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cmeisel
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Hi,
I asked this question before and received many answers but I want to give
some more details now to narrow it down.
I am in the process of buying a new Computer and before I order it I would
like to make sure it would work for recording too.
I am not listing the system here to show off or anything, it is what I need
for my work and I just want to know if it works with digital recording or if
more "power" is needed. Somebody else in this group picked out a similar
system and got accused of showing off. It is probably one of the lower end
systems these days...way below $2000 so nothing to show off.
I picked out a 866MHz Pentium III, 256MB 133 SDRAM, 30GB HD, CD Burner and
DVD, 32MB Graphics card and just a no name sound card for now, since I will
buy a good one with whatever recording hard and software I buy.
If people in this group tell me that this computer will be able to handle
recording (in other words, if it is enough machine) then I can finally go
ahead and buy it because I need it for other things too, desperate since the
old one gave up.
Now to the music part...
I own a tascam 38 8-track recorder that is in need of about $800 of repairs.
So rather than fixing it, I wanted to make the jump to digital recording,
furthermore 8-tracks really don't cut it anymore, 24 tracks
minimum would serve my purposes better. But maybe I am wrong, that is why I
ask...
When I put together a song on my tascam 38, I do one instrument at a time.
I usually don't use more than two inputs at a time(for stereo). Does this
mean that I really don't need for instance, a 24 track external mixer to do
24 track recording on a computer ? Can the play back be monitored and mixed
on the computer screen?(depending on the software I buy).
I also have a tascam m-30 recording mixer (8 tracks). My question is whether
or not I could use this mixer, and
all the other junk that I used (with my old set up minus the tascam 38) with
a PC? Also, do you have any suggestions what I should buy ? Any kind of
sound card
suggestions ? What other Hardware ?
Also, do you have any suggestions what I should buy ? Any kind of sound card
suggestions ? What other Hardware ?
Somebody mentioned CoolEdit before and also MOTU2408, which looks pretty
professional. Could I hook up my old mixer top the Motu 2408 ?
Thank you very much for all your help.
Claus
I asked this question before and received many answers but I want to give
some more details now to narrow it down.
I am in the process of buying a new Computer and before I order it I would
like to make sure it would work for recording too.
I am not listing the system here to show off or anything, it is what I need
for my work and I just want to know if it works with digital recording or if
more "power" is needed. Somebody else in this group picked out a similar
system and got accused of showing off. It is probably one of the lower end
systems these days...way below $2000 so nothing to show off.
I picked out a 866MHz Pentium III, 256MB 133 SDRAM, 30GB HD, CD Burner and
DVD, 32MB Graphics card and just a no name sound card for now, since I will
buy a good one with whatever recording hard and software I buy.
If people in this group tell me that this computer will be able to handle
recording (in other words, if it is enough machine) then I can finally go
ahead and buy it because I need it for other things too, desperate since the
old one gave up.
Now to the music part...
I own a tascam 38 8-track recorder that is in need of about $800 of repairs.
So rather than fixing it, I wanted to make the jump to digital recording,
furthermore 8-tracks really don't cut it anymore, 24 tracks
minimum would serve my purposes better. But maybe I am wrong, that is why I
ask...
When I put together a song on my tascam 38, I do one instrument at a time.
I usually don't use more than two inputs at a time(for stereo). Does this
mean that I really don't need for instance, a 24 track external mixer to do
24 track recording on a computer ? Can the play back be monitored and mixed
on the computer screen?(depending on the software I buy).
I also have a tascam m-30 recording mixer (8 tracks). My question is whether
or not I could use this mixer, and
all the other junk that I used (with my old set up minus the tascam 38) with
a PC? Also, do you have any suggestions what I should buy ? Any kind of
sound card
suggestions ? What other Hardware ?
Also, do you have any suggestions what I should buy ? Any kind of sound card
suggestions ? What other Hardware ?
Somebody mentioned CoolEdit before and also MOTU2408, which looks pretty
professional. Could I hook up my old mixer top the Motu 2408 ?
Thank you very much for all your help.
Claus