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Ok, gonna spend some money and need your advice. My 'guy' has recommended the Profire2622(?) as an interface and Cubase software. Is this a good combo? Also, recommendations as to software- protools vs cakewalk vs cubase vs other??
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Room 9 said:
Ok, gonna spend some money and need your advice. My 'guy' has recommended the Profire2622(?) as an interface and Cubase software. Is this a good combo? Also, recommendations as to software- protools vs cakewalk vs cubase vs other??
Thanks_
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Depends on what you're trying to do. How many tracks are you wanting to simultaneously record? What kind of mics do you have? What are the specs on your PC? What kind of room are you recording in? What kind of end product are you trying to create? What's your budget? What is your monitoring environment like?

Also, if money is tight, you should definitely investigate Reaper. Generally speaking I think all the DAW software you listed, plus Reaper have equivalent functionality.
 
What u need 2 think about is if u are ever going 2 need 2 take your sessions 2 a "pro" or different studio. If so I would say go pro tools. I would say go pro tools anyways but I'm biased. but if u ever need 2 take it 2 a pro studio u will not be able 2 unless u have pro tools but there are other great software out there for u 2 use.
 
I think he means "to" when he types "2". Could be wrong on that though.

Everone says Pro-Tools is the professional DAW, all the big studios use it, but the problem with Pro Tools is that it locks you into their hardware. I don't like this. It's like my car dealer putting something in the car so only gas bought from him will work. Can you see why this is a problem?

Before dishing out any cash, spend a few days googling and reading reviews. There are tons of options out there.
 
a bit about my stuff...
I have a BR 1180 and have completed 4 cds with it but find limitations with its breath of options. I have a garage studio, an SMP 58 mic and nice monitors. I haven't done much with the acoustics of the room (and would love guidance there as well!)
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a bit about my stuff...
I have a BR 1180 and have completed 4 cds with it but find limitations with its breath of options. I have a garage studio, an SMP 58 mic and nice monitors. I haven't done much with the acoustics of the room (and would love guidance there as well!)
Thanks-
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If you have one mic and one set of monitors, why are you looking at an interface with 8 Mic Preamps and that can handle up to 26 inputs and 26 outputs for $900.
Unless you are planning on a lot more mics and inputs and outboard effects in the very near future look at a smaller interface and spend (a lot) less to get only what you need.

Something to think about maybe
 
Bristol Posse said:
If you have one mic and one set of monitors, why are you looking at an interface with 8 Mic Preamps and that can handle up to 26 inputs and 26 outputs for $900.
Unless you are planning on a lot more mics and inputs and outboard effects in the very near future look at a smaller interface and spend (a lot) less to get only what you need.

Something to think about maybe
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NOW THAT'S GOOD ADVICE!

What exactly do you need is the first question, then start looking for gear to do that.
 
Great thought...so what exactly do I need? I was planning on 'graduating from my BR' to enhance the variety and quality of my sound. But I rarely have more than 8 tracks on a given song. Should I stick with the BR and avoid the headache of learning a new system/ techniques, or am I stuck with the limits of the BR unless I embrace the wonders of computer recording...?
 
Well since you happened to mention m-audio something like this in the Firewire flavor http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FireWireSolo.html one mic or insturment at a time for less than 1/3 the price of a Profire 26/26

If you're only doing track at a time you don't even really need firewire and could look at USB http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.family&ID=USBinterfaces and get more inuts for the same price as the unit mentioned above or a single input for $150.

This is just one example of Audio interface manufacturers and there are many more who make similar products. I'm not Saying m-audio is best or even best for you.

I personally have used them without problems and can only base my opinion on this experience

Virtually any interface you buy from any manufacturer will come with a lite version of recording software bundled in the purchase so you can get into recording with the unit without purchasing additional software and then decide if you need to buy a more fully featured software further down the path.
 
You probably need a long term plan, then figure out a short term plan for the interim. A stereo interface is fine for now, but if you're going to borrow mics to record drums and/or whole band, that interface will quickly become your bottleneck.

There's no single solution that's best and beware folks on this, and other forums, who say "Brand X is best, because that's what I use."

As for acoustics in your studio, there are forums for that too. There's one on this forum called "Studio BUilding and Display."
 
Even before you look at an interface, what is your computer? There are some minimum specs you need to meet.

That said, Bristol hit it again. Most interfaces come with a lite version of a DAW, so that's a good place to start. You can play with it and see if it's to your likeing. As mentioned, the m-audio devices will have a lite pro-tools of some sort and usually cubase. Have a look at the Roland products. They come with Sonar LE (Cakewalk was bought by Roland). I have become partial to the Presonus stuff and they include Studio One DAW software which I really like even though I'm a Sonar user.
 
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