Richie Woods
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Question...Making the Switch to DAW...Can I on a budget?
First off I'm new and I have enjoyed this site very much. Many knowledgable people! I have dabbled in home recording for about 5 years now. Here is the deal...
I have a Korg D8 and have been making decent demos with it for some time now, but... I'm limited (as I am sure you all know). I do all my stuff direct (drums machine, guitars, bass, keys, vocals). No live bands or live drums.
Okay, I want to put that baby to rest and put my computer to work. Some specs on my computer... It is an HP with... Pentium III 700Mhz, 256 Ram, 64 mb video card, 2 gigs of HD, and a factory installed sound card (sorry, not sure of the details, but it is minimum).
My situation is this...LOW BUDGET. I want to sell my Korg D8 (they are going for about $150 to $200 on ebay). It sucks to have to sell it, but I'm hurtin' for a change in studio equipment and I want to see what I can do with what I have got.
Thanks for reading this far!
Here are my questions...
I realize I can expand in the future with a DAW, but what can I add to my computer (specs above) to get myself started in DAW recording now? A Delta 44 audio interface? Some shareware like n-Track? What else?
Really, all I need are the basics to get recording now...can it be done?
Thanks in advance!!!
First off I'm new and I have enjoyed this site very much. Many knowledgable people! I have dabbled in home recording for about 5 years now. Here is the deal...
I have a Korg D8 and have been making decent demos with it for some time now, but... I'm limited (as I am sure you all know). I do all my stuff direct (drums machine, guitars, bass, keys, vocals). No live bands or live drums.
Okay, I want to put that baby to rest and put my computer to work. Some specs on my computer... It is an HP with... Pentium III 700Mhz, 256 Ram, 64 mb video card, 2 gigs of HD, and a factory installed sound card (sorry, not sure of the details, but it is minimum).
My situation is this...LOW BUDGET. I want to sell my Korg D8 (they are going for about $150 to $200 on ebay). It sucks to have to sell it, but I'm hurtin' for a change in studio equipment and I want to see what I can do with what I have got.
Thanks for reading this far!
Here are my questions...
I realize I can expand in the future with a DAW, but what can I add to my computer (specs above) to get myself started in DAW recording now? A Delta 44 audio interface? Some shareware like n-Track? What else?
Really, all I need are the basics to get recording now...can it be done?
Thanks in advance!!!
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