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<<I always record on the MR8 and always mix on the PC. That way I get zero latency, and up to 48 tracks. Works really well. Initial cost for my system was $300 for MR8 and $30 for PC PowerTracks. Someone posted a concern earlier about the issue of compression with budget units. Have you run...

Ed: At this point, I won't be trying to record a band -- just myself, my guitar, and possibly another vocalist or guitarist here and there. When you say that there is an issue of "latency" on the computer, what exactly do you mean? I have never heard of combining a stand alone (such as the...

<<Hope this gets you started, it's actually a very long topic ...>> Wow -- no kidding! I feel like a kid who's asking about the performance capacities of a Jaguar engine, when really she should just concentrate on learing to ride a bike. Problem is, I don't know what's over my head and...

<<Normalizing is nothing more than applying gain/reduction to a track to raise/lower its overall level. So If I recorded 10 tracks at different times and used different levels, If I was normalizing the collection I would just be making sure that when I pressed them onto a disc they were all at...

Over the last couple of nights I've been reading some of the tutorials and am ready to venture out with a few questions. Be forewarned, I'm a newbie. What is the difference between compressing and normalizing? How do these two things play out in the recording process? From what I can gather...

<<I think in the specific situation you described...the 'puter sound would be substantially better because I believe the MR-8 is a compressed format>> Hmmm. That brings up other questions. Does compressing a digital file cause it to lose some of the clarity or quality? When you record on a...

Both arguments are convincing - still don't know which is best for one who knows NOTHING about computer recording (that would be me.) Here's a question: If I were to sing an a capella vocal track into the MR8, and then sang the identical track into a moderately inexpensive computer system...

Thanks for the encouragement... I think I will start heading in that direction and just cry for help when I hit a snag! There's a newbie forum? Oops. Perhaps that's where I should've started! Thanks to all of you who have replied. I really appreciate your help.

Great info from everyone... these are things I could not have thought through on my own. I am very open to using my PC to record, but I am also very intimdated. I'm not a technological idiot but I am inexperienced enough to have to ask for help in sorting through it all. Here is the system I...

As far as I know I'll only need to record two tracks at once -- my guitar and my voice. But after I lay those down (simultaneously) will I still be able to add tracks to that recording (i.e. layering harmonies?) Does the Fostex MR8 come with the necessary cables to transfer files from the...

Hello to all of you home recording veterans! I am hopelessly naive about digital recording equipment and have not had much success researching the topic on the Internet. I don't trust most of what I've been able to find because the information seems like slick marketing rather than unbiased...