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whats the best recording setup?
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<blockquote data-quote="Village Idiot" data-source="post: 432875" data-attributes="member: 29446"><p>Analog to digital interface. It's what you plug your mics/inputs into to get them to send the signal to a computer.</p><p></p><p>You can find one with 2 inputs for about $150-200 I believe. For one with 10, you're looking at atleast $500</p><p></p><p>You NEED one of those. Presonus, MOTU, Apogee, Alesis all make one or several different types. With $500, you're not going to be able to get a full setup that can record that many inputs at once. I'm thinking you're looking at <em>at least</em> $1000 and that's for generic gear and generic quality. It's going to cost you probably $200 for 4 cheap mics, and when you buy cheap mics you get cheap sound.</p><p></p><p>And if you can fanagle the student version of Logic Express, that's $150. If not, $250 is about the cheapest a recording software will be for the mac as far as the programs I'm familiar with. Plus depending on which interface you purchase you may need a mixer.</p><p></p><p>Basically you need these to have a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)</p><p></p><p>Computer</p><p>A/D Interface</p><p>Mixer</p><p>Preamps (can come on mixer or interface)</p><p>Mics</p><p>Recording Software</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Village Idiot, post: 432875, member: 29446"] Analog to digital interface. It's what you plug your mics/inputs into to get them to send the signal to a computer. You can find one with 2 inputs for about $150-200 I believe. For one with 10, you're looking at atleast $500 You NEED one of those. Presonus, MOTU, Apogee, Alesis all make one or several different types. With $500, you're not going to be able to get a full setup that can record that many inputs at once. I'm thinking you're looking at [i]at least[/i] $1000 and that's for generic gear and generic quality. It's going to cost you probably $200 for 4 cheap mics, and when you buy cheap mics you get cheap sound. And if you can fanagle the student version of Logic Express, that's $150. If not, $250 is about the cheapest a recording software will be for the mac as far as the programs I'm familiar with. Plus depending on which interface you purchase you may need a mixer. Basically you need these to have a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) Computer A/D Interface Mixer Preamps (can come on mixer or interface) Mics Recording Software [/QUOTE]
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