Can u transfer from 4-track to N-track?

[Philby_Walsh]

HI guys.

Im pretty new to the PC recording scene and have a few small q's if you guys dont mind humouring me :-)

I have a tascam 414 mk2 4track recorder.
If I record some tracks(guitar/bass/drums etc) on that can I then use a lead to load them onto my pc and play around with them INDIVIDUALLY in N-track? I dont have any effects so would like to play around with the software and then burn it onto a cd.
do you have to register (Pay $35) to be able to burn it onto a cd?

Is n-track my best option considering what I need to do?

What kind of gear do you need if you want to record(guitar/vocals/bass etc) straight to the pc(not use the 4track)??

is that a viable option?

THanks for your time guys and happy recording.

[Gidge]

I think your best bet is to record straight to PC....all you need is a soundcard, which your computer probablly already has......N-track will not let you mixdown in the shareware version, but there are free software programos out there that you can experiment with......

[TimOBrien]

The only problem you might encounter is the tracks getting unsynchronized..... tape can stretch and player motors don't always run with 100% consistency.

You may have to record each track to the PC, then break it down into smaller segments (phrases) and then get all of those set in N-track.

Then again you may get lucky!