Mar 05, 2006 10:49 pm How many tracks total do you need to record at one time? That will help answer the question a little better.
Further clarification on Multitrack Recorders or PC / Firewire combos
Posted on Mar 05, 2006 03:22 pm
noah56
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Member Since: Feb 08, 2005
I am going to upgrade my current PC based studio, which only allows other musicians to come to me and record with very limited I/O and post-editing features. I am looking for a unit that will allow me to do on-site recording. The unit should allow enough simultaneous recording channels so that I may, after the recording is complete edit those indivitual sounds (i.e. kick / snare or even bass). Or overall is it better to keep it pretty simple and do something like an analog mixer with 4 buss into lower cost 8 track multitracker with 2-4 channel simultaneous? I would buss out the kick and snare channels to their respective paths? Would I have more flexibility with a small rack of units, compared to a 16 track multitracker that will have all of their built in controls? I know it's kind of a dead subject, and individually based... but I feel like there may be something or combination that I'm missing. Thanks ..
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Mar 05, 2006 10:49 pm How many tracks total do you need to record at one time? That will help answer the question a little better.
Mar 06, 2006 09:18 am Think about this, also: budget... How much do you want to spend? You could go for a "minimal" with a laptop & firewire/cardbus interface, to a rack-mount computer with any type of interface, to a digital board... say $1,500 to $15,000 rather easily...
Mar 06, 2006 11:24 am I have a budget of 1500 for just the recorder or the computer gig. I want to do on site recording of full bands, with the ability to produce a CD on site if need be. I would prefer to have access to every mic/line (meaning dynamics/eq/effects), which means likely minimal 4 but probably 8+ simultaneous channels.
Mar 07, 2006 10:38 am Presonus Firepod - 8 input firewire interface comes with needed Cubase LE software. Allows up to eight mic lines to be recorded to seperate tracks. Spend the rest of the money on mics.
Mar 07, 2006 10:39 am ...and spend it on a load of RAM and faster HD to be able to keep up with 8 tracks of data simultaneously.
Mar 08, 2006 08:59 am I am currently running a P4 2.4Ghz, with 768 (or whatever the increment is) RAM and a 5400 40 GIG HD. Recommended being ... 1G+ 7200 HD?
Mar 08, 2006 09:01 am Your first goal would be upping that hard drive to 7200...if you still have money, yeah, bounce that RAM up a little, but that isn't the biggest issue, the HD speed is...
Mar 08, 2006 09:01 am Stinkyryan - Suppose that'd be just as efficient as say a Yamaha MG16/6FX Grouped out into 4 + channels into a Delta 1010 or something of the sort? Or is that just extra stuff? Is it better just to get the sound to the computer and do everything else there? Would I be able to get a quality signal with just the preamp and no limiters to manage pre-pc clipping?
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