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Hi all,
Im about to start my first home studio, but i have a few questions first. Please bear with me, as I'm completely new to this....
Instrument wise I want to be able to record my guitar, korg r3 and mpc 1000, and maybe vocals, bass and glockenspiel too.
I also need some way of amplifying the r3 and the mpc for just messing about on (at the minute im just using headphones straight out of each of them). so my first question is will I be able to play them straight through a firewire or usb interface and through whatever monitors i get?
If this is possible, my next question is this: what interface would you recommend? I'm going to buy a new laptop within the next month (leaning towards a souped up vaio cw), so firewire or usb is an option. Despite the fact that 90% of the time i will be recording one instrument at a time, I would like to have everything permanently hooked up to the monitors so i can practice on anything at any time without having to plug stuff in and out.
So basically i need an interface with 2 or maybe 4 mic inputs (for sm57s on guitar and bass amps, and maybe aonther 2 on glockenspiel and vocals), and 2 stereo (4) line level inputs (for the r3 and mpc). I'd also like to keep the actual form factor as small as possible. The only interface I've found so far that will suit this is the Edirol FA101. Clearly I'm missing something..
Am I on the right track with this? or should i look at getting a small PA to amplify the r3 and mpc and use the interface just for recording?
Along with this, I'm thinking about just hitting some KRK rokits as monitors. Is there anything else around the 500dollar mark (new or used) that I should be looking at?
Thanks for any responses. I realize these are real noob questions.....
Im about to start my first home studio, but i have a few questions first. Please bear with me, as I'm completely new to this....
Instrument wise I want to be able to record my guitar, korg r3 and mpc 1000, and maybe vocals, bass and glockenspiel too.
I also need some way of amplifying the r3 and the mpc for just messing about on (at the minute im just using headphones straight out of each of them). so my first question is will I be able to play them straight through a firewire or usb interface and through whatever monitors i get?
If this is possible, my next question is this: what interface would you recommend? I'm going to buy a new laptop within the next month (leaning towards a souped up vaio cw), so firewire or usb is an option. Despite the fact that 90% of the time i will be recording one instrument at a time, I would like to have everything permanently hooked up to the monitors so i can practice on anything at any time without having to plug stuff in and out.
So basically i need an interface with 2 or maybe 4 mic inputs (for sm57s on guitar and bass amps, and maybe aonther 2 on glockenspiel and vocals), and 2 stereo (4) line level inputs (for the r3 and mpc). I'd also like to keep the actual form factor as small as possible. The only interface I've found so far that will suit this is the Edirol FA101. Clearly I'm missing something..
Am I on the right track with this? or should i look at getting a small PA to amplify the r3 and mpc and use the interface just for recording?
Along with this, I'm thinking about just hitting some KRK rokits as monitors. Is there anything else around the 500dollar mark (new or used) that I should be looking at?
Thanks for any responses. I realize these are real noob questions.....