
Muddy T-Bone
New member
Looking to build a home studio. I've been leaning toward a Boss BR1600cd as oppossed to a software based DAW, for several reasons. The S/W DAW's seem to have a steep learning curve, and I don't have the patience to learn it. S/W based stuff is frustrating and almost intimadating to me. I've used Audacity a few times for minor things like tempo change or key change of songs that i was learning, and while I found the Audacity to be relatively powerfull, it was difficult (for me) to use I think I would be more comfortable with something mechanical I can touch and adjust, rather than clicking with a mouse. Just me.
Uses would be- recording my band live, recording demo's of the band, and recording my song ideas. I visualize my songs to be a complete demo with all instrumentation laid down on the tracks.
I do want 16 channels. I like the feature of the boss called "virtual tracks" where each track has 16 tracks behind it. This seems usefull to me relative to being able to get the right "take" on a rhythm or lead track in 16 attempts.
Am I just starting off in the wrong direction, by considering a phyiscal DAW like the Boss 1600 ? is it a Poor Choice ( and waste of money) Compared to Software based DAW's?
Uses would be- recording my band live, recording demo's of the band, and recording my song ideas. I visualize my songs to be a complete demo with all instrumentation laid down on the tracks.
I do want 16 channels. I like the feature of the boss called "virtual tracks" where each track has 16 tracks behind it. This seems usefull to me relative to being able to get the right "take" on a rhythm or lead track in 16 attempts.
Am I just starting off in the wrong direction, by considering a phyiscal DAW like the Boss 1600 ? is it a Poor Choice ( and waste of money) Compared to Software based DAW's?