quality, good job!.

Sorry you didn't suggest dual 980tis, but did suggest dual 980s which is still $500 each at the time so you were suggesting I should of spent $1,000 instead of $540. So once again point still stands that I don't just have unlimited funds. In the least I can agree with you the 2x 970s would of been potentially a better option than the 3 960s. Given the better single card performance, more RAM and ability to SLI all the cards if I went with it. And you still could of went with AMD over the 4930k if you wanted more cores an still better Price to Performance. By the way I like this type of this discussing better, we are actually talking about stuff and not trying to lecture.

The 4930K isn't the unoptimized part. That CPU was great value for the money, I ran the same model myself. It was a no-brainer when Haswell flopped. I was referring primarily to using 3x960 instead of 2x980 or 980Ti. There's no rational reason to do so, two faster cards are always better than three slower ones. Not sure what your reason for 64 GB RAM was. That much memory is used in rendering and FEA, do you run a ramdisk for video editing or something? Even in 2013, SSD capacity was cheap enough to get more flash storage, which easily beats having multiple HDD. Don't know your exact use case, but for most people a more practical late 2013 build with an early 2015 GPU upgrade would be 16 GB RAM (optionally upped to 32 in '15), 980Ti, 2x480 GB SSD (first '13, second '15), same 4 TB HDD. I couldn't find a 3x960 benchmark, BTW - you could totally fill that gap and do one. Based on known SLI scaling for the 900 series, I'd expect them to just edge out a single 980Ti in FLOPS-hungry games and stay just behind in VRAM-hungry games. See this right here is why I am not even going to bother responding to the rest of your comment. I "Should of bought two 980 Tis instead of 3x 360s because they would perform better?" Let's take a second and do the math... 980ti release price $649, 960 release price $199... So at the time of buying the 960s they were $180, the 980 Tis were. So 3x 960s = $540, 2x 980 ti = $1200. So once again what in the world do you not understand about money and budget..? Some how according to you I am supposed to magically have had an extra $660 that day to of gotten two 980 Tis instead..? Are you loaded and just assume that everyone else is..? Because it seems that you have absolutely no grasp on the fact people can't just spend and unlimited amount of money on a computer anytime. 64Gbs is because I do both video rendering and 3d rendering for Blender, though I will say I made a mistake with the 960s because though they all work independently to render in the program they use a max pool of RAM equivalent to one GPU. Also 960s only SLI two way and SLI performance is S*** anyways, this wasn't bought for games. This was bought to primarily render stuff in Blender and as I've said each graphic card acts independently rendering chucks of a frame in the program. And you saying the 4930k is a "Great value for the" is also simply not true. It has a price to value ratio of about 23, which is about 3x less than the FX-6300, FX-8530 and significantly worse than the I7 2600, I7 6700k and the I7 3770. To name just a few CPUs. The price performance is so low the the CPU doesn't even make it into a list of top 100 ranking of Price to Performance CPUs.

