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    Home Recording Question

    I am wanting to start some home recording/mixing with what limited gear that I have and PC. Can anyone tell me a good starting point reference as to what equipment I am going to purchase in order to help me out? All I am looking for is basically a 4-track. I would like something that has drum tracks included or capable of making my own. I have heard pretty decent reviews about Cakewalk but am unclear as to what my other options may be. What are you guys using and what seems to be the most user friendly without losing too much quality?

    Thanks!
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    Re: Home Recording Question

    Hey Brad,

    Try downloading demos of some of these programs first, and see what you like. They all have a learning curve and it will take awhile to get good with it. Then you just have to choose either a PCI card or USB/Firewire for you interface. Try to find a package deal it'll save you money. Quality wise is more about the interface than the software you use to record, read some reviews and beef up your PC with LOTS of RAM. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

    You can get a really decent system for around $500, of course the more you spend the more you get. Depends on the quality you want.

    I still think stand alone units are better and alot easier to just start recording with, not to mention faders

    Good luck,
    Joe

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      Re: Home Recording Question

      http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

      Get one of these and plug in, then run the RCA outs to your soundcard's Line In.
      I use CoolEdit2000 which is sadly no longer available, and damn simple to use, but very powerful as far as the range of plug-ins and editing capabilities.
      I had Cakewalk once and didn't like it.

      Look around www.sharewaremusicmachine.com for some good demos and freeware (N-track,etc).

      For drums, I'd suggest a MIDI-capable soundcard with 12 megs or more of RAM on it and use it for drums, as the Alesis SR-16 and QSR units only really use 16MB drum samples, so you'd sound as close to "pro studio gear" with even a Creative Labs Gold-series card with a full 16MB.

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        Re: Home Recording Question

        Thanks for the help, Guys!

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        • #5
          Re: Home Recording Question

          guitar tracks pro and M-Audio audiophile 2496 sound card.

          http://cakewalk.com/Products/GuitarT...ro/default.asp

          http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=...3fa8b83343bfb8
          shawnlutz.com

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