Expert advice needed please

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I am doing some songwriting right now and I have a question. I am recording thru a SB Live using both analog and midi instruments in the same song. I realized that I need to record 2 stereo analog tracks at the same and the SB Live only has one track at a time recording capability.

I would like to record a drum machine and guitar similtaniously on 2 different stereo tracks (like my old 4 track cassette). I have been looking at soundcards in the 250 dollar range but that is a just a little bit much for me.

Can anyone recomend a card that will give me MIDI plus 2 STEREO track recording capability and wont break the bank?

I use Samplitude 7 and I can record midi + analog at the same time but my SB wont let me do what I really need to do which is record 2 stereo analog tracks at once.

Hope this question isnt to redundant I read quite a few topics in this forum but never got a clear picture of what is actually out there.
 
You are not going to find much about this since what you are looking for does not exist. You are going to have to spend $250 for what you want.

Other options might be the MobilePre, but that is still only single stereo or dual mono.

I think you are going to have to consider recording drums first, then overdubbing guitar.
 
I thought as much...

Any recomendations in that mid 200 dollar range?

Thanks for the reply

Rick
 
Thanks...having trouble finding a price on the Echo but I heard what I expected to hear. To bad there isnt a card around $175 that would do what I need. Oh well.... I can do it the hard way (one track at a time) till I get some more pennies together.

Thanks for taking the time to reply you guys.

Rick
 
Some comments:

Why record the drum machine at all until the end? Use MIDI. Record the drum parts as MIDI sequences. Then, when you are ready for your final mix, send the drum machine outputs to however many tracks you want, two tracks at a time. In fact, in this approach you can put each piece of the kit on its own audio track if you want, and thereby have all the flexibility in mixing them that you could ever want.

Why record the guitar in stereo? Record it to mono and use the recording software's pan controls to achieve placement in the stereo field.

Finally, I though you asked for recommendations for a card that would do at least four analog tracks of simultaneous input? The Audiophile and the Mia are two-channel cards (though they have an S/PDIF port which can give you two more channels if you have the gear to take advantage of that).
 
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