What Recording Gear Do You Use?
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- i_watch_stars
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Cubase SE with an Audiophile 2496, and a PC.
I assumed when I put this studio together 2 years ago that I would be upgrading to full Cubase with a "better" audio interface. Truth is, this is all I need (no mics/vocals, no simultanious recording) with a pretty clear signal path. I have never needed more than the 48 audio tracks that Cubase SE is limited by, either.
Its just a no frills good sound basically.
Great forum idea BTW! Maybe this will lure the true musicians in here so we can talk about actually making music!
I assumed when I put this studio together 2 years ago that I would be upgrading to full Cubase with a "better" audio interface. Truth is, this is all I need (no mics/vocals, no simultanious recording) with a pretty clear signal path. I have never needed more than the 48 audio tracks that Cubase SE is limited by, either.
Its just a no frills good sound basically.
Great forum idea BTW! Maybe this will lure the true musicians in here so we can talk about actually making music!
- spookyman
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Hardware : Apple Powerbook G4 (2001), external 500 Gb HDD, Digi 002R, Revox C 279 VCA Mixer, OktavaMod Mics
Software : ProTools LE 6.9 and some plugs
I also have an old analog Multitracker from Revox, but i'm not using it anymore.
Software : ProTools LE 6.9 and some plugs
I also have an old analog Multitracker from Revox, but i'm not using it anymore.
It is much easier to be a good equipment purchaser than to be a great musician.
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I'm rolling on 
baby! :bootyshake: :bootyshake: :bootyshake:
sometimes I use logic for sequencing (+recording)
and ableton live

baby! :bootyshake: :bootyshake: :bootyshake:
sometimes I use logic for sequencing (+recording)
and ableton live
Elektron MnM & MD UW, DSI MEK & Prophet REV2 16 Voices baby!, Ensoniq VFX & ESQ-1, SE-1X, Korg MS-20mini, Polysix, SH-101 (red), 707, CR-8000, KPR-77, PO-12, Yamaha C1 Music Computer, Synare PS-1, FX, mixers, some more stuff..
- Stab Frenzy
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You're the second person (I think) who's posted that they go mixer -> preamp -> interface.Soundwave wrote:Spirit Folio Lite mixing desk going into a Music Fidelity x10D valve preamp then in to the terratec Phase 28 PCI card in to Sonar 3.1 on my custom AMD dual core DAW, simple and effective(ish).
Why are you doing it that way? Seems to me that all you'd be doing is messing up your gain structure and overdriving the pre.
Am I missing something, or is it for the sound of the pre? If so, why not just bypass the mixer and go instrument -> pre -> interface when you want to record and just use the mixer for when you're not recording?
edit: just googled that pre, didn't realise it was a line level 'fairy dust' type unit. Makes more sense now, like putting an aural exciter in the output stage.
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pretty much. my bluetube is really more of a set and forget effects processor than anyhting else (i have a second one that i use for mics). i have everything set so i can jam out with my gear w/o having the computer/recording setup powered up and running, and also so i can record direct out from the mixer or bus out through the preamp for a little extra fat and sugar. it's all about optionsStab Frenzy wrote: or is it for the sound of the pre? .

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Synths / Drum Machines / Samplers straight into a MOTU Ultralite / Macbook...no processing, eq, compression, or mixer on the way in. Use Peak to record everything, then chop everything into loops and resequence them in Live. Then record vocals and more synths in Logic...and compress, reverberate, limit, eq, etc in Logic.
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