You know what I was trying to be nice... But to be honest your first comment came off as very pretentious and condescending and this one is even worse. So simple thing, you don't want to be diplomatic in doing this? Then that's great neither do I have to be then, so let's start... First off I just told you I'd build it myself so that point is completely mute... Then implying that I would have to build it to recommend it is completely asinine. If you believe that then go around to any Tom's hardware build guides and complain to all of them too because not one of them actually makes the PC builds they recommend, unless there is a specific need to test a specific rig. It's all theoretical build they comprise based on price. As for you telling me my home build isn't the most optimized for money... You don't say..? I used a freaking i7-4930k, you are talking about an X series processor. Basically the Flagships of the CPU world... You think I would believe that it was the best value for the money..? That is like you telling a Ferrari owner “You know that for the price of that Ferrari you could of bought 4 Sedans so that Ferrari isn't the best value because you could have had 4 vehicles for the price of one...” You think the Ferrari owner doesn't realize that..? Do you think the Ferrari owner cares..? No... The Ferrari owner bought a Ferrari because they wanted one or they needed one for a specific purpose. Also you tell me my build has “Several Mistakes in it” I'd love to hear what those are... I'll have no problem proving you wrong on it with pics if you don't believe me. 'From this comment, one might conclude you have terrible reading comprehension...' Or simply just are skimming through everything instead of actually reading it... I'll refer to a quote of myself above... “All the parts I used excluding the RAM have several hundreds if some thousands of reviews that *AVERAGE* 4 stars or above, and once again all from Amazon which are legitimate.” Then I am going to quote you again... First of this makes no sense... Your telling me right now out of 500 reviews, 400 hundred of them are just going to be people giving 5 stars for no reason and 100 stars for some minor reason... And your the one telling me I don't understand how shopping sites work... Here is a simple formula. Product Good, Work Right, Last Long = More Stars Product Bad, Don't Work, Break Quick = Less Stars If a product has a lot of Stars with a significant enough sample group then we can assume that it Is Useful and of Good Quality, it works right for what it's supposed to, and doesn't break in an unreasonable amount of time... Or in the least the value is enough to make up for for any trade-offs. If the product has a low star count with a significant enough sample group we can assume this it is Not very useful or of Poor quality, it doesn't work right for what it is supposed to, or it breaks in an unreasonable amount of time... Or in the least the price you pay isn't low enough to make up for its short comings... I mean right now you are trying to tell me with your logic that I should trust a product with 100 reviews and just average of 1.5 stars just as much or if not more than a product with 100 reviews and a almost perfect 4.75 stars... You can't get much more absurd then that... I'm actually going to do that childish nitpicking thing you keep doing 'Well actually no!! It's not easy to come up with the best PC imaginable for $5,000 dollars FMod... Don't you realize everyone's needs are different!! Someone might want to optimize a build to do one specific thing so that five thousand dollars might not be enough!! And you claiming that you can build a 'Best PC' for that price is actually not true because... Blah... Blah... Blah...” That's really all you are doing at this point, nothing but nitpicking and not even in a reasonable way... You are telling me “Oh somebody might have a slightly different need than what your PC has to offer so because of that your whole post is garbage...” And once again this comes down to your reading comprehension and I quote myself again: “$500 is an extremely common price that many people shot for when building their first PC, so this post gives the best possible build *I COULD* come up with at the time for $500.” That fact I say “I could come up with” right there makes your whole point about “It's not optimized for everyone ever, to do everything ever so it can't possibly be the best...” Completely mute... (Which once again without even that, the point is ridiculous in the first place...) Completely wrong, first off win 10 is only 20GB, let's give it 40GB just to be safe. That's still about 80GBs you can install plenty of games on. Most games except super new ones are typically 6GB or under. And once again reading comprehension here... I specifically say in the post: “The 120GB will be plenty for most gamers that stick with a few games at a time, like COD, Battlefield, League of Legends or such. But a few large games like Grand Theft Auto 5 will eat through the space rather quickly.” Have you even read anything at all in the post or my comments, because so far what you keep saying is either complaining about me not addressing things I've already addressed or grossly misinterpreting things I've very clearly said to something nothing like I've said. The other thing is you saying an SSD only boots up Windows “Only a few seconds faster...” Are you kidding me? On average over a 7,200 RPM HDD the time it speeds up boot is between 20-40 seconds. If you are using a slow 5,400RPM drive like in laptops you see even better performance. My computer went from a minute and a half boot to about 10 seconds since installing my SSD. That's way more than a 'Few Seconds...' Also It wouldn't “Just help Windows...” Even if applications are on other drives any time they need to access anything like windows files on you SSD they will see a performance boost from that. And windows itself will see less general lagging from drive access because it is not being bottle-necked. Seriously..? What in the world don't you understand about a budget build!? You say the 1050 is 'Underpowerd...' Compared to what!? The 1080ti!? A $800 graphics card!! Of course it is, why don't you call up the freaking news and tell them you have the story of the century... It's a $110-$120 graphics card what do you expect!? Once again this is a “BUDGET BUILD!!” Next you'll be trying to tell me a $30 flip phone is 'Underpowered' compared to a $1000 IPhone... But who could belive that..? Here is your 'Brutal Honesty...' It's obvious from right here you have no clue what you are talking about... You literally only named one part for 3 builds then just brand names for the rest and called them “Optimal Builds." The absurdity of it is you are laughably criticizing my in depth build so much when that is what you offer in comparison!? For build two on your 'List' all you literally said is you need an “Intel CPU..?” Oh that's great then, I should be able to just put an old Pentuim 2 Clocked at 66MHz and slap it in there and it'll work well... Oh I also forgot the other requirement you listed is a Nvidia GPU..? Sweet I'll just bust out my old GeForce 6200 and install it too... Because according to your magic formula that is all you need for an "Optimized Rig for playing older games in high quality..." Oh and what about “Quad-core Ryzen CPU, more RAM, AMD GPU...” Get out of here with that BS... Do you even know about clock speed and how they affect performance..? What about how core counts are utilized or threads..? You say you need more RAM..? Most games still only use a 32 bit architecture meaning no matter how much RAM you have in it does nothing. The can only use at max 4GBs. Now onto the next thing... Really..? I suggested a 1TB HDD, how in the world is that 'Tiny..?” Is this another case of poor reading or are you just crazy..? And even still many gaming computers you get in store tends to only come with a 500GB one. I deal with RAW footage and archiving videos and I have used up maybe 1.5TB in 4 years... Almost nobody is going to come even close to that. So you'd throw a brand new Ryzen 1400 chip, brand new DDR4 Motherboard, 8GBs of 3000Mhz DDR4 Ram and Brand new, 450w PSU in a box and turn it over to IT... You can just get out of here with you BS. Honestly everything you've said here has giving me nothing but the implication that you know next to nothing about computers but you wish to pretend you do. You also don't posses a basic ability to read something thoroughly or you really just like to try and put words into others mouths. And you have a serious problem with acting condescendingly towards others as you blab about stuff you apparently know little about. This whole thing has been an extreme waste of my time, and I have no further wish to continuing arguing with you.

