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 Mon 6 Nov 2006, 21:49
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Hello everyone. I'm new here - please be kind to me!
A little background information... About 18 months ago I bought my first mac - an iMac G5, 1.8GHz, 768MB RAM and a copy of Logic Express V7.01 with the intention of moving my songwriting from an 8track recorder to computer. However university got in the way and its only now I am getting a chance to get back into writing songs seriously again. What I want to do is be able to record songs using guitars, bass, drums (roland td8 vdrums) and vocals into my mac. Can someone please advise me on how to go about this - what kind of midi interface do I need? do I need some kind of preamp? can I plug guitars straight in or do I need to mic amplifiers? if I want to not use the vdrums can I just program the drums? etc, etc. So to summarise: I have an iMac G5, Logic Express, a load of 'traditional' instuments and absolutely no idea how to make them all work together. I'm not trying to make mega high quality, polished audio yet, I just want to be able to get my ideas down and mess around with them. Any advice would be absolutely brilliant. Thanks. This post has been edited by theyesman: Mon 6 Nov 2006, 21:53 |
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Tue 7 Nov 2006, 21:39
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In the long run you would be paying more for an app that has less capabilities. Express has a maximum 255 audio tracks, PTLE maxes out at 32 tracks. PTLE midi features are a small subset of what is available in Logic.
If you are more of a composer go with Logic. If you are only concerned with recording and mixing PTLE may be faster. The Mbox2 is USB, It may not be able to record four tracks at once at high sample rates. It does have a good plugin bundle, but don't confuse PTLE with the $10,000+ Pro Tools HD systems. I'm currently completing my third CD project using Logic Express, and when I need better mikes I just take my harddrive to a larger studio. They have Logic Pro as the front end of their Pro Tools| HD system. 
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theyesman Getting Started - Total Newbie Alert! Mon 6 Nov 2006, 21:49
gdoubleyou Take a look at the range of firewire audio interfa... Mon 6 Nov 2006, 23:07
theyesman QUOTE (gdoubleyou @ Tue 7 Nov 2006, 00:07... Tue 7 Nov 2006, 18:15 leegrainge QUOTE (theyesman @ Tue 7 Nov 2006, 18:15)... Wed 8 Nov 2006, 11:55 hahaworld I'd like to second gdoubleyou's motion in ... Wed 8 Nov 2006, 06:23 gdoubleyou You have to decide about price point, a Mbox pro +... Wed 8 Nov 2006, 23:09 leegrainge QUOTE (gdoubleyou @ Wed 8 Nov 2006, 23:09... Thu 9 Nov 2006, 01:12 leegrainge QUOTE (leegrainge @ Thu 9 Nov 2006, 01:12... Thu 9 Nov 2006, 02:13 lepetitmartien A hint in short
- If you're a way more audio ... Thu 9 Nov 2006, 03:39 hahaworld I am so impressed with this forum. Thanks to every... Thu 9 Nov 2006, 06:21 hanuman As in regard to the Logic VS PT topic. It looks qu... Thu 9 Nov 2006, 08:42 lepetitmartien Save gdoubleyou is not working for apple/emagic…
... Thu 9 Nov 2006, 15:03 theyesman Once again, thankyou for all of your replies.
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