i'm tryin to start my own home studio. nothin too fancy. I just wanna record myself on guitar and bass and possibly a drum machine. i'm on a $300 budget tho and i've been lookin at these so far. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Focusrite-Saffire-FireWire-Audio-Interface-?sku=245020 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Lexicon-Omega-Desktop-Recording-Studio?sku=245505 the lexicon comes with Cubase which is a bonus so i wouldn't have to buy recording software. i've heard of people using cakewalk with the focusrite and i kno i've got cakewalk sittin around here somewhere. also, the focusrite is firewire which i've heard is better than usb for recording since usb has high latency. all in all, i've heard great things about both of them but i wanna kno if anyone here owns them, used them, or knows sumthin better for around the same price. edit: oh yeh, i should also add that i don't wanna record directly but rather thru my amp from the line out output
thanks but i'm looking for something more guitar/band oriented. i know there are people on here that record so someone has gotta have an answer. oh well.
i found this at guitar center, used, for 400. http://www.bosscorp.co.jp/PRODUCTS/EN/BR-900CD/index.html its nice. i have no complaints. 100% awesome. 8 tracks. endless playback tracks. etc... its the shit.
I use Reason for most of my drums since I can't afford drum mics right now (they're hella expensive). I use a MTR (Boss) to record guitar, vocals, and bass. And a Korg does the rest.
I have not heard of either of those two, but i recommend looking for a used M-box, it comes with protools, meaning its a good program that is the standard for digital recording.
This is what my Brother uses... http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ It's quite incredible, it's soooo easy to use.
i dont like computers for recording. something always goes wrong. and i end up wasting precious stoned playing time while trying to figure shit out. (takes a little getting used to) I prefer DAWs since they are purpose made for recording. i would say get one of the new cheap 8 tracks (with a usb/firewire). Its all you need. you can connect em to the comps if you want. I never do, only for midi.