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dinglewahaa
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Hello, I am an old fogey who used to do some analog recording with the old cassette tape 4 tracks. I have been out of the recording habit for quite a while, but am a mild computer nerd and want to get into Dig recording on my desktop. My style in the past was dubbed New Age Folk, if there is such a thing 
, and I used alot of track overlays in my recording (usually to the chagrin of the sound quality). I just built a system sans sound card, specs:
Abit IC7 Motherboard 2.8Ghz 800 Mhz Frontside bus capable with 5.1 sound built in. ( only one line in, and one mic)
200 Gig HD fast with 8 MB cache
512 MB 2700 RAM
DVD and CD burners
multiple Firewire and USB 2.0
21" Flat panel
I have electric, acoustic electric guitars, an old Roland alpha Juno 1 Keyboard that is midi capable, mics, a peavey KB amp, an old Yamaha RX8 rhythm programmer and an old effects processor.
Now
my questions are:
1) does anyone have any suggestions on a good interface between my intruments (voice) and my system? Also, I would like to be able to connect more than 2 inputs at a time. Should I get a medium to high end sound card or can i just use something through my firewire or USB (or both)?
2) Cubase or Cakewalk
3) Also want to make sure that once I figure out MIDI, I will have that feature available to me.
I hope I have not gone cross topic too much, and I appreciate any opinions the more experienced have. As a note: I am think of spending in the $500 to $800 range (give or take)
Thank you in advance,
Brent
, and I used alot of track overlays in my recording (usually to the chagrin of the sound quality). I just built a system sans sound card, specs:Abit IC7 Motherboard 2.8Ghz 800 Mhz Frontside bus capable with 5.1 sound built in. ( only one line in, and one mic)
200 Gig HD fast with 8 MB cache
512 MB 2700 RAM
DVD and CD burners
multiple Firewire and USB 2.0
21" Flat panel
I have electric, acoustic electric guitars, an old Roland alpha Juno 1 Keyboard that is midi capable, mics, a peavey KB amp, an old Yamaha RX8 rhythm programmer and an old effects processor.
Now
my questions are: 1) does anyone have any suggestions on a good interface between my intruments (voice) and my system? Also, I would like to be able to connect more than 2 inputs at a time. Should I get a medium to high end sound card or can i just use something through my firewire or USB (or both)?
2) Cubase or Cakewalk
3) Also want to make sure that once I figure out MIDI, I will have that feature available to me.
I hope I have not gone cross topic too much, and I appreciate any opinions the more experienced have. As a note: I am think of spending in the $500 to $800 range (give or take)
Thank you in advance,
Brent