I am very new to this as a necessity to help record a budding country band both live and in "studio." I am starting with a personally-built comp with:
ASUS mobo
PIII 866
384M memory
20G WD HD
and MOTU 1224 SC (just installed)

running:
XP Pro
Cool Edit Pro.

Questions:
1/2. I am planning on adding some storage (scsi or IDE?). If I am recording 8 tracks during live gigs, how much space do I need?

3. Do I need a different software recording program (no fights, please)? I have used Cool Edit a couple of times with a previous SB Live card without incident and it seems to work OK, although I have yet to test it with the new MOTU.

4. Am I missing anything?

Thanks,
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