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guymandood
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Hi all,
I'm new to the board and look forward to spending several hours digging through the various posts to learn all kinds of neat stuff.
I'm a complete newbie to home recording. I have a band and we want to record some decent demos and I've always wanted to have a multi-track around to play with. I'm finally old enough to enjoy some decent equipment.... etc...
I'm one of those guys who typically buys stuff on a whim, pays too much money, and gets way more than he really needs (i.e. buying a Yamaha Motif without knowing how to play keyboard at all... although I don't regret that specific purchase, even know a $250 Casio would have sufficed). This time I'm trying to do a little research and spend a month or two to decide what is really best for me.
I may get flak for posting such a newbie, un-inspired, general question in here... but I'll take the bad with the good.
I was really intrigued with the ProTools kind of computer-based recording packages out there but ultimately decided that portability would be nice, and unless I was to buy a new computer soley for recording, accessibility would be an issue... who has room for another computer with stacks of speaker cabs, drums, etc. flooding the place anyway? So, I started looking at "console" units.
The portability and "turnkey-ness" of these things is pretty cool. But I have no idea what features should be important for a beginner. At the same time I'd like to buy a quality unit. Like everyone else I want to get the most for my money and would LOVE to get a great unit for a couple hundred bucks... But I know that's not going to happen.
My budget at the high end is $2k. My requirements are simple as I mentioned earlier, just demos and live recording of my "wish we weren't a garage" band. 2 guitars, bass, vocals, and my drum kit. The drum kit will require 7 mics so I guess I need a minimum of 8 inputs. Thinking things through a bit leads me to believe that I'd like a minimum of 16 tracks.
I got a lengthy demo of the new VS1824CD at GC last weekend and thought it was pretty cool. 18 Tracks, each with 16 "virtual" tracks. Plenty of effects (2 at a time, which I don't completely understand if anyone cared to elaborate) plus the ability to add an additional effects board.
Is this thing overkill for someone like me? Is there somewhere else I should be looking? Any suggestions? Right off the bat there were two things I didn't like 1. only a 10GB drive that is not user-replaceable. and 2. The burner is only 4x. Also, I understand that the VS series uses data compression (perhaps this explains the 10GB drive). Should I be wary of data compression.
Thanks in advance for you thoughts and opinions. I will value any and all replies.
-Adam
I'm new to the board and look forward to spending several hours digging through the various posts to learn all kinds of neat stuff.
I'm a complete newbie to home recording. I have a band and we want to record some decent demos and I've always wanted to have a multi-track around to play with. I'm finally old enough to enjoy some decent equipment.... etc...
I'm one of those guys who typically buys stuff on a whim, pays too much money, and gets way more than he really needs (i.e. buying a Yamaha Motif without knowing how to play keyboard at all... although I don't regret that specific purchase, even know a $250 Casio would have sufficed). This time I'm trying to do a little research and spend a month or two to decide what is really best for me.
I may get flak for posting such a newbie, un-inspired, general question in here... but I'll take the bad with the good.
I was really intrigued with the ProTools kind of computer-based recording packages out there but ultimately decided that portability would be nice, and unless I was to buy a new computer soley for recording, accessibility would be an issue... who has room for another computer with stacks of speaker cabs, drums, etc. flooding the place anyway? So, I started looking at "console" units.
The portability and "turnkey-ness" of these things is pretty cool. But I have no idea what features should be important for a beginner. At the same time I'd like to buy a quality unit. Like everyone else I want to get the most for my money and would LOVE to get a great unit for a couple hundred bucks... But I know that's not going to happen.
My budget at the high end is $2k. My requirements are simple as I mentioned earlier, just demos and live recording of my "wish we weren't a garage" band. 2 guitars, bass, vocals, and my drum kit. The drum kit will require 7 mics so I guess I need a minimum of 8 inputs. Thinking things through a bit leads me to believe that I'd like a minimum of 16 tracks.
I got a lengthy demo of the new VS1824CD at GC last weekend and thought it was pretty cool. 18 Tracks, each with 16 "virtual" tracks. Plenty of effects (2 at a time, which I don't completely understand if anyone cared to elaborate) plus the ability to add an additional effects board.
Is this thing overkill for someone like me? Is there somewhere else I should be looking? Any suggestions? Right off the bat there were two things I didn't like 1. only a 10GB drive that is not user-replaceable. and 2. The burner is only 4x. Also, I understand that the VS series uses data compression (perhaps this explains the 10GB drive). Should I be wary of data compression.
Thanks in advance for you thoughts and opinions. I will value any and all replies.
-Adam
