Home Recording Help

Posted on Dec 11, 2008 04:57 pm
OFrankieJ
Member Since: Dec 11, 2008

My studio is in my basement and my computer is upstairs. Just wondering a few things before I have to go and move everything around and rearrange my entire house. I have a Tascam 2488. Can I transfer raw multiple tracks to my computer through a flash drive or even a CD and then work on the tracks individually on my PC? Or do I have to hardwire my comp to my tascam? does anyone know?????

Thanks

FrankieJ

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Tadpui
I am not a crook's head
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Since: Mar 14, 2003

Dec 12, 2008 04:49 pm

You should be able to transfer .wav files to your PC, load them into your software, and mix your project that way. It looks like that unit has a USB output, so you can transfer files via that connection. No need for a flash drive or CD. You should be able to just hook a USB cable between the 2 devices and go from there.

The only tough part about doing it that way is getting all of the files time-aligned with each other once you get them loaded into a new project on your PC. That can take a while to get it right, where all of the band's timing is back to how it was when you originally recorded it.

OFrankieJ
Member
Since: Dec 11, 2008

Dec 15, 2008 05:22 pm

I was just wondering if I can do it before I go out and buy something like cakewalk. The reason I mentioned a flash drive is because my computer is in a different room then my home studio. I think I was hoping for a quick fix... lol.

What I really want to know is this. Is there a way I can record on my Tascam, and mix and master on my computer? I know I can mix and master on my Tascam, as well as burn a CD, I just am trying to have the best of both worlds.

Noize2u
Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002

Dec 15, 2008 10:12 pm

Yes, you can do that. I do projects that were recorded on all kinds of different formats.

As long as they can get me an audio file of one sort or another I can fly it into my DAW and away I go.