To make quality recordings you need a quality
soundcard, period.
An Echo Mona,Gina-type or Delta are
very common around these parts.
You dont have to have a mixer, you can plug a mic (with
a pre-amp) directly into the card. Ditto the 2600x (
you lucky rat).
You will need software, of course. N-track is cheap and
lots of people like it, I havent used it. I use
Cakewalk, they all have some good features, a matter
of preference ( and bucks, N-tracks is about $50 I
think.
I am curious as to how many of the younger folks here
know what a Lola Falana is!! I am 36 so of course I
know, but.........
I have a Darla24 soundcard, works great, $ 270 I
think. It only has 2 inputs, which is all I need, but
you might want more, perhaps 4 or 8, and if you
record with the 2600x (you lucky rat< oops I said that
already, sorry) you might need 8 inputs if you want
to record each midi part to a seperate audio track,
taking advantage of
the K2600's ( you lucky....)many
outputs.
You might not get "big boy" sound, but you will be
surprised; once you learn the ropes, which I am
in the process of doing, you might get "semi-big-boy"
sound.
What are the specs on your computer, by the way?
I am finding out the hard way that it is fairly crucial
to the recording process. Best of Luck DK