get rid of the multitracker thing and get yourself this:

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 along with your mic, its all you need.

There's decisions we have to make in our life that are dictated by our economic capabilities.

Your Fostex MR-8HD, is like recording into a computer and more reliable less fallible. What is your reason for wanting to record into a computer? 16 bit at 44.1 kHz yields results superior to the $2500, two track Studio, analog recorders we used to use. And you need better? Or are you just screwing around? Obviously you had a huge budget to purchase that Fostex MR-8HD.

So have you ever thought about picking up a book or buying a magazine or two? I mean you're in Georgia, here in the USA. You're not talking about one of the Eastern Bloc countries are ya?

What Josh recommended is superb. What isn't superb or reliable? Recording live into computers. You don't got a Pro tools HD-3 rig that you dropped $25,000 on do ya? No, you don't. And when you don't really understand how to properly set up your computer for audio recording purposes, what do you think you're going to get? You're going to get nothing. It'll stop in the middle of the recording. Because you're going to try to record it to the internal hard drive in your laptop. RONG! I MEAN WRONG! SEE?

The gizmo that you have can pass audio. Whatever goes in also comes out. So then ya have to take the output of that gizmo and plug it into another gizmo. And any other gizmo that is likely within your budget will be no better than your Fostex MR-8HD gizmo. And then you'll also need an external USB/FireWire hard drive to record to. Not on the same drive as your operating system and software. If you don't want your computer to stop in the middle of recording and start to defragmented self or run a virus check or look for a WiFi hotspot.

So not understanding any of that stuff? Generally indicates you should use a dedicated recorder gizmo like your Fostex MR-8HD gizmo. I in fact prefer dedicated recorders. From analog 2 inch multi-track 24 trackers to 8-16-24 track plus, dedicated digital recorders. These things have only one thing or job to do. It's not a gizmo that wipes your nose and your ass.

For you I would just recommend, if you want higher resolution for your low-resolution recordings? Stuff like the ZOOM, solid-state digital recorders. No moving disk drives. No idiot operating systems like Windblows 8. That isn't compatible with much of anything. Where all you'll get is trouble, confusion, anxiety and depression.

So what the heck is wrong with your Fostex MR-8HD? You don't get good recordings? Ever thought about reading the manual? Because if you can't get a good recording with your Fostex MR-8HD? It means you're not doing it right. And the computer will only confuse you more. We can tell a five-year-old the doctor uses a scalpel. We just don't hand a scalpel to a five-year-old.

The computer won't make you look smart. It will make you look stupid when it doesn't work for your live recording purposes. You've already got the right gizmo. Read the manual and learn how to use it. Because if you can't make a good recording with that? Then you don't know how to make a good recording and the computer will only confuse the situation further. It will however allow you to make an even worse recording. Maybe that's what you want? That raw sound? Or do you think it's going to make it sound like a hit record? It won't. That's up to you not the equipment. You can make great recordings with cheap beginner equipment when you know what you're doing. You don't. Which means you're not ready to graduate into big boy diapers.

Look... your Fostex MR-8HD indicates you can take its USB output right into a computer to record with. It tells ya right in the manual which you didn't read. It doubles as a computer audio interface device which is actually quite good and can deliver professional results. But you didn't read the manual. You came here like a child and expect us to tell you how to get a Grammy with your setup. I mean Granny. She would do better holding your hand than us. And she won't press the right button for ya even if you show her how.

If you think you need 24-bit, 96 kHz or 192 kHz sampling to get a good recording? Do you also know how to make babies? You know girls can get pregnant if a boy kisses them, right? No? Maybe I got that wrong since I'm only 59 almost? I'll figure it out one day. But I think I'm close? It must be the equipment?

Sound goes in and babies come out.
Mx. Remy Ann David

fascinating
do you talk like this in person?