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Niiick
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Hey guys..my names Nick I'm from indianapolis and I'm 22..I like long walks on the beach and .....
..anyway
I recently had to move away from my band, and the place we usually record at. I'm getting an apartment(not ideal for recording x_x) so I'm not really going to be able to record drums or be very loud at all-though my dad has a studio nearby I could record drums in and do live stuff.
1 - Is it a bad idea to record onto a digital recorder (tascam dp-02) and put it into a DAW to mix? It seems like the most portable solution to me, but hey..I could be wrong. Would it be a better idea to just buy an external soundcard? That's the only way I've ever done recording so I apologize for my ignorance.
2 - I'm buying a new computer..not really looking to spend much more than $600 on it. This is one I found-"HP Pavilion p6644y Special Edition Desktop " (it wont let me post a url yet haha...its on bestbuys website) think there's something better for my price range? I've heard a lot of good things about Reaper around here and a lot of other places so I was planning on using that...
I haven't really spent a whole lot of time being an engineer - I've always just played. My experience stops at mixing track levels, adding fx and panning haha. I'm really interested in learning everything I can about it and making at least semi-decent recordings and this seems like a good place to start.

I recently had to move away from my band, and the place we usually record at. I'm getting an apartment(not ideal for recording x_x) so I'm not really going to be able to record drums or be very loud at all-though my dad has a studio nearby I could record drums in and do live stuff.
1 - Is it a bad idea to record onto a digital recorder (tascam dp-02) and put it into a DAW to mix? It seems like the most portable solution to me, but hey..I could be wrong. Would it be a better idea to just buy an external soundcard? That's the only way I've ever done recording so I apologize for my ignorance.

2 - I'm buying a new computer..not really looking to spend much more than $600 on it. This is one I found-"HP Pavilion p6644y Special Edition Desktop " (it wont let me post a url yet haha...its on bestbuys website) think there's something better for my price range? I've heard a lot of good things about Reaper around here and a lot of other places so I was planning on using that...
I haven't really spent a whole lot of time being an engineer - I've always just played. My experience stops at mixing track levels, adding fx and panning haha. I'm really interested in learning everything I can about it and making at least semi-decent recordings and this seems like a good place to start.