RE: [AN1x] Digest Number 1185
2003-11-24 by Frank Blades
What to other people think, becuase I too want to set-up a good-but-cheap PC recording studio. Any ideas welcome! Frank
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> Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 15:51:29 -0500 > From: Kaltar <kaltar@...> > Subject: Re: Recording to PC > > the sound blaster live sucks. Its a Gamer Card. I Recommend > Maudio, But Not > USB or Firewired: PCI (Like Delta Series). Cause Will Give You > Less Problems > For Latency, And They Are Cheap And Good (D44 Can Record 24/96). > > > > On Saturday 22 November 2003 05:53 am, nuvalerium wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I have been away on business for some time and currently have over > > 100 messages from this group in my inbox, so some catching up to do :- > > ) > > For years, I have simply recorded to CD using my phillips CD > > recorder. It's time to start recording to my PC. I need some advice. > > Main equipment used in this project = AN1x, Ensoniq ASR-10, Mackie > > 1202 VLZ Pro, reasonably quick PC, Sonar 1.0 XL, Midisport 4x4. My PC > > has a soundblaster livedrive on the front with inputs. I can simply > > connect the tape outputs of the Mackie to the inputs of this live > > drive and it will record into Sonar, however I have huge feedback > > challenges and the quality is poor. I need an audio interface yes? So > > what to buy? Will a USB audio interface be my solution or is it > > something else? Recording direct to the soundcard seems not the right > > solution, so what is? How would an audio interface fit into my setup > > allowing high quality recording into Sonar? > > > > Advice, as always, much appreciated. Incidentally, I am thinking of > > sacking my beloved AN1x and Ensoniq ASR-10 and making it a bit more > > simple with a Motif ES. I can buy the PLG-AN150 card for it and still > > have all my AN1x patches, but a much better sampler and sequencer. > > Anyone got a Motif and any opinions? > > > > Thanks peeps! > > > > Alan >