I'm new to recording music and am currently looking into purchasing an 8 track capable of simultaneously recording 8 tracks at the same time (bass,vocals,2guitars and drums)

need a hardware solution

any helps would be great, i figured this would be the best place to start

Thanks
Chris

I'm using GarageBand with an Alesis Firewire Mixer for my inputs, but I need to record more than 8 tracks at a time. Can anyone recommend a simple, 8 track simultaneous recorder for 8 XLR ins? I don't even need it to mix, as I'm eventually going to just lay the tracks off to GarageBand.
Thanks.

i can't seem to get songs imported from CD on it even as saved as .wav... any ideas what i'm doin wrong? :?

I'm looking to get an 8 track reel-to-reel and was thinking either a Fostex M80 or a Teac TSR-8.

Anyone use these? Any suggestions?

Hi, first of all, sorry if this question's been answered before, but i tryed the search Engine and couldn't find anything related to my "newbie" question :D
i'm new to all of this Recording thing, i'm a Singer guitarist, and i'll be taking some classes in audio Production this summer because next year i'll be starting a Master Degree in Audio Production at Barcelona.

There is a guy selling one of these units in good shape for $200. Is it worth it to record to tape? Is this unit any good? Should I take the plunge with tape or should I worry about preamps first?

Should I mix down from my DAW to my 1" 30 ips? Maybe L on 1-4 tracks and R on 5-8?

Hi all, I have finally narrowed down the tpe of mixer that I want to purchase. THe only problem I have now is deciding whether I need to 8 channel Soundcraft fx 8 or the Soundcraft 16 channel fx 16 for my 8 track Otari reel to reel. I am mainly concerned with the ability or inability to record and monitor on the 8 channel board.

Hi,

I am recording 8 tracks live into Cubase SL2.0. Latest version, Mac Os 10.3.5, Edirol FA101 soundcard.

The problem is, that after a minute or so one of the tracks always randomly slips - i.e., misses a millisecond or two and then picks up recording with a lag behind the rest.

Hi There,

I am really tearing my hair out on this issue.
Maybe someone can give me some advice.