Since I was brought up my computer specs are: -Hex core, 12 thread, I7 4930k, Overclocked from 3.4GHz to 4.3GHz with H105 Closed Loop Liquid Cooling. -64GB DDR3 1666 RAM, Ballistix -X-79 Deluxe MoBo -Samsung 850 pro SSD, 256GB (Boot Drive) -3x Geforce 960's, Factory overclock -EVGA 750w, 80 Gold Plus PSU -2x, 1TB 7,200 RPM HDD's (One recording other general storage.) -4TB HGST 7,200 RPM HDD (Backup drive.) Built it about 4 years ago for my YouTube channel, could probably rebuild it for half the price now... But like I said the build in the post definitely isn't for me. Though if I was doing a first build I would totally do the one I composed, however with probably a few slight modifications. For example personally I'd likely go with a $600 budget, get a 250GB SSD, 1TB HDD and a better Heatsink for Overclocking and maybe a slightly higher PSU if I could squeeze it in.

This is not for me, and this statement implies you didn't thoroughly read my post. Also you don't earn money off subs, you earn it off views. And trust me when I say I make next to nothing. It really isn't silly, we aren't just looking at 'Some shopping site' the parts all came from Amazon meaning reviews on them were legitimate. And stars correlate to the satisfaction of a product. You don't think a product is going to have a low star count if it is prone to fail quickly? Someone isn't going to go "I liked this product and even though it failed in a month I'm going to give it five stars for it's features..." Or "This products is cool and even though it was Dead on Arrival I'm going to give it 4 stars because of all the features it had that I could of used..." That would be just completely absurd. All the parts I used excluding the RAM have several hundreds if some thousands of reviews that average 4 stars or above, and once again all from Amazon which are legitimate. I trust that 1000xs more than some part that has 50 reviews and averages 3 stars. Because if you look, like for example at the motherboards having low average stars that I checked out, they fail quick or come Dead on Arrival or simply do not have the firmware to support what they are supposed to support. I don't get how you can even claim this isn't versatile, it literally is a quad core with 8 threads at 3.4 GHz and easily overclockable to 3.8-3.9. 8Gigs DDR4 RAM (Ideal would have course be 16.) An SSD, a 1050 graphics card, along with a Solid Mother board and PSU. Also the about $50 bucks left in the budget can be used to get a HDD or to upgrade the SSD to 250GB if the person wants to. That is pretty dang versatile if you ask me, it'll have an excellent balance between single-core processes and multi-core, plus be great for gaming at 1080p. Also you say "Most people pay more than $450 on a phone..." That's great for them if they can afford that, many people such as myself have a $100 dollar phone (ZTE zMAX Pro) because we can't afford to blow a ton of money on something like that. Which brings me to the next thing, I think you are missing the point of all this. The idea of this post is specifically building the best PC you can on a tight budget. $500 is an extremely common price that many people shot for when building their first PC, so this post gives the best possible build I could come with at the time for $500. The good thing about this though Is it's only a suggestion, if people want to increase their budget to let's say $600 they can swap out parts and upgrade as they see fit. I even wrote suggestions on the bottom of the post saying some of the changes I suggest making such as Upgrading the PSU and Getting a 1 TB HDD. Pcpartpicker in my opinion is a great starting point but not where you should finish a build, a lot of times I've encountered errors in pricing on the site saying parts are much cheaper or more expensive than what they actually are, or worse yet the prices don't even show up. Or a lot of times they don't take things like Mail in Rebates into consideration. And when it comes to possible deals with bundled parts... Well that isn't the best either. But that aside like I said It is a good way to start a build, as for the actual price hunting of parts I suggest doing that manually. I also want to point out that stated right in the start of my post I suggest people to shop around at different sources to get the best deal. Only reason I used Amazon was because between it and Newegg, the build was something like $20 cheaper when I compared the two. But sourcing some parts from both sites would potentially save you even more. This I agree with partially, what I agree with is I definitely could use some sourcing on performance claims and such and I will look into adding it in a bit. But as for generic praise I think that is something that is impossible to avoid having without sounding like a robot... If I think a product is good and I think it is worth recommending I am going to be excited talking about its features even if nobody might understand what it means. For example I could talk about the I9 Skylake's 14nm architecture being a good thing over Hanswell's 22nm architecture because it means less voltage leakage and more power packed onto a smaller chip. That would be considered General Praise and though I could go into a huge in depth explanation about it, the truth is most people wont know what nm architecture means and a majority wont actually care. And for the few that do It's a quick google away. If I went into factual explanations on every thing I talk about instead of just general praise as you said then the post would be 5x longer. And seeing as this specific post is targeted at people looking to build a super cheap budget PCs, they probably aren't die hard computer junkies and most likely wont care much to read it anyways. I think what you are saying will be better in future post where I write stuff more targeted at an advanced user base. But like I said I still agree I should get some performance numbers up and I will look into adding some along with sources shortly. Thank you for your feedback, I appreciate it.

