Spectro_Acousto
New member
Hey all,
New to the community but already found so much helpful info here, now its time to dive into the details...
I am getting back into home recording. My previous experience with this was a Tascam 424 cassette-based setup. So this digital world is truly amazing to me. I record old school analogue instruments, except a keyboard (but no midi)
I am so naive in this field, ANY help would be appreciated. I have a good (I think? ...bare bones) windows 10 PC (Intel® Core™ i5-4570 Processor, 16GB RAM, Realtek Audio sound). I just found Cakewalk by Band lab (its free!) which is what I think they call a "DAW" This software seems to fit perfect what what I need. I was up and recording in under a day, and I was impressed by how easy things worked. In conjunction with Kdenlive (also free!), it was super easy to make that demo video.
So here is where I a hoping to get some advice by more experienced folks.
I would like to record multiple tracks simultaneously into Cakewalk. In the video, the several mics for the drums were run into an analogue mixer and sent into the mic input of the computer to record in a single track in Cakewalk. I want to have individual tracks for each mic/drum etc.
I have considered two approaches, and there's almost an overload of info.
Something like a soundcraft signature 16 mtk. A many track mixer that connects via USB or firewire. I think this should be able to route each channel on the mixer to an independent track on Cakewalk? My concerns here might be latency....or maybe not quite as good sound quality as option #2.
Something similar to a PreSonus Quantum 2626. This seems to be an audio interface without the mixer aspect (which I think should be OK with me since I should be able to take care of all that in Cakewalk, right?) My guess is these mic preamps will sound better than a USB-mixer interface. Also I think the latency will not be an issue with this. However, I could only record 8 tracks simultaneously I think.
When I get the guys over to play, I think I would ideally like to record 12 tracks at once. Though for individual home recording, I think 8 at once should suffice. Are there better options for the USB mixer/interface or something better than the Presonus?
A good estimate for the top end of my budget is ~$600. But since I would hope to use this for the rest of my life, I might be willing to spend a little more if there is some perfect solution out there.
Well I think thats it. Of course if you have additional recommendations...better DAWS, sound cards, anything I might be too ignorant to ask about, I welcome all perspectives.
New to the community but already found so much helpful info here, now its time to dive into the details...
I am getting back into home recording. My previous experience with this was a Tascam 424 cassette-based setup. So this digital world is truly amazing to me. I record old school analogue instruments, except a keyboard (but no midi)
I am so naive in this field, ANY help would be appreciated. I have a good (I think? ...bare bones) windows 10 PC (Intel® Core™ i5-4570 Processor, 16GB RAM, Realtek Audio sound). I just found Cakewalk by Band lab (its free!) which is what I think they call a "DAW" This software seems to fit perfect what what I need. I was up and recording in under a day, and I was impressed by how easy things worked. In conjunction with Kdenlive (also free!), it was super easy to make that demo video.
So here is where I a hoping to get some advice by more experienced folks.
I would like to record multiple tracks simultaneously into Cakewalk. In the video, the several mics for the drums were run into an analogue mixer and sent into the mic input of the computer to record in a single track in Cakewalk. I want to have individual tracks for each mic/drum etc.
I have considered two approaches, and there's almost an overload of info.
Something like a soundcraft signature 16 mtk. A many track mixer that connects via USB or firewire. I think this should be able to route each channel on the mixer to an independent track on Cakewalk? My concerns here might be latency....or maybe not quite as good sound quality as option #2.
Something similar to a PreSonus Quantum 2626. This seems to be an audio interface without the mixer aspect (which I think should be OK with me since I should be able to take care of all that in Cakewalk, right?) My guess is these mic preamps will sound better than a USB-mixer interface. Also I think the latency will not be an issue with this. However, I could only record 8 tracks simultaneously I think.
When I get the guys over to play, I think I would ideally like to record 12 tracks at once. Though for individual home recording, I think 8 at once should suffice. Are there better options for the USB mixer/interface or something better than the Presonus?
A good estimate for the top end of my budget is ~$600. But since I would hope to use this for the rest of my life, I might be willing to spend a little more if there is some perfect solution out there.
Well I think thats it. Of course if you have additional recommendations...better DAWS, sound cards, anything I might be too ignorant to ask about, I welcome all perspectives.