 What Equipment Is Best For Starting Out?, Starting new studio using Mac G4 |
  Wed 14 Jan 2004, 20:37
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Hey everyone.... I'm looking to start a new recording studio using a Mac G4 w/Digital Performer... I'm just curious what equipment you'd recommend to start out with. (i.e. - what mixers, midi, monitors, mics, preamps, synths, etc....) Basically just looking for some different ideas for complete studio setups for starting out using the mac g4 w/Digital performer. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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Fri 16 Jan 2004, 12:57
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 23-Oct 03 From: Barcelona - ES Member No.: 27,348 |
Hello there,
You are alright with Digital Performer and the G4, that is more than enough to start doing your first recordings and probably for a really long time you will be using this software and computer. I would not recommend at all the interface you are looking at now though.The Audiophile Interface is not the right thing for what you want to do, the analog inputs are Line Level RCA so you could never record a guitar or a microphone and this what you want to do. In this case it far better suits your needs the M-Audio Firewire 410 Interface with two mic preamps and two line level jack connections(so you need two mic preamps to use the four analog inputs simultaneously).Anyway one of the things you have to made up your mind about is how many audio tracks you will record at once.Just imagine you are going to record a drum Kit, or a live set.In this situation you will probably need more than 4 mics to get a good result.If that is the case you need to look at other options as MOTU 828 MKII (this is the interface I have, it works pretty well) and the Digi 002 Rack (with 4 mic preamps instead of two of MOTU and shipping with Pro Tools LE instead of Audio Desk from MOTU, a little bit more expensive as well). I hope it helps!!! |
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everybodysnobody What Equipment Is Best For Starting Out? Wed 14 Jan 2004, 20:37
lepetitmartien uh… Don't you think the question is a bit… uh…... Thu 15 Jan 2004, 02:36 everybodysnobody lol.... sorry... umm.... I want to record anywhere... Thu 15 Jan 2004, 15:06 kaboombahchuck As far as monitors go, I highly recomend the Alesi... Fri 16 Jan 2004, 15:08 everybodysnobody thanks for all the great advice...., I was looking... Sat 17 Jan 2004, 06:52 The King of Hellfire Hi there,
The Motu 828 has two mic preamps, the Di... Sun 18 Jan 2004, 01:59 everybodysnobody Thanks for the input! I totally agree with th... Mon 19 Jan 2004, 20:08 The King of Hellfire Sorry Mate,
AD converter as you perfectly figured ... Tue 20 Jan 2004, 09:56
everybodysnobody Thanks for the advice, I think the motu 828 is wha... Tue 20 Jan 2004, 19:08 |
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