a little help

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I have been a musician for many years now, but just now i am just getting into recording on my computer. i have a fairly new hewlett packard pavillion. (45gb hard drive, 128mb ram, 900mhz athlon) Ive spent many hours testing recording software demos and finally decided on cool edit pro. that is as far as i have ventured so far. from reading so many of these posts i realize that i am in for spending quite a few dollars to get the essentials to me. (a decent soundcard for hopefully between 250-300$, a mixer for a few hundred.) and what else? should i get more ram. is a poor soundcard the cause of glitches in recording. will i be able to mic my guitar amp, vocal amp and a drumset at the same time into the mixer and from there into the soundcard where it will be recorded on cool edit. so many questions. anything will be helpful.
 
Have you reviewed the threads?

This sort of thing has been discussed several times over the past ouple of weeks, if you look at the threads on this and the newbies forum, you'll find your answer.

Once you look at the threads you'll see there are a lot of way to skin this cat.

Also, what you want to record and the goal will contribute to the type of setup that will work best for you.

I don't mean to give you the run around, but the question as asked is a little vaugue.
 
Thank you for the reply. I havent had the time yet to read them all but i will.
 
Ditto with schwa, check arround. Be sure to search back many days and you will find lots of info.

Many times the question is "do I put together a DAW or buy a stand-alone unit?" Since you have a good PC you are already a leg up towards the former. It sounds like you will be doing live recording, so I would look at solutions that provide 8 rather than 4 input channels.

And yes buy more RAM, its cheap and it makes EVERYTHING on your PC run better.
 
i see the light

i wish i stumbled on the newbies section first. it answered a myriad of questions pertaining to my position and goals. im gonna get more ram, an 8 - input soundcard ( if i can find one priced reasonably ) and a used mackie with 10 xdrs. Thanks for the help on a noticably newbie question.
 
One last thing...

I would recommend that you go slowly with the pruchases to begin with, it takes a while to get the hang of things. Recording a drum kit, for example is notoriously difficult to do well, and has as much to do with technique as equipment.

I've spent the last couple of years working on the techniques, and there's as much involved with learning recording as there is to learning to play an instrument.

When buying gear, the dollars add up quickly, and in the beginning, it can be easy to make the wrong decision.

While your inclination to get a multi input card and mixer is a common (and viable) way to go, you may want to start simpler until you get some recording technique under your belt.

Good luck.
 
thanks for the good on-point advise Schwa. im going to start with the delta 66 and a mackie 1402vlz. ive been recording with portastudios for quite a few years now (started with a yamaha mt4x and later a tascam 8trac) I have worked on some programs at school and here on my comp, also i have watched some bands being recorded (but never got to ask questions like now which i appreciate), so i know a little about recording. hopefully that will help in my case. i can always upgrade. Finally one question.. i would like to put the delta breakout box in a rack. do you know if this will be a chore??
 
I don't know about the Delta 66, but I have a Delta 1010. The breakout box of the 1010 is designed for rack mounting, and that's exactly where I've got it :)

I'm sure if you go on the M-Audio web site and check the specs, it will let you know about rack mounting the 66.
 
No problem...

The delta 66 mounts nicely in a rack with just a little Duct tape. Hehe.

Actually a lower end sound card might do just as well (2 in 2 out), take the 1402, plug the outs into the card, and you have all the ins you would need, until you find yourself tracking multiple sources at the same time.

The money you save on the sound card would let you pick up the nicer mic and compressor you're going to want shortly.

Your previous experience will serve you well, though I'll repeat that the computer recording stuff takes a while to learn (what does this knob do), and apply (when should I turn this knob).
 
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