Hello all,
21 year old college student here who loves music and has been doing his own "simple" recordings for the past couple of years. A couple years back, I bought the Toneport UX2 (the predecessor of the Pod Studio) and I also have the JamVox (though the drivers are glitchy on Windows 7 64bit).
Anyways, to the question:
I've been wanting to improve my studio set up to record GOOD quality recordings. The UX2 and Gearbox by themselves are pretty limited in nature, and though I do have an external boxes (Boss VE-20 for vocals, for example), I feel it's time to move on. My question is, do you guys have any suggestions for what I should be looking at? Price isn't a terrible issue in the long run (I'd have to save for it anyways, on the account I'm a full time student with a 20-30 hour a week job), yet I'd still want to stay somewhere under 1k at the moment.
I was looking at the Tascam 2488 NEO as a possible replacement, as the price of the unit is around what I'm looking at and it has great reviews on sites such as musiciansfriend and sweetwater. However, I am open to suggestions as well.
The type of music I'll be recording will vary from simply me on my acoustic guitar to a whole band set up, with keyboards/synth, drums, guitar, bass, vocals, backing vocals, etc. I have some experience with recording studios and equipment, however, expect me to possibly need clarification on certain things too.
I built my own computer, wanting to give it a good amount of power for recording, while at the same time being able to do the gaming that I sometimes do when I am not at work, school, with friends, or playing music, etc.
Computer Specs:
Windows 7 64bit
8gb of DDR3 RAM
Intel i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93ghz
HD5850 Graphics card
If you guys need any other info, let me know. I hope I addressed any possible questions that you guys may have had regarding the type of recording/capabilities of my recording.
Oh, also. I'm currently using Audacity/Reaper trial (just started it) to record. I have been using Audacity for 5 years now, so I am willing to drop money for a better product as well. I am pretty tech savvy, as I built my own computer and fiddle with most of the programs on there, and I am not afraid to study a manual, so do not hesitate to recommend something that is potentially not "user-friendly." I'm willing to learn anything for my music.
Thanks again guys, and I hope this is in the right forums.
Cheers!
21 year old college student here who loves music and has been doing his own "simple" recordings for the past couple of years. A couple years back, I bought the Toneport UX2 (the predecessor of the Pod Studio) and I also have the JamVox (though the drivers are glitchy on Windows 7 64bit).
Anyways, to the question:
I've been wanting to improve my studio set up to record GOOD quality recordings. The UX2 and Gearbox by themselves are pretty limited in nature, and though I do have an external boxes (Boss VE-20 for vocals, for example), I feel it's time to move on. My question is, do you guys have any suggestions for what I should be looking at? Price isn't a terrible issue in the long run (I'd have to save for it anyways, on the account I'm a full time student with a 20-30 hour a week job), yet I'd still want to stay somewhere under 1k at the moment.
I was looking at the Tascam 2488 NEO as a possible replacement, as the price of the unit is around what I'm looking at and it has great reviews on sites such as musiciansfriend and sweetwater. However, I am open to suggestions as well.
The type of music I'll be recording will vary from simply me on my acoustic guitar to a whole band set up, with keyboards/synth, drums, guitar, bass, vocals, backing vocals, etc. I have some experience with recording studios and equipment, however, expect me to possibly need clarification on certain things too.
I built my own computer, wanting to give it a good amount of power for recording, while at the same time being able to do the gaming that I sometimes do when I am not at work, school, with friends, or playing music, etc.
Computer Specs:
Windows 7 64bit
8gb of DDR3 RAM
Intel i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93ghz
HD5850 Graphics card
If you guys need any other info, let me know. I hope I addressed any possible questions that you guys may have had regarding the type of recording/capabilities of my recording.
Oh, also. I'm currently using Audacity/Reaper trial (just started it) to record. I have been using Audacity for 5 years now, so I am willing to drop money for a better product as well. I am pretty tech savvy, as I built my own computer and fiddle with most of the programs on there, and I am not afraid to study a manual, so do not hesitate to recommend something that is potentially not "user-friendly." I'm willing to learn anything for my music.
Thanks again guys, and I hope this is in the right forums.
Cheers!
