Hey -
After a decade of analog tape experience, I am planning a new home multitrack studio and I have a gear purchase question at the end of this post:
I plan to use my Tascam 8x4x2 mixing board for recording into a pc w/multitrack software via a sound card (or interface), but I am not sure which cards to seriously consider.
I am a guitar-based singer-songwriter who uses drum machine and lots of backing vocals. Very little if any MIDI/synth.
For my new projects, I plan to record only 1-2 tracks simultaneously, though I may someday expand to 3-4. No full-blown live bands, though.
For my old projects, I have a Tascam 8-track 1/2" tape recorder (from 1991) that I would like to attempt extracting my old analog tracks digitally and remixing them, either 'in the box' or through my mixer.
I have been steered toward the M-Audio Delta 1010, which sounds like a suitable piece for my needs. I know that there is a $200 difference between the 1010 and its 'LT' version. One difference is that the LT has pre-amps I don't need (since I have a mixer); how important is this? Another difference, I think, has to do with plug-in access/convenience.
Can anyone *please* comment/advise me on this before I slap plastic?
Thanx...
After a decade of analog tape experience, I am planning a new home multitrack studio and I have a gear purchase question at the end of this post:
I plan to use my Tascam 8x4x2 mixing board for recording into a pc w/multitrack software via a sound card (or interface), but I am not sure which cards to seriously consider.
I am a guitar-based singer-songwriter who uses drum machine and lots of backing vocals. Very little if any MIDI/synth.
For my new projects, I plan to record only 1-2 tracks simultaneously, though I may someday expand to 3-4. No full-blown live bands, though.
For my old projects, I have a Tascam 8-track 1/2" tape recorder (from 1991) that I would like to attempt extracting my old analog tracks digitally and remixing them, either 'in the box' or through my mixer.
I have been steered toward the M-Audio Delta 1010, which sounds like a suitable piece for my needs. I know that there is a $200 difference between the 1010 and its 'LT' version. One difference is that the LT has pre-amps I don't need (since I have a mixer); how important is this? Another difference, I think, has to do with plug-in access/convenience.
Can anyone *please* comment/advise me on this before I slap plastic?
Thanx...