ADC - Fine Dining vs. Home Cooking

[soupking]

Hi everybody,

This week, I've learned that I'm eventually going to have to take my sound into some kind of CD/Vinyl format. This in my mind says that I'm going to have to convert whatever I record on tape into 1s and 0s.

I've got an 8 channel, 1/2 inch TASCAM that I'm planning to place all my tracks. I'd like to mix them back through a mixer (so I can have some analog control) and then into a digital medium. Granted, I'd like to A/D my work as if it it's been recorded on 2" tape, but unfortunately I'm not an investment banker.

So I've got the option to buy an A/D converter that gives top quality conversion which I'm happy to spend the 1000s whatever on credit to get what I wan, or I'm going to have to go to a Mastering House that has "premo" conversion equipment and then EQ digitally which I'm then going to have to buy a controller and I really don't want to do that. However, I want the most out of my conversion.

Is there that much difference in conversion equipment, and if so who, where...and at what level? It all just looks expensive and digital. I don't know whether to cook at home with good gear, or dump it onto a disk unmixed with state-of-the-art equipment.

What's the angle?

Okay, I'm going to...go......find myself or something

[lucey]

You must be joking? That's one seriously confusing post.

Hire and engineer to produce your records ... seriously, just dont bother with it all.