WHAT THE HELL DO I NEED!!!!

[Judge]

Man i've been rackin my brains tryina work out how i can arrange the following equipment and wat size mixer and soundcard do i need. And wether or not i'll need a mixer or a converter?. here the diklema


i will only be recording one vocal track and a stereo pair coming from a ran 52i mixer.

now here's what's got me stumped i wanna use an outboard eq and outboard multi effects rack how the hell would i set this up to a) minimise sound degradation b) so i dont have to keep swaping around plugs c) so i can run it through eq then back in and be able to switch between the dry signal and the wet signal.

wat would be the best size sound and a high end one - do i need a cnverter and wat size mixer and if u can sugest a high end one.

also keeping in mind i will be doing no processing except the mixing and recording - wat program would be best to use? am i better of just getting a mixer and a harddisk recorder or will a pc serve my purpose?

[fishtop_records]

We need a little more information
before we can make informed suggestions.

Do you need to record the vocal track
and the stereo tracks at the same time?
or can you overdub one after recording
the other?

This drives whether you need three tracks or just two for input, which had a huge impact on what you need.

Similarly, if you know that you have to use
outboard effects and EQ, this means
that you are unwilling to do the effects and EQ in the DAW software?

How much do you want to spend on
each part, and in total?

Questions, questions.

[Judge]

I'll only be recording max 2 tracks sim.

I will be using a kurzweil ksp8 for the outboard effects - i've been reading that u can use an mlan? but i dont know how this exactly works.

as for software i want to keep it simple, i will only be using it for multitrack recording and mixing, plus choping sampled loops.

[fishtop_records]

With only two tracks at once, you
can use nearly anything, including
the soundblaster that came in your PC.

While you won't like the quality
long term, you can use it to learn
without spending any money.

Don't know the specifics on your
kurzweil, have to let someone else
step in.

N-tracks is cheap and will do basic
tracking and mixing, for
at least 16 simultaneous tracks.
Basic stereo can be done with
Cool Edit 2000, which used to be
about $70.

Most of the other packages aim
for more simultaneous incoming tracks,
software plugin effects, etc.

Of course, there are all the Linux packages... you don't say which OS
you like.

I do all my effects in with plugins, and mix there, and burn CDs. It works
for me.

There are so many options, I like
starting cheap.

[faeflora]

Brainnnnnnnnnssssssssss.

[Randall]

Labotamy?