starting equipment?

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Ease of use is such a personal thing. I use Cubase and I love it because it actually looks like recording gear rather than a computer program. Well, I love it for other reasons too, but I found the transition from stand alone gear to software easier in Cubase. Others think that Cubase is really hard to use and that Cakewalk is better. That's really a personal preference.

I suggest (you should do this with everything you buy) that you go check it out...try downloading the different demo versions to see if you like it. Go to the stores and check out stand alone units as well. Find the device that makes you comfortable, sounds great, is easiest to use, and will allow you to feel the best about your purchase. I think you can see that different opinions yield different results, but I think the strategy is still the same.

Good luck!
 
Again, thanks for all the insights...

I downloaded nTrack last night, so I'll give it a whirl soon.

Mr. Q: I'm with you on the computer idiot thing, though it always amazes me when friends say, "Hey, G, you know a lot about computers, right?" So maybe we know more than we give ourselves credit for!

C Miller: Yeah, I read a few other folks here complaining about Cubase -- it does seem to come down to whatever you're comfortable with

FYI: Last night, I dug out a cassette recording made in 1994 using the built-in mic on my boom box(guitar and vocals), and you know what, it sounded pretty damn good. How's that for not knowing "real" recording from a hole in the ground (or a hole in a boom box!)

G
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Het G everybodies advice is right on.So i might get railed for this but I am strictly analog here.I started fooling around with this stuff in the early 80's.My sytem has a tascam 388 that I love it's an 8 trk mixer and reel to r. deck and I use it for my live stuff 1 guitar i bass drums and 1 vocal.The drums i sub mix on a 4 channel mixer and feed it to 2 tracks on my deck so with wahts left I still have 4 more for overdubs or to clean up a scratch trk.I know ppl will call me old fashioned but quite a few ppl comment on the quality of the over all sound and the learning curve isn't that steep.Anyway my budget was less i got the deck for 500 couple of mics(sm 57,58 and couple no name ones.So analog is sometimes cheaper u just have to be a little more careful with noise abd distortion>Hope this helps u make an informed decision,but if on the other had I made it harder tell me to go get bent lol.Peace abd good luck.Andrew
 
When i got tired of all the 'hissing' on my tape Tascam, i decided to go digital and that i would need 8 tracks. as i looked around my strike zone just grew and grew. i went on to check out pc stuff, downloaded everything i could find that even resembled a demo, started to plan for my new computer set up and... my guitar was just sitting in a corner watching me fiddle around getting squared eyes and butt ache. i 'love' computers, but as CMiller put it: Track Expansion Syndrome - i got RAM Expansion Depression, Driver Allergy and SCSI-rash followed by USB blackouts. When my hard drive died in front of my own eyes - i'm not joking - i just gave up and went and got a digital 8-tracker. It works just fine, sounds great and it's fairly easy jump to make from a tape MTR if you've been using computers before.

i know i'm gonna upgrade to more tracks eventually, but for now the 8 tracks keep me sticking to my basic song ideas. 16 tracks would have been nice, though...

mm
 
Forgot to say...

G: I forgot to say good luck with what ever you decide to get.

mm
 
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