 Tascam Or Quattro, Help Needed |
 Tue 13 Aug 2002, 01:19
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I am looking to set up a home studio, and am trying to understand all that's involved. I have started collecting elements slowly and have a Mackie 1202, condenser mic, and Cubase VST. I will using this on a 366 mHz iBook with 196 RAM and 10 gb drive. Yes, I realize I might need a Firewire hard drive at some point. And I'll probably be purchasing a desktop G4 fairly soon. I'll be recording instrumentals (solo, multi-tracking) on guitar, flute and keyboard. I'd like to have the option of including MIDI at some point.
I assume my next puchase needs to be a USB A/D/A converter. I'd like to keep costs around $250-300 (probably by buying used). I've been checking out the Midiman Quattro and the Tascam 428. Am I on the right track regarding what I need to get started? Do these perform similar functions? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Joe S. |
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Thu 15 Aug 2002, 14:28
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just a quick note on Edirol... I personally would stay away from them. Not that their products are horrible but I found out a couple years ago that they are a PC first and Mac last company. Meaning... they develop stuff for PC first and later if they can make it work... they port it to the mac. I had been interested in one of their audio interfaces and emailed them about support for Macs... well all they were willing to tell me was "it should work on Macs but they couldn't confirm it and couldn't offer much help with Mac related questions. Then after researching more... it seemed to me that their products were not really cheap when you look at features and what some of the other interfaces offered for less.
point being... if you look around like samash.com or musiciansfriend.com you can find better choices for the money... but that's just my opinion for what its worth -------------------- ----------------------------------------
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JoeS Tascam Or Quattro Tue 13 Aug 2002, 01:19
rickenbacker There is a multitude of USB options available, mos... Tue 13 Aug 2002, 10:58 xingu I know there's conflicting info. out there on ... Tue 13 Aug 2002, 14:46 JoeS Thanks for the advice. Very helpful.
As a result, ... Wed 14 Aug 2002, 12:42 rickenbacker The UA-20 is supposed to be out by the end of Augu... Thu 15 Aug 2002, 11:23 rickenbacker That's interesting - I've always found Edi... Fri 16 Aug 2002, 10:48
Synthetik Id say go for the Quattra, instead of the US428.
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