I am a (stricly) amatuer guitarist thinking of buying an entry levle digital studio. Considering Roland ED U-9 computer hard disk recorder or Roland BR-8 standalone studio. What are the pors and cons of standalone vs computer based. One problem I think I have is my computer isn't very powerful, K6 233, IDE drive. One other concern I have is with the flexibility of recoding other intruments such as a keyboard. Does that require MIDI in? Obviously I don't really understand the technology that well. Any comments?
Computer based versus standalone
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dragonworks
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I had a k6 233 64ram and quickly upgraded, for my particular
needs it was not acceptable. You can go directly in and do
not need to go in midi with the keyboard. I am not a wiz at
this stuff so stand by and I am sure you will recieve a much
more educated answer to your question. I upgraded to a k7
650 128ram and 7200rpm hard drive and that solved all my problems. I have the adat pcr card and the k6 would not run it allthough all my specs met the needed requirements for the card.
needs it was not acceptable. You can go directly in and do
not need to go in midi with the keyboard. I am not a wiz at
this stuff so stand by and I am sure you will recieve a much
more educated answer to your question. I upgraded to a k7
650 128ram and 7200rpm hard drive and that solved all my problems. I have the adat pcr card and the k6 would not run it allthough all my specs met the needed requirements for the card.
I confess I'm a fan of standalone units, but there is a problem that I've heard of using a computer for this kind of thing- correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that if your computer is a general thing, and not specifically a music thing, it can perform not as well (if that makes sense). Plus, the bonus of having a real solid multitracker is that you can push buttons and really slide sliders- none of that fiddly mouse business!
FiL.
FiL.
AlChuck
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If you plan on playing the keyboard so that a MIDI sequence is recorded, yes, you'll need a MIDI interface. If it's just like a big old honking B3 or a traditional piano, stick up a mic in front of it and record it as digital audio like anything else.
I'm afraid dragonworks is right, a K6-233 will be barely adequate for audio recording -- you won't be able to get more than a couple of tracks going. It will do a great job, though, as a sequencer running Cakewalk or something, and can work together with a stand-alone recorder with a MIDI interface. (Of course you'll need a MIDI interface on the PC too.) If the PC has a soundcard you can also use it to edit tracks offline.
-AlChuck
I'm afraid dragonworks is right, a K6-233 will be barely adequate for audio recording -- you won't be able to get more than a couple of tracks going. It will do a great job, though, as a sequencer running Cakewalk or something, and can work together with a stand-alone recorder with a MIDI interface. (Of course you'll need a MIDI interface on the PC too.) If the PC has a soundcard you can also use it to edit tracks offline.
-AlChuck
regebro
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Also see this these threads where this has been discussed:
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=16893
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=16466
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=16893
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=16466
BrettB
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first I was also a fan of standalone machines...
But now I reoncidered. Now I'm using a Pc and don't have much problems. A standalone you'll get easily stuck: I mean when you want to upgrade you gotta buy a whole new machine, while PC's upgrade much more easily.
that's my point of view
greetings
brett
But now I reoncidered. Now I'm using a Pc and don't have much problems. A standalone you'll get easily stuck: I mean when you want to upgrade you gotta buy a whole new machine, while PC's upgrade much more easily.
that's my point of view
greetings
brett