Ok, here's the scoop. I play guitar and I'm ok, but I do have a decent level of creativity, writing ability. My son plays guitar, keys, drums...he is only 15, not playing very long.
We'd both like to mess around with recording some of our own stuff, much of it would be 2 acoustics with vocals, but some would be drums, electric guitar, bass, etc.
So we went to Guitar Center just to ask some quesitons and we were directed to the ProTools products. The rep explained how versatile it was, how we could mic everything, the toms, the snare, the bass drum, etc. and have so much control over our final product.
My thought is this...being as green as we are, do we NEED this type of product? Would we even get 30% of the system's capability out of it. Do I need to spend $1500+ to get decent quality recordings (and that excludes mics, monitors, etc.)?
I was looking initially to stay under $1k...anyone have any suggestions on what to look into?
We'd both like to mess around with recording some of our own stuff, much of it would be 2 acoustics with vocals, but some would be drums, electric guitar, bass, etc.
So we went to Guitar Center just to ask some quesitons and we were directed to the ProTools products. The rep explained how versatile it was, how we could mic everything, the toms, the snare, the bass drum, etc. and have so much control over our final product.
My thought is this...being as green as we are, do we NEED this type of product? Would we even get 30% of the system's capability out of it. Do I need to spend $1500+ to get decent quality recordings (and that excludes mics, monitors, etc.)?
I was looking initially to stay under $1k...anyone have any suggestions on what to look into?