Oh shoot... Misspelling in the title... Can't edit it... Anyone know how?

So hello guys my name is TrollFaceTheMan, I run a YouTube channel with about 22,500 subs. I am looking to share a build that I spent about 5 hours researching and pricing. I do apologize if anything I do in this post is wrong I am new to the site and couldn't find the rule page. Basically I set out with a goal of building a pretty decent, high quality gaming PC for $500 or below. This is best optimized for Q4 2017-Q1 2018. A special requirement for me though was no Janky Parts. Most of the time people shove in the cheapest, budget parts they can get and they either break or don't work right. So my prerequisite is any parts I use for this build have to have 4 stars or above for me to use them. So this is what I came up with. Basically the build is: -Ryzen 1400 CPU -MSI B350m Gaming Pro MoBo -8GBs (2x4Gb) DDR4 3000MHz Viper Elite Ram -450watt Arc series PSU (Suggested Alternative Seasonic PSU, I like the look of the S12II 620 BRONZE. 34.99 after $15 mail in rebate.) -SanDisk SSD Plus, 120GB. -Rosewill Micro ATX Mini Tower Case -Gigabyte Geforce 1050 (Suggested alternative by Deerling7, EVGA 1050 Ti) When priced it came out to $450. (Good to spend the left over cash on a HDD me thinks.) I think for what it cost it's a pretty solid build though I bet others might still be able to shave off a few more bucks if price checking multiple sites. My eyes want to bleed from how long I had to stare at a computer screen over this XD Now another thing I did in this time was type up a huge blog post. Talking about the Parts, showing the Prices and why I chose them along with Some Recommendations. If anyone is interested I really can use some feedback on my post such as checks for spelling mistakes or suggestions on how to make future post better. I also have links to all the parts on the page so anyone can check the prices and pick up the parts if they want. Figured that way it'd be pretty convenient. The post is on my BlogSpot page and is my first one, you can find it here: https://trollfacetheman.blogspot.com/2017/11/500-budget-high-preformance-gaming.html If people like the build I think I might be up for trying my hand at making a $1,000 budget build. Please let me know what you guys all think. And please drop a comment if you have any questions

Nice Billyro does clean work, really cool person too. Just did some VA for a mod for them, very nice and respectful.

Essentially yes, a modder may PM a VA and ask for samples. If they like what they get then they send over the lines, the VA records them and sends them back and the modder adds them to the game.

