Tascam 464 to iBook

[xavinum]

I'm looking for a cheap but pro way to digitize my Tascam 4-track recordings. I'm thinking of using Traction because it is cheap and Mackie makes it. I have an iBook G4 933 and I'm wondering what I need to complete my set-up. Do I just need to buy an interface/input device with firewire/USB and 4 inputs (note: i cannot bus 2 tracks and then bus the other 2 and match them up, I've tried it before at a friends and it wasn't totally synched up all the way through the song)? Do I need a special sound card or something else? What input devices do you recommend that are inexpensive? Basically I just need a way to digitize the tracks so they can be mixed later by me or someone better than me. Thanks!

 

[DigitalSmigital]

Inexpensive Pro equipment is a rarity...

You need something like M-Audio's 410 audio interface but the price is not inexpensive by my reckoning. New technology gets "old" fast now, but I haven't seen them on eBay.

It requires G3/G4 500Mhz Mac OS X 10.1.5, 10.2.6 or greater and a native firewire which iBook has. Good luck.