what card for the setup

[stranger233]

Hi all,

I've read a bunch of stuff on this bbs about different sound cards and different advantages and disadvantages, but I still could use some direct advice. I'm setting up a computer to act primarily as a digital multitrack. It's going to be a PII 400 with 192 mg of ram, scsi CDR, 23 gigs Hd, etc...

I'm going to get a line6 pod for direct recording of guitar and bass (can I use the pod for bass?) and an SM57 for vocals and acoustic instrument mics.

The only piece left is the soundcard. I was originally set on the Guillemot Isis since it had 8 inputs, and was under 300, but after reading the posts, I'm unsure. I essentially want to use the studio for:

a. recording my own music to CD
b. occasionally being able to record live music in the basement through mics and put that to CD.

I can spend... well, I'd like to keep it under or around 500 for the sound card, but if there's a big jump between 300 and 600 dollar cards, I'd rather spend a little more and get a quality card then save the money and have to upgrade in 6 months.

advice?

 

[Eddie N]

hmmnn.. the POD might work for bass , but i do know that line6 also makes a Bass POD..

dont expect the sm-57 to work too well on acoustic instruments.. you can get away with it for vocals , but if you really want great results for your vocals and acoustic instruments go with the rode nt1.. its 100 bucks more but is 5 times as good.. you dont even need the sm-57 at all if your going to be recording direct with the POD..

as far as soundcards go , look into the gadgetlabs wave 8/24 ..8 in/outs and a pricetag of 500 bucks.. everyone that has one seems to be happy with it..

- eddie -