Newbie ?'s

[ws6snake-eater]

Hey guys I'm new here, and this is my 1st post here. I've been doing some searching but I haven't found answers to a few of my questions. Here is a list of what I have purchased, so you guys can help me figure out what to get next.

Roland VM-3100
Cakewalk PA9

I have a 1.6 ghz system
512mb ram
40 gb hd 7200rpm
Soundblaster live Audiocard
Windows XP

What kind of interface or soundcard do I need to purchase, in order to intergrate my VM3100 with Cakewalk?.. I have been experimenting for a while but currently I can only record 1 track at a time due to the limitations of my soundcard. I would like to be able to record multiple tracks at the same time, into cakewalk. ie...kick, snare, toms, overheads, and a scratch guitar track. Is there a soundcard out there that I can use in order to do this? Right now I have everything mic'd and running into the VM3100, I then send out a mix to the left and right mains, to a Y-stereo cable to miniplug adaptor, to the mic in of the soundblaster live. This leaves me completely limited to what I can do to the drum tracks because it is all mixed down to, and recorded as one track. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Matt

 

[TexRoadkill]

Does your VM3100 have the RBUS port? The Roland RBUS card will give you 8 digital channels of inputs and outputs.

 

[ws6snake-eater]

I don't believe it does...I think it only came on the Pro Version...I will take a closer look at it tonight...If I'm not mistaken I believe it looks like a parallell port right? If so I do not remember seeing one on the back...would there be any other options?

 

[TexRoadkill]

I think you're right, it's on the Pro version and yes it looks like a parallel port. Your only other option is to use the analog and digital outs. Something like the Maudio Audiophile 2496 would let you use both and get 4 channels at a time into the computer.

 

[ws6snake-eater]

I think if I take full adavantage of the board I could actually use the spdif out to send 2 channels, the aux 1-2 out to send two channels, and the aux 3-4 to send two more channels...that way I could actually be sending out 6 channels all together....I guess if I really wanted I could also use the headphones out and create two more from there for a total of eight. Do you see a problem with trying to do it this way?

 

[TexRoadkill]

I'm not sure if you will be able to get a seperate mix out of the headphone buss but it could be possible (maybe using SOLO).

You can get 8 outs-

2 Aux
2 Main
2 3/4 Buss (Pro has this but not sure about the regular version)
2 Spdif

It's too bad you don't have the Pro version. It makes things a lot easier if you can use the Rbus card.

 

[ws6snake-eater]

What is a decently priced card that would work with the setup? I saw the one you listed but it will only allow 4 ins. How about something that will take in 6 analog and spdif for a total of 8? Any suggestions? The only time that I would actually use 8 ins would be during a drum session. Other than that it really is just one track at a time. Is there anything out there around the $200 range?

Thanks,

Matt