 Fri 27 Jul 2001, 22:10
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 27-Jul 01 From: Lawrence Member No.: 1,341  |
Hey out there,
I'm a musician looking to get an audio recording setup going on a new ibook (500Mhz., 192 MB Ram, 10 gig drive) I just ordered. Eventually I want to add midi as I do play a Kurzweil SP-76 keyboard, but mainly I'm a bass player and need to replace an aging four track for my band. I don't have much money to spend so it looks like I'm going to be stuck with the imic audio I/O. I've read all the posts to this forum and it sounds like protools free won't work with the imic. What other good, cheap, audio recording software do you all reccommend (I'd love a MOTU 828 into Cubase 32, but I just don't have the cash). I have about $250 to spend total. Right now I'm planning on getting a Behringer eurorack Mixer and running that into the imic. Then using Cubasis VST 2.0 to record the actual tracks. The total price for this setup looks to be about $215. Should I be looking at other hardware configurations instead? The mixer is key as I need to get 2 drum mics, 2 vocal mics, guitar, bass, and keyboard in all at once. I'd love to record separate tracks, but it looks like that's not possible in my price range. Any reccommendations would be appreciated. The UA-30 and Egosys inputs don't look like they do any more than the imic, but cost 6 times as much. If I'm wrong about this, please educate me. rtpeyton@ukans.edu |
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Sun 29 Jul 2001, 03:02
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The way you're going sounds OK. Eventually I'd be looking for a better quality interface - there are quite a few good USB devices including one I've seen with two balanced mics in and SPDIF which sounded great - but it's $500 US.I don't recall the name but I can find out. Behringer stuff is good for the price because it's reasonably quiet and has a useful BUS send (alt 3/4). With ANY portable, make sure you actually see the stuff working on one before you buy it. Heading for VST32 is good. Also I think partitions are the way to go - that way you can still use the notebook for other stuff. And partitioned drives are generally faster. If you really apply yourself to getting the best mic placement/balance you can, recording in stereo is OK. It will be a vast improvement on the 4 track in terms of flexability at least.
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Mello Hey out there,
I'm a musician looking to get a... Fri 27 Jul 2001, 22:10
Synthetic you could always record with simple sound or anoth... Mon 30 Jul 2001, 14:32 abbie I read somewhere that the iMic only works with vir... Tue 31 Jul 2001, 16:04 Synthetic QUOTE Quote: from abbie on July 31, 2001 - 10:04[b... Wed 1 Aug 2001, 01:04
Mello I'm going to answer my own question, fueled in par... Thu 2 Aug 2001, 00:24 |
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