how to make my pc a recording station?

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ok right now i have an athlon 850 mhz processor and 256 megs of ram running on windows XP professional. i own a tascam 388 reel to reel sound board GreaT! but i am just ready to move on to digital recording.. what all do i need to make my pc capable of 8 Track recording?? im in a band and space so i have a perfect sound proof room but i need to be able to record guitars vocals bass and drums all at once.. is there a sound card i can buy that supports 8 track recording????


thanks in advance.

John
www.blackoutband.com
 
Hi John
I have the hoontech c-port, a 24/96 card with 10X10 simultanious (2 xlr with pres and phantom power,8 unbalanced 1/4",plus stereo S/PDIF)costs about $400.Musicians Friend is selling them as SA Audio DSP24 or something like that but it is the same card and breakout box.
My recording software is n-track
http://fasoft.com

Tom
 
aardvark q10....8 channels with 8 preamps.....$750
 
any cheaper ways??? alos are there any web sites that specialize in theese types of products??
 
how cheap $$$$?

do you have any preamps available you can use?.....
 
That C-port is gonna be the cheapest way you can get 8 tracks input.
 
Is that 8 tracks at a time to 8 tracks total?

Protools free is about the only multitracker I know of that is limited to 8 tracks total. So just about any multitracking software will do.

If you want to track 8 tracks at a time, take a look at the M-Audio Delta 1010LT. There you have 8 inputs and outputs for around $400. It has preamps built in on the first two channels, midi and digital i/o. Then all you need todo is pick up a few more preamps. The audio buddy preamps are only $79 for 2 channels.

Yes the Line 6 POD's can be used as preamps but for gtrs only.
 
Somebody please answer this question I have:

I am a solo musician and I want to use the studio as my instrument. I'm not worried about recording a live band, 8 tracks-at-once kind of thing. I have Cubase VST/32 and rely heavily on VST instruments at the moment. So would I be silly to buy the C-Port, if I'm on a low budget... shouldn't I just buy something with only a couple of analog inputs that has MIDI as well and spend the rest of the money on buying a better mic/preamp for my vocals/guitar? (It has to work with AMD/Win2000 combination, too!) If you can answer this question you'll save my life and I'll appreciate you so much for that. :)

Matt
 
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