Hey guys. I have a class trying to find a good but affordable pair of stereo microphones and a 2 to 8 channel interface. I'm looking for anything good for instrumental recording for both large ensembles and solo recording. I'm a beginner, so I'd appreciate any help you guys could give me. Thanks

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RME ADI-8 QS $1200 USD each.

Beautiful converters that are top on my list. Choice for hybrid. These have the lowest latency I know. Combined with the RME PCIe AES 32, they are stellar.

Please i am looking for any suggestion about a good quality audio interface to use as stand alone preamp / converter (lightpipe) for my ALESIS HD24 (8 channel) and as daw interface with logic or Pro Tools on mac book pro, via FW,
is there something around?

I have a feeling this is probably a stupid n00b question, but I'm doing it any way. because I AM a stupid n00b.

Ok I have an RMEfireface 800 and a PreSonus digimax 96. Soon I plan on running both to a good board on mixdown. The problem is the PreSonus only has ADAT outs. The RMEhas ADAT in and outs. If I hookup the PreSonus to the rme, on mixdown, won't I only have the channels on the RMEto work with? I want to have 16 channels in and out. Should I sell the PreSonus and just get another rme?

No plugins or ediiting needed, I plan to transfer recorded tracks to my home PC DAW for editing. I simply want something mobile to record 8 tracks max at 44.1/24bit (for drums, guitar, bass)

Can you get away with 256 Meg, less than 7200rpm harddrive, and 400 FSB? A low end Inspiron 6000 Dell selling now for around $600.

Or am I being too much of a tightwad ? :)

I'm looking to get off my vs-880ex and onto a computer based DAW. I have preamps and outboard gear just need a good ada converter. I was wondering what people would recommend under a grand. I would prefer to use firewire for portability's sake.

Does anyone know of a simple 24 bit 8 channel ADAT i/o PCI card for PC (Win98se)? I'm after something around the two to three hundred Australian dollar mark.
Basically, I have a Mac G4 running Pro Tools / Digi 001 and a PC running Reason 2. The ADAT card will be used to connect 8 channels of Reason from my PC into the 001 on my Mac.

I swear up and down that SEKD was making a 8 channel in, 8 channel out
AES/EBU card (I thought I saw something in EM or Mix recently), but I
cannot find it from any manufacturer. 2 AES i/o channel is common,
but with the need for 24 channels of simultaneous inputs on three PCI
slots, it's obviously impractical. Anybody know if there is a card

I shortened this Nov 19, 2001:

For the sake of debate, I know it starts with tuning, player, etc. The focus of this thread is 100% drums in banks of 8. Budget is negotiable, but lets assume you have $10,000 total. Do you keep some money, or spend it?