New Recording Gear?

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I've been working on an Mbox 2 Mini and Pro Tools LE 8. This is all with an acer laptop. While Pro Tools was a bit complicated, I got used to it and made some cool stuff on it. Recently, my Mbox crapped out on me and even though it is likely fixable, I decided it was time to try something new.

I want something simpler, but I'd like to be able to record sound from multiple (mainly two) mics at one time. Reverb would be a nice addition. Anyways, I'm open to all sorts of ideas and such, but would like to have links to/explanations of things please.

PS-Would multi track recorders that burn straight onto a CD be a good idea?
 
When did you buy PT8, and is it registered?

You may be entitled to a free upgrade to PT9 which means you could use whatever interface you want.

Is that interesting to you, or do you want to change software completely?

Reapers a free trial and a very small download, plus the cost if or when you pay is very reasonable.

Try the trial if you're looking for new software.
 
I won't go into details, but let's just settle at I am not entitled to a free upgrade. I would like to change the software completely, and like I said, the Mbox is a bit messed up and I'm ready to get rid of that guy too. I kind of always stuck with the Mbox and never learned how to work much else. I heard good things about the Mixcraft program. What interfaces would work with that? Is that something you might recommend?
 
A. Peyton said:
I won't go into details, but let's just settle at I am not entitled to a free upgrade. I would like to change the software completely, and like I said, the Mbox is a bit messed up and I'm ready to get rid of that guy too. I kind of always stuck with the Mbox and never learned how to work much else. I heard good things about the Mixcraft program. What interfaces would work with that? Is that something you might recommend?
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I won't go into details = I'm a pirate?

Did I win the bonus round?
 
If you're gona steal it I wouldn't recommend anything except free software.

Audacity and reaper are you're options as far as i know.

As far as basic interfaces go, the all work the same.

mic input, line input, 48v switch, gain knob, and that's about it.

Sure, there are sometimes other features, but without getting into mixers etc, audio interfaces pretty much all work the same.

What do you hope to learn?
 
BigRed360 said:
I won't go into details = I'm a pirate?

Did I win the bonus round?
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Haha I thought the same thing. Doesn't PT come with the Mbox Mini? And what do you mean by reverb? I have never seen an interface with reverb on it. I know the MOTU 896 MkIII has reverb in it's Cuemix HW though. But that's different.
 
Pro Tools did come with the Mbox, but (I might not be remembering correctly) I think it wasn't compatible with my version of Windows, so I had to get Pro Tools elsewhere. If I had an interface with a line input, would i just plug the output from a mixer (if i wanted to use a mixer) into the interface?

If that answer is yes, would I just choose either the left or right output of the mixer to plug into the interface?
 
I apologize if these questions seem dumb, i haven't done much with recording except with the previously explained setup.
 
The answer is yes.

You could use the left (and) or right outputs as you say, but it's more common to get a mixer with direct outputs per channel, and an interface with eight or more line inputs.

It's not generally recommended to go down the mixer road in home recording, unless your mixer is of particularly high quality, or boasts invaluable tools like routing capabilities that you need or really nice eqs or something.

Put simply, I'd much rather have a firepod than a behringer mx2462a and an echo audiofire 12.


EDIT.
No apology necessary.
This stuff is covered in the forums. Maybe you should have a read about interfaces etc, but it's all good!
 
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