The Best digital homestudio to buy.

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I am a beginner in using digital home studio's and am wanting a bit of
advice what to go for.I was used to using the tascam 414 four track anologue
home studio.I now want to upgrade to digital.I am looking for a studio that
i can record four tracks at once or maybe even 8 and it has to have built in
effects and base lines.I also want to be able to record directly onto cd as
in when i have done my mix record onto the cd writer thats already on the
studio for me to then to be able to hand out copys to friends etc so they
can play on their stereo and could you suggest something in that is not to
difficult for a beginner to use basicly am wanting something thats not
complicated but easy to use.I would really appreciate your advice if you
could help me on this.

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In article <cts2ka$qfo$1@hercules.btinternet.com> eddiethebhoy@hotmail.com writes:

> I am a beginner in using digital home studio's and am wanting a bit of
> advice what to go for.I was used to using the tascam 414 four track anologue
> home studio.I now want to upgrade to digital.I am looking for a studio that
> i can record four tracks at once or maybe even 8 and it has to have built in
> effects and base lines.I also want to be able to record directly onto cd as
> in when i have done my mix record onto the cd writer thats already on the
> studio

I gave this same advice to someone else just a few days ago. First, do
your own homework. The same companies who have always made there are
still making them - TASCAM, Roland, Boss, Zoom, Korg, Kawai, Fostex,
Yamaha.

Narrow down your search in two ways. First, really thing about your
input and simultaneous recording requirements. If you want 8 mic
inputs and 8 channels of simultaneouls recording, that rules out a
whole bunch of them. Then look at the effects, and again from both
sides. Do you want to be able to apply effects on all channels, a few
channels, or just on the mix? See what's offered. A built-in CD writer
is nice, but there are other ways to do this if you can find what you
want minus this feature.

But most important is the user interface. If it isn't easy for you to
use, you'll waste too much time trying to figure out how to do every
little thing. Once you narrow your choices down to a few machines, you
can go to some music stores and look at them in the flesh.

If you just ask for suggestions, you'll get "names we know" and not a
free market survey based on your dream requirements.


--
I'm really Mike Rivers (mrivers@d-and-d.com)
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

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mwood5nospam@yahoo.com from the land of mwood5nospam@yahoo.com wrote:

> First look at a few of the various software's out there and let that be
> your first choice. Once you determine a software...that works on your
> computer....you can then look at the various hardware/soundcards that
> work with this software. Most "lite" version out here be it Pro Tools
> LE, Cubase SE, etc all have VST instruments and effects built in. Most
> can render mixdowns in .wav which can easily be burned to a CDR. Most
> CDR's come with software to create playable CDs. I even think that
> Mackie is giving away a decent software package...Traction (?) and
> Ableton is supposed to be nice as well.


Good advice. I'll put in my two cents' worth. As a user of a "lite"
version of Digital Performer (Audio Desk) and a user of Pro Tools LE, I have
tried to use Traktion and am baffled. I can't really get a handle on it.
It feels totally counterintuitive to me. PTLE and even AudioDesk seem like
they make sense in how they represent inputs, outputs, fx inserts, volume,
panning, everything. They're a little different from each other but
basically are readable.

I know that Traktion is supposed to be an intuitive and workable interface,
but it's eluding me. I can't see or feel what's happening. The OP may find
such a difference as well.

Carlos

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I have a Roland VS-1680 (pretty mint condition) with both effects cards
and the 18 track upgrade that I'm going to sell next month w/monitors,
20 gig hard drive, CD burner, etc. I recently upgraded to a
computer-based studio.

E-mail me for more details if interested. Pretty good starter unit. I
haven't yet researched what price I'm looking for.

-JC


Mike Rivers wrote:

> In article <cts2ka$qfo$1@hercules.btinternet.com> eddiethebhoy@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
>>I am a beginner in using digital home studio's and am wanting a bit of
>>advice what to go for.I was used to using the tascam 414 four track anologue
>>home studio.I now want to upgrade to digital.I am looking for a studio that
>>i can record four tracks at once or maybe even 8 and it has to have built in
>>effects and base lines.I also want to be able to record directly onto cd as
>>in when i have done my mix record onto the cd writer thats already on the
>>studio
>
>
> I gave this same advice to someone else just a few days ago. First, do
> your own homework. The same companies who have always made there are
> still making them - TASCAM, Roland, Boss, Zoom, Korg, Kawai, Fostex,
> Yamaha.
>
> Narrow down your search in two ways. First, really thing about your
> input and simultaneous recording requirements. If you want 8 mic
> inputs and 8 channels of simultaneouls recording, that rules out a
> whole bunch of them. Then look at the effects, and again from both
> sides. Do you want to be able to apply effects on all channels, a few
> channels, or just on the mix? See what's offered. A built-in CD writer
> is nice, but there are other ways to do this if you can find what you
> want minus this feature.
>
> But most important is the user interface. If it isn't easy for you to
> use, you'll waste too much time trying to figure out how to do every
> little thing. Once you narrow your choices down to a few machines, you
> can go to some music stores and look at them in the flesh.
>
> If you just ask for suggestions, you'll get "names we know" and not a
> free market survey based on your dream requirements.
>
>
> --
> I'm really Mike Rivers (mrivers@d-and-d.com)
> However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
> lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
> you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
> and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

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hey:

after trying various recorders i can say the way to go for most
beginners is to use a PC. i personally like tracktion's price and
interface but it really depends on the individual.

one question i have i swhy you need to record four or 8 tracks at once.
that really is a bit much for most uses. are you planning on recording
drums live? if so that would make more sense but for most applications
it is a bit of overkill and will likely drive your price up.


spend some time downloading demo software for your computer. try them
out..i was a big ACID fan until I found tracktion but that's just my
experience. people have different ways of relating to software and to
300 page manuals!


good luck moving into the digital domain!


sean

http://www.xanga.com/sean808080


Eddie wrote:
> I am a beginner in using digital home studio's and am wanting a bit
of
> advice what to go for.I was used to using the tascam 414 four track
anologue
> home studio.I now want to upgrade to digital.I am looking for a
studio that
> i can record four tracks at once or maybe even 8 and it has to have
built in
> effects and base lines.I also want to be able to record directly onto
cd as
> in when i have done my mix record onto the cd writer thats already on
the
> studio for me to then to be able to hand out copys to friends etc so
they
> can play on their stereo and could you suggest something in that is
not to
> difficult for a beginner to use basicly am wanting something thats
not
> complicated but easy to use.I would really appreciate your advice if
you
> could help me on this.

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For a special project, recording cockpit audio (mostly
voice) in a driving simulator, I have looked, but unable to
find reasonable priced electret mic preamps. Unbalanced,
they need the 1.5v "bias" power, not phantom power. I don't
want in-line batteries. They need 1/8" mini jacks. Ideally,
they would be with a 4-channel mixer. Any suggestions?

Chip Wood