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photoresistor
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I am just getting into home recording and have been researching for the past couple of days for some of the best options for my band.
Our band consists of drums, 2 guitars, and bass (me). We play a variety of music... (hard to describe) its probably a mix of rock/metal or something like that. Anyways, we have access to a nice mixing board (sorry dont know the model or brand) and lots of mics because our drummer runs the sound at a church.
Our requirements for the recording:
- digital
- 8 balanced inputs
Here's what I'm thinking now:
I've been looking for a nice laptop anways so I might as well use it as a portable recording studio right? I found a good deal on an Apple powerbook G4 Ti (1ghz ppc, 1gb ram, 60gb hdd, superdrive, 15" screen, etc) and was looking in this direction.
For the audio hardware I'm looking at these three laptop recording systems:
Echo Layla24 (cardbus)
MOTU 828 (firewire) (designed specifically for macs?)
RME hammerfall (cardbus) (w/ multiface)
Which do you guys think would do best w/ my set up and requirements? Is the RME worth the extra cash? I've been reading reviews but your opinions would be nice.
Also are there any other people using a Powerbook laptop to record, with the above systems? It would be nice to hear some of your thoughts... (is it well suited to be a portable recording system?)
thanks guys
EDIT: just to let you guys know, I was just going to get a set up for the desktop PC (like the m-port, Q10, or delta 1010) but none of us have very great computers to run this stuff and it would be a pain in the butt to transport the pc to our recording spot.
Our band consists of drums, 2 guitars, and bass (me). We play a variety of music... (hard to describe) its probably a mix of rock/metal or something like that. Anyways, we have access to a nice mixing board (sorry dont know the model or brand) and lots of mics because our drummer runs the sound at a church.
Our requirements for the recording:
- digital
- 8 balanced inputs
Here's what I'm thinking now:
I've been looking for a nice laptop anways so I might as well use it as a portable recording studio right? I found a good deal on an Apple powerbook G4 Ti (1ghz ppc, 1gb ram, 60gb hdd, superdrive, 15" screen, etc) and was looking in this direction.
For the audio hardware I'm looking at these three laptop recording systems:
Echo Layla24 (cardbus)
MOTU 828 (firewire) (designed specifically for macs?)
RME hammerfall (cardbus) (w/ multiface)
Which do you guys think would do best w/ my set up and requirements? Is the RME worth the extra cash? I've been reading reviews but your opinions would be nice.
Also are there any other people using a Powerbook laptop to record, with the above systems? It would be nice to hear some of your thoughts... (is it well suited to be a portable recording system?)
thanks guys
EDIT: just to let you guys know, I was just going to get a set up for the desktop PC (like the m-port, Q10, or delta 1010) but none of us have very great computers to run this stuff and it would be a pain in the butt to transport the pc to our recording spot.