ENTP what can I say :p

;DI had to lol a little, i'm sorry... :(Well, it's more than likely a yes, because skyrim 'mods' are free. If the person making the mod isn't getting paid, then he's jot going to want to pay just to use a voice actor. I'm so sorry... :( It hurts woefully. X( Not 100% true, I just had an offer from someone who seen my reel who offered to pay me to do VA for their mod. I declined so long as the mod is meant to be free, and offered instead if when I am done they can Tip if they like the lines. I also had another amazing modder tip me a decent amount for doing some lines for them without me even asking which was appreciated. I'd say it depends on the individuals, but more than likely for you get paid VAing someone is going to approach you and offer to pay. If you approach then and ask to be paid it'll never go well for you.

What do you mean? Are you asking if you get paid to voice act for mods or if you have to pay to get Voice Acting for mods? In which case both the answers depend on the same factor which is VAs. Who you hire as a voice actor, or what type of Voice Actor you are. If you are a great Voice Actor with awesome Voice and a nice setup to record you can probably ask to be paid though most modders will rather stick with a free option. But if you are just some smuck with a headset and no real talent then nobody is ever going to even entertain the idea of paying you to VA. On the opposite end if you are a modder and want top quality Voice Acting for your mod then you might want to pay someone to Voice Act. However if you don't then there are plenty of people who will work for free and many of them are still extremly talented. I for example will work for free on free mods (Though tips are welcome.) But any mods that are supposed to be paid I will only work for pay. It is really up to individuals.

Alright got an actual Demo Reel up now. Same thing goes, I work free on free mods but anything that is supposed to be a payed Mod I won't VA for free on.

I posted here awhile ago, currently working on a more comprehensive voice reel. Pretty much do everything, very professional... Much wow! I work for free on free mods, though will charge for acting in any paid mods. That is a personal stand I am not flexible on, monetized YouTube stuff like animations though I still am fine doing for free so long as it is not like a main character with a ridiculous amount of lines across like 50 episodes or something. Basically I will work free within reason, tips are always welcome though If you like my work. ;) Fell free to PM me if you need help with any projects, and stay tuned while I make a more comprehensive voice reel. Look forward to working with you guys and thanks for your time :D https://youtu.be/liHkvxDvGJk Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/trollfacetheman

Hey thanks, new VA's are always welcome.

And here in an example of Calm, slow voice acting with "Dramatic Pauses" for effect... As you may be able to see it can make quite a difference. (Sorry I had to make it separate post, upload limit on single post and all...) I also apologize it's not the best, example... The first bit my voice kept wavering, but unlike I advised you to do above I don't have water nearby to wet my dry throat... So that's what happens... (Ran out of bottles of water, can't buy any cause it's 3Am and the tap water here should not be drank...) :/

Now as for your actual voice reel, first off if you don't have it yet you should download a program called "Audacity" it's for recording and has some nifty features for helping you clean up recordings. Now for you're acting it was sort of hit and miss, you sounded really good in some areas but then not so much in others, now I don't mean this to be mean I'm saying this to help out... To be honest though the lines you picked seem as they'd be rather difficult to do properly in general. Most of the time if your new to voice acting you want to start with something simple like "Hello, and welcome to my shop..." or "It's a fine day, don't you think..?" (Basically stuff that doesn't have a lot of fluctuating emotion to it.) It's sounds like the lines you were doing had a lot of different emotions which can make things difficult, I even looked up the lines myself and realized due to the sentence structure they were confusing and hard to read... I've been doing this awhile and even that would be difficult for me to make them sound good so I wouldn't feel bad about it... So my suggestion would be if you're looking for voice acting for Skyrim mods you should pick a race that you think you'd be good at and look up some quotes for them. Or if you tell me a race perhaps I can find some quotes for you to try if you'd prefer that? Do you know what Race you wish to play like Elf, Nord, Redguard, Imperial, (Ect.) One more thing it's hard I know, but try to remain calm while recording. Read Slowly and articulate clearly... Even if you feel like you reading slow, it tends to be that you're still going fast and it's just your mind playing tricks on you due to elevated levels of excitement and anxiousness. And only when you listen back on it you can often hear it sounds rushed... Slower is almost always better for voice recordings, it makes it sound more natural for one. And the slower and more articulate speaking tends to lead to better lip sync for the characters once introduced into the mod. Plus slower speaking means slower reading (Unless you memorized the lines) and thereby also help to reduce the chances for blunders. Also when you voice act things to fast it makes it hard for you to convey any emotion except 'Rushed or Hurried.' The slower you go, the more you're able to act out the sentences, and remember dramatic pauses tend to be a good thing (Just not "Treebeard level" dramatic puases...") You can also go "Too slow" mind you but that's why you should always listen back to your recordings and modify accordingly. So in summery: -Try easier, less emotional lines when first starting. -Stay calm, try to remember to pace your speaking like you were having a normal conversation (Don't rush.) -Don't be afraid to take dramatic pauses, just like how you would in a normal conversation (Just not "Anime level dramatic Pause...") -Slower speaking allows for you to act out your lines more which is a good thing, just don't over-act them unless that's what the mod maker explicitly want's. (Like for example they are looking for a Flamboyant, overly dramatic Inns Keeper or something.) -Pace your reading to help limit mistakes. -Keep water Nearby to sip on if you get thirsty, then edit out any of the pauses in post. -Don't be afraid of re-recording mess ups as they happen then just editing them out in post -A pop filter for you mic is a must if you don't have one (It stops air from your mouth from hitting the mic and making a *Pop* or *Cracking* sound. -Keep trying, you have an interesting voice and I think you will do great so long as you keep applying yourself. Below is and example of "Rushed Voice Acting...."

