Tascam Us 122, recording my band Options

[jebbels]

I just bought a g4 powerbook. I want to record my band, mostly as a demo, but possably to distribute at shows, if it turns out good enough. I saw that the Tascam us 122 comes with a paired down version of Cubase. I need a recording program . When I've tried recording through the mic input of my comupter the sound comes out crackling and week.Will the tascam improve the quality of the sound I'm recording? Is the version of cubase good enough(non of the adds are very specific about about the paired down programs features)? Our funds are very limited which is why I thought this could cure both my sound quality issue and program needs at the same time.

[rundkante]

Hi!
I bought my own Tascam us 122 a few weeks ago and I'm very happy with it. Compared to the mic input of your computer you will improve the sound quality very much! To my opinion you can't make a mistake with buying it because it's worth is much higher than it's price. There's no better audio-interface in this price cathegory.
Unfortunately the software package is not as great as the hardware. The tascam giga studio only runs on windows, and cubasis only runs on OS 9. So, if you are a OSX user, you can't use any of the programs. If you got OS 9 (I don't know if it's still installed on new macs), cubasis will do it for the start. You can record, edit and sequence, but many of the features of cubase sx (for example) you won't find. But I don't know if you really need them. Great mastering sessions are not possible, but for demos it will sure do it! I think it's ok to start into harddisk recording, even though I'm happy to have cubase sx.
So, the us 122 sure will cure your sound quality issue. Cubasis will not cure all your (future) software needs, but it's very much better than nothing!