typical newbie questions

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dwallis

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I've been surfing around this board for a while now and can't find the solution to my exact situation, so hopefully someone out there can clue me in.

I'm getting involved in a recording project with guys spreadout all over the world. The guy who is getting it together is using Logic Platinum on a Mac in the UK. He intends to send me files (i think in aiff, but maybe mp3) that I then laysome tracks on and send back for mixing. Sounds fun.

I've got a 450mhz PIII with 192 MB RAM. I just installed a new h/d on ultraATA/100 w/ 30g of space. I still use the 10g ultraATA/66 the computer came with as a boot disk. My computer came a Turtle Beach Montego somethin or other sound card.

My main questions at this time:
1) Do I need to drop >$400 on a sound card? I'm primarily a bass player, will only ever do single channel recording (will never input more than one channel at a time). If I do any guitar or VOX recording, it will just be for scratch tracks, that I will go back and lay final bass cuts over.

2) Pro Audio? Cubase VST? Cubase VST/32? Cubasis? Any other products out there that would fit my needs? I'm not a rich man, so the less money I spend the better, but I need to make sure that I deliver quality sounds.

Thanks for helping me out.

dwallis
 
dwallis - we really need to know how he is going to send you his files. i.e. what format. You could probably get away with using N-Track.
cheers
john
 
Thx. File formats are going to be mp3 and aiff.

Do I need a better sound card?
 
I haven't heard your specific soundcard, but in general, i've heard nothing but good things about the Turtle Beach soundcards, so you might be able to get away with just using that, especially since you only need 1 input at a time...The best way to find out would be to just try it out of course :) Also, what are you planning on using to get the bass signal into your computer? That'll make a big impact on the sound too...

I second John's suggestion of N-track...It runs about $40 i believe, and should do everything you need it to..

-travis
 
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