recording on ibook G4

[danieljvogel]

hello all, any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. I don't know much about digital recording, so I figured this would be a good place to ask. I am pretty experienced with analog recording, but mostly just 4-tracks. Anyway, I am going to get an iBook G4, and basically want to find a way to set up a high-quality home recording studio on a pretty cheap budget. I have a Roland Groovebox drum machine, and would like to be able to interface that through my machine and use its sounds and capabilities. I also want to be able to record bass, guitar, and vocals. Ideally I would love to have the ability to use built in effects on stuff I record, like flange, phaser, chorus, etc. The greater the level of digital manipulation the better. So I think I basically need some sort of hardware to plug guitars and mics in, as well as software to record, mix, manipulate, etc. I don't know much about MIDI, but that seems like something I might be able to use as well. Again, any advice would be appreciated, obviously my knowledge of this is pretty rudimentary. Thanks in advance...

 

[seryozha]

For laptops your limited to firewire,USB and sometimes PCMCIA (I dont remember if the G4 iBook has one)

I've heard good things on the Digidesign Mbox.



How many things are you wanting to record at once?

If you just do one or two things at a time, you have a lot of options.

 

[Hard2Hear]

If you're using a Mac, you really should look into MOTU. (short for Mark of the Unicorn) Their audio products are excellent for Mac. One of their Firewire units, combined with your notebook, would have you up and recording in a matter of minutes. It would also then have the power to grow as your knowledge of recording grows.

I use a MOTU 828 MKII on my PC Laptop, and sometimes in other studios with Mac setups and Digital Performer.

H2H