multitrack recording

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Hi,
I want to do some 8-10 channel multitrack recording to record my band. I want to be able to edit all channels afterwards (Cubase SX).
Any recommendations on a soundcard, harddiskrecorder or otherwise?

Please keep in mind that I'm on a rather tight budget, so keep things nice and simple. It's not intended for superhigh quality but more for a demo cd or something.

If there's a topic going through all this, please give me that link. I just don't know where to start.

Greets,
Stan. :)
 
Can't help you with the equip but just to let you know that the industry expects high quality for the demos it just depends on who you plan to shop them to.
 
No, it's just for the band members ourselves actually, and to let our classmates or friends hear our songs. nothing professional with real sales intended ;)

Thanks anyway.
 
stan. amd athlon pc, yamaha mg mixer. delta pci sound card.
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if you got q's - just ask.
 
The M-Audio Delta1010LT card will do 8 tracks.
Put the Yamaha MG12/4 mixer in front of it for preamps.

All up that would cost you a bit over $400.

There's also the Behringer ADA8000 rack mount unit that does 8 tracks of adat. Hook it to an adat card, and you could probably get that lot for under $400. Might not have the quality of the first option though
 
I'm looking at the Delta 1010LT, it's really cool for the 225 euros!

But, just to be sure, I can record 10 tracks simultaniously, into cubase SX, with all the channels being assigned to their own part?
eg having the mic on track 1 and the keyboard on part 2 and the guitar on part 3 etc?

So I can edit them all seperately afterwards?

Can I use it confidentely with my older PIII 733 Mhz, 256MB RAM, now a SBLive Platinum soundboard? Or should I use my newer PIV 3.0 Ghz 512MB Ram (perhaps upgrade to 1GB?) with on-board soundcard?

Thanks,
Stan.

Oh one more question: I see a lot of red and white RCA plugs: is it 10 channels stereo in and 10 channels stereo out? or is it 5 stereos in and 5 stereos out? or 3 stereos and 2x XLR in? and what about the digital one(s)?

sorry for the lot of questions.

Thanks,
Stan.
 
You can do 8 tracks of simultaneous analog recording with the 1010LT, plus 2 tracks of digital via s/pdif.

The 1010LT will replace your onboard sound card. You should disable the onboard card in the bios so you don't have any IRQ issues.

The P4 will be a better bet, particularly for mixing 20+ tracks. The P3 could probably handle 8 track recording, but will max out pretty quickly once you start adding effects & mixing.

The rca plugs are all mono.

Remember the 1010LT only comes with 2 preamps, you still need 6 more preamps if you want to use mics
 
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