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Hi,
I'm brand new here so forgive any mistakes I may make that might betray my ignorance
I've just bought a new PC (P4, 3.2 mHz, 1GB RAM, over 300GB between 2 hard drives) & I want to get as great a sound card as realistically possible. I'm only 18 so I guess I wouldn't be as fussy as a 45yr old sound engineer but I am pretty fussy about quality (eg I can't stand the poor quality of your average 128 kbps mp3 file) and I've a good ear for such things. Or so I believe.
I would be recording things like acoustic guitar, bass, cello (if I ever get my ass in gear and take it up), vocals and so forth. I have a digital piano with midi compatability so ideally I'd like a card that could cater for that well so it's not wasted. I'm also in a rock band so it'd be cool if the card could handle loud live recordings for demos or as-pro-as-possible sound quality for proper recordings - that's a few inputs for drums, electric guitar, bass & vocals.
Any expertise on the subject is very much appreciated!
[edit] Ha, talk about being a newbie, I forgot about the money part...
I can afford anything up to about... $360 / 400. I know that's not much but that's the best I can do, I'm not exactly on a stable professional salary
Having said that I'll look into anything suggested - if an extra month's saving will be worth it I can do that
& apologies for crazily long post...
I'm brand new here so forgive any mistakes I may make that might betray my ignorance
I've just bought a new PC (P4, 3.2 mHz, 1GB RAM, over 300GB between 2 hard drives) & I want to get as great a sound card as realistically possible. I'm only 18 so I guess I wouldn't be as fussy as a 45yr old sound engineer but I am pretty fussy about quality (eg I can't stand the poor quality of your average 128 kbps mp3 file) and I've a good ear for such things. Or so I believe.
I would be recording things like acoustic guitar, bass, cello (if I ever get my ass in gear and take it up), vocals and so forth. I have a digital piano with midi compatability so ideally I'd like a card that could cater for that well so it's not wasted. I'm also in a rock band so it'd be cool if the card could handle loud live recordings for demos or as-pro-as-possible sound quality for proper recordings - that's a few inputs for drums, electric guitar, bass & vocals.
Any expertise on the subject is very much appreciated!
[edit] Ha, talk about being a newbie, I forgot about the money part...
I can afford anything up to about... $360 / 400. I know that's not much but that's the best I can do, I'm not exactly on a stable professional salary
Having said that I'll look into anything suggested - if an extra month's saving will be worth it I can do that
& apologies for crazily long post...
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