Barebones studio, What soundcard?

[Gavin Rex]

Sorry if I posted this twice,

I recently purchased a Mac G4. I intend on recording...

Bass - direct
Guitar - miked
Drums - (Roland TD-7 electric drum kit)
Keys - midi/direct
Vox - elsewhere/ruffs at home for convenience
(everything tracked separately)

My question is...What soundcard do I need ?

Money is an issue.

Gavin Rex
Slowly, Softly, Quickly, Deadly

 

[DJL]

I recommend at least a Delta 1010 or better.

 

[Gavin Rex]

So a delta 44 won't do?

 

[crankz1]

Yeah .... a 44 will work seeing as how you intend to track everything separately.
Meaning that you will only ever record, at most, four tracks simultaneously at any given time.

 

[DJL]

Yeah... what crankz1 said.

 

[Gavin Rex]

Thanks for the advice. I was afraid I needed something out of my price range.

Gavin Rex
Slowly,Softly,Quickly, Deadly

 

[producerkid]

Just keep in mind, with the 44, you only have 1/4" inputs. So to record anything balanced or using a condensor mic, you will need a preamp, or at least some form of DI. A Behringer Multicom XL would work well for this, and provides compression/limiting/gating as well for all four channels.

 

[Gavin Rex]

What do you guys think of an Omni Studio USB?

 

[prrcomm]

Gavin, what's your budget? What software are you using?

 

[heroics321]

whoa, hold up. a multicom will not provide any form of preamp. its simply compression. either get a soundcard with an integrated preamp, phantom power is usually necessary for condensers. if not, get a card like the delta and maybe something such as an m-audio audio buddy, dmp-3, studio projects vtb1, an fmr audio Really Nice Preamp for a little more green, or even a little yamaha mixer. i'd deffinately stay away from usb (pretty slow, do a search), stick to either pci or firewire.