Help! Wanting to record to Hard Drive & still use outboard mixer, fx etc..

[enemyofthesun]

I have recently purchased a mackie 24 channel mixing board and I also own a pretty good rack of outboard fx, comps, preamps, finalizer etc., Yet instead of going the standard DAT route I really want to find a way to record to a harddrive so I can take advantage of the editing features that programs like Cubase
have to offer, but I want to be able to use all of my outboard gear (fx etc) in conjunction with the HD based system. Can this be done? What PC hardware would I need besides the computer? I know I need to have channels in as well as channels out but thats all I know....

 

[dragonworks]

enemyofthesun

I am by far not an expert at this and you should post this question in another category
or do a search here at the site on sound cards. I think all you may need, although you didn't specify that you had a pc or mac or what specs, is the proper sound card for your system. I am sure whatever you need is not that big of a deal.