Basic questions.

[Alejo]

Since this is my first post in this distinguished forum, I am afraid I have a bunch of things to ask. Any help will be really appreciated.

- I plan to buy a Delta 44 audio card ,2in/2out, and a single interface midi to plug a Yamaha TG 500 Sound Generator. The audio interface will be only for the guitar, bass and microphone (separately and one by one).
Is this an optimal buy?
Do I need something else?

- The second partis related to rithms. I have no idea of what shoud I get. How you create rithms on the PC?. Using the midi keyboard? Buying a rithm generator?. If I use only the keyboard without experience on druming, that could be painful.

Thanks in advance.

Alejo.

 

[alonso]

Welcome to the board Alejo.!!!!!!

- I plan to buy a Delta 44 audio card ,2in/2out, and a single interface midi to plug a Yamaha TG 500 Sound Generator. The audio interface will be only for the guitar, bass and microphone (separately and one by one).

Depending on your budget and if you are just gonna record those three instruments, the Delta 44 will be ok. To be able to record guitar, bass and vocals, you'll need a minimum of one preamp, otherwise, the signal entering the PC will be too weak or almost none...

The second partis related to rithms. I have no idea of what shoud I get. How you create rithms on the PC?. Using the midi keyboard? Buying a rithm generator?. If I use only the keyboard without experience on druming, that could be painful.

To create rythms in a PC, you need a sequencer like Sonar, Cubase, Logic, Nuendo etc....You can enter the notes realtime, by playing them on your keyboard and recording them MIDI, or you can enter the notes in a Piano Roll window within the program with no need of a keyboard. Or you can use drum loops and use a program like Acid to play them back. Or you can collect drum samples and use a software sampler to play back the sounds you programmed in the sequencer a la Piano roll fashion.

You will definetely need some kind of experience for setting up and doing all the above mentioned tasks, but that is what PC recording is all about, read, research and ask and you will be alright.

 

[christiaan]

if you need 2 in / 2 out and a midi interface, the M-Audio Audiophile is probably a better buy. And it's cheaper than the Delta 44.