Researching this online has been an absolutely mind-numbing experience. Then I came across this site and am hoping for some no-nonsense advice on spec'ing a decent mid-level laptop to get my music ideas down and do some basic mixing. One guitar/vocal in and I'm guessing no more than 10 simultaneous tracks during mixing with some virtual instruments and MIDI.

Okay... so, I've got a decent second audio I/O for several days... a friend of mine is letting me use his Focusrite I/O while he's on vacation, so I thought I'd try mixing to a separate DAW.

Questions...

There will be no external analog summing involved, hi voltage or otherwise. So, without this step, should I even bother with mixing to a secondary DAW?

Hello, sorry if this isn't the right category for my question.

I have a track with the dry signal out of recorded guitar and I'm using a virtual amp head with an impulse as a cabinet.
My question is what is the proper place to use any effect plugins (reverb, delay etc), as insert or send effects?

Greeting,
It is my pleasure to inform you that Sequoia 13 has been officially released and is available for immediate shipping!

H! I'm thinking of upgrading some hardware. Those of you who have monster DAW PCs, tell us what the specs are.

Mine is currently:
Win7 Ult 64-bit
Gigabyte GA-MA series mobo,
8gig RAM
AMD Opteron quad oc'd @ 3.8GHZ
1.5 TB storage spread across 3 drives
Onboard video
Firewire interface for audio.

For the basic recording and mixing of talented musicians, I believe it is possible to get pro results using one DAW and common sense.

I’m still at least 3-4 years from completing my studio build (I have a build thread under Studio Construction) and as I get closer I need to begin making some concrete choices about my recording + mixing setup. I've used Nuendo from the start for more than 4 years now. I’ll try to keep focused and concise but I think my quandaries are closely interrelated between 2 dilemmas.

Hi.

Even with quite a bit of searching and head-scratching, I couldn't find a better suited sub-forum for this specific question so here goes.
If there's already a thread that adresses this problem of mine, please do not hesitate to kick me into that direction.

Tldr version first for Your convenience:

I'm not sure what section this should go in so I'm posting here.

I have a Roland RD700SX digital piano and a Ketron SD1000 sound module.I need to have software and the hardware to run it.I want to connect them up together via USB.At the moment the piano and module are connected by Midi cable from Piano Out to Midi In (module),with dual RCA's L-R to Tascam digital recorder.

I'm looking into connecting my module up to an ipad/tablet/DAW software to piano set up so I need to look into my options.I'm doing this on a budget so I need recommendations.