I listened to your sound cloud and was confused as you sounded familiar, as it turns out you have almost the same exact voice as "Omoi" from the Naruto Shippuden series. (He is the one in the included video, with the Darker skin, White hair, Sucker in his mouth and he's holding back the ladies punch. https://youtu.be/LByUSuFNgFY Your voices sound so much the same it's uncanny.

So I decided to make a Voice Booth for my Mic out of a cardboard and some padding from one of those mattress toppers... To summarize how it works... AMAZINGLY!! I recorded this narration using the Studio Box, and believe it or not this is how the raw audio sounds without any noise reduction... I'm impressed!! https://soundcloud.com/trollfacetheman/before-narration

Always keep water nearby as when your throat gets dry you voice changes drastically. Also make sure you don't have anything humming in the background like refrigerators or air conditioners. When recording in a voice it's also a good idea to record continuously and re-recorded any blunders you make right then and then to cut them out in post instead of recording a line then stopping and recording and stopping. This makes it easier to hold an accent and stay in character, or at least for me. Those are just some of the things I think are good to know when you start. Good Luck!

Repost* not going to again though, it's way too big and I feel bad about using up the VA forum space for... not that hahahaha And I would like to apologize for my assumptions as I didn't know that you had already had a pm conversation with Mattie so the way the post had come off seemed very Dismissive to me. That may of seemed valid to me to Write that long post, and may or may not of seemed reasonable to others including yourself or Mattie... But I really am trying to help you out, I've had similar problems in the past myself of always being way to defensive of my shortcomings and when people would try and help me out I would become defensive and harsh as I would take it as a personal attack. That is a good way to lose respect of others and make people not want to help you any longer which is a lesson that I had learned awhile ago... Another lesson I had learned is sometimes you have to play the A**hole to really get a point to sink which is what I did here. Usually when you get mad at someone is when you think the most about what they have to say and and look at it under a critical eye... But I'm am not You and I don't know what's going through your mind and what you do on a daily basis so I can't really tell you how to live your life, only state my observations which may or may not be false. On one last note, you might not want to be so hard on yourself about all of this. Nothing is ever a mistake so long as you learn something from it which it seems that you have. That is something to feel accomplished about not sulkey or self-downing. You making this post and explaining the situation is also very respectable, along with your critical self analysis which is not easy for a lot of people to do.

The VA was pretty decent; but if you're interested in VAing I recommend something different. Headsets just don't cut it. If you're looking for something cheap, I recommend the AT2020 or if you're looking for REEEALLY cheap then the Blue Snowball - but the quality on that isn't as good. Be sure to pick up a pop filter as well. @818 I did not take your post as defensive or dismissive. I do think you should put up samples that appropriately show the quality of your work, BUT I did not take what you said badly. 818 had made some points clear to me via PM about why he said what he said which makes more sense with the information that he told me about a set of PM's, and I am trying to encourage to post those points here.

You had already made some points clear in PM, but I think it's best for you to make those points public here so others can understand the situation better and not misinterpret it based on the present look of the scenario. Which is easy to do without the extra information you have said to me privately, which you have not stated at all here.