Home Recording Survey

[Bruce Griffin]

I bought a Dell PC and an Aardvark Q10, with Sonar 2.2. Got 2K in the whole rig, and it's really quite an amazing system, with great flexibility and sound. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to try a DAW. My Roland made fine recordings, but the ease of editing on a computer system really lets you improve your recordings, just cause you can clean up a lot of little noises quickly. It's amazing what a decent mic will pick up when you start listening a little more closely.

[Leon Grizzard]

Korg D1600. 16 tracks with 8 recordable at the same time. Recent big price drop because of the new model and great forum with tons of help - Korgstudio.com

[Sam Minnitti]

I go the digital route myself.

Mbox to Pro Tools LE. I can either plug directly into the Mbox (which has two nice Focusrite pre's) or mic in with a Shure SM57.



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[Rich Weiss]

Pro Tools LE - Digi 001. (32 track beta)
PowerMac G4 800
2 Neve 1272 Preamps
Appogee Rosetta A/D converter
Benchmark DAC1 D/A converter
Mackie HR 624 monitors
A ton of cool plugins
<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Rich Weiss on 03 October 2003 at 06:43 PM.]</p></FONT>

[Steve Stallings]

This is what I use

www.brazosaudio.com

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God Bless,
Steve Stallings

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[Bill Llewellyn]

Preamp/A-D converter: M-Audio Firewire 410
Apple G4 QuickSilver 1.25GHz computer
Mark of the Unicorn Digital Performer software
Lexicon - LXP-5 reverb, delay, and pitch-shift effects module
Panasonic - SV-3700 digital audio tape (DAT) recorder
Adcom - GFA 535-II stereo power amplifier
Boston Acoustics - CR9 speakers as monitors


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<font size=-1>Bill, steelin' since '99 | Steel page | My music | Steelers' birthdays | Over 50?</font><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bill Llewellyn on 06 October 2003 at 08:32 PM.]</p></FONT>

[Matt Steindl]

Tascam 788, then I edit in Cool Edit on the PC.

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[Shaan Shirazi]

Since there are a bunch of knowledgeable recording engineers and Tascam 788 users here AND there is no Tascam users forum at the time, maybe one of you can help me.

I'm trying to import .wav files that were done at a pro tools studio into my 788 using the wav import function.

The 788 tells me it does not recognize any wav files on the disc that I'm using. When I put the disc in my computer it detects the files as WAV clips but I can't get anything to play them media player, real audio nada.

My guess is the wav files from pro tools are somehow proprietary and not interchangeable with other recorders. That really doesn't make sense but I don't know what else to think. Does pro tools have an export function to get standard wav files? Has anyone else had good/bad experiences with importing wav files?

I really wish Tascam would bring it's forum back it is sooo helpful.

Thanks in advance for any help you guys can send me.

Shaan

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<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Shaan Shirazi on 07 October 2003 at 06:22 AM.]</p></FONT>

[Michael Brebes]

Mainly computer:
Nuendo w/MOTU 2408mk3/24io
but every once in a while I pull out the old MCI/Scully 2" 16 track.

[Susan Alcorn]

For recording these days, I go through my effects rack with preamps, eq, reverb, and delay into an M-Box and into my computer for protools. However, there are a few things I'm not totally happy with in this setup, so in the future I may record again into my Tascam half-inch 8 track, and then mix it live into protools through spdif.

I think a good reverb and a good preamp are really the key if you're going direct. And for digital, of course, good A/D converters.

[Billy Woo]

Roland VS2480, stiff learning curve but once past that Wow...


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