Mutt21, Pro Tools lite that comes with the Digi001 is about 98% of Pro Tools and all the projects you do with it can be used in any studio that uses Pro Tools. Here's the Digi link http://www.digi001.com Shailat is correct about the price. It just recentley came out for Win98 so you might...
AlRobnet, if you have SoundBlaster you may already have the software you need. There is a program called Wave Studio you can use. If not check out this link http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/cat/AUDIO_RECORDING
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Slyvain, if you feel comfortable doing it yourself check out http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/files/ryo2k the article spells out how to build a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)for a budget price.
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PG, all my stuff is way over two years old so don't sweat putting up old stuff. Sounded good to me. You style reminds me of the guy I record, John Shank. Same amazing fingers!
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You started your first post with Hail (frozen chunks of ice) he countered with Sleet (freezing rain) get it?
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This so cool. When can the rest of us get a little listen?
Im thinkin if you guys get this worked out well enough it might be possible to hire out what we can't do or don't do well on a particular project. The possibilities are endless. Lots of details would have to be worked out but WOW!
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Dobro,lots a people like the high end lexicon stuff. Software reverbs uses lots of processor power but a hardware unit makes it easy to A/B your effects instead of waiting to render out the effect. Granted if you have a big fast processor you won't wait long but most of us don't. Anyhow Lexi's...
TAE, I agree a little debugging time is in order.
I want to keep all my mixing in the computer and the demo's I've seen look pretty useful in that regard so I'm saving up my pennies.
Your setup sounds way more than adequate!
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STC, arn't you from Nashville? The whole damn town uses Pro Tools. At least the ones doing computer recording. As far as over priced, I figure the hardware part of Digi001 is worth $700 all by itself. That would make the software portion, (Pro Tools Lite) about $300. Thats the same as Cakewalk...
Yeah, your soundcard has built in A\D converters, but a pro version would be something like the Appogee Rosetta http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/index.html street price is about $1000 for 2 channels of sound.
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Others can give you pros and cons although I've only heard good things about Vegas. I do know that Vegas Pro was optimized for dual processors with multithreaded code if you use NT 4.0 or Windows 2000. Something to consider for future expansion.
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Pooge, you have come to the right place. A lot of questions can be answered by going to the home page and looking around a little. A FAQ's page is being worked on that should answer a lot of questions like yours, but briefly, its probably cheaper to go the "record one instrument at a time"...
Just found out at the digi user conference that they have just started shipping the latest version of Pro Tools Lite for PC and Mac. If you're looking for a cheap way to get into Pro Tools on the PC, this is it.
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