In an unrelated post, marsvolta posed this question, and I'm very interested in hearing the answer as I am doing something similar...I'm running into a Focusrite TT Pro, to a dbx266xl and then into my Tascam FW-1884 to get the signal into my computer.

I need some advice for what to buy everyone says go with Pro Tools but Pro Tools le only has 32 tracks at 48khz and Cubase le has 48 tracks at 96khz and it dosent cost 10,000 dollars to upgrade it to a better program like Pro Tools does. And with Cubase i can get the fw-1884, have 8 mic preamps and a control surface for the same price as the digi 002 rack.

I need some advice for what to buy everyone says go with Pro Tools but Pro Tools le only has 32 tracks at 48khz and Cubase le has 48 tracks at 96khz and it dosent cost 10,000 dollars to upgrade it to a better program like Pro Tools does. And with Cubase i can get the fw-1884, have 8 mic preamps and a control surface for the same price as the digi 002 rack.

Hi there

New to the forum as you`ve probably guessed. My band members and I have all just clubbed together our cash to buy An Apple mac w/ Logic 7, a Focusrite Platinum Voicemaster and a Tascam FW 1884 for recording.

I thought I had turned over every stone during my search for the perfect external firewire hard drive for me. I finally bought the LaCie d2 triple interface extreme. Everything was good until it mysteriously pooped out on me during a session. I've since got it working again, and recovered the data, but it put a big crimp in a session and left me less than confident in future performance.

What is the best way to hook a midi keyboard (1 midi out port),
a Alesis SR16 drum machine (1 midi in and 1 midi out), a Roland SC8850 sound module (2 midi in and 2 midi out) with a Tascam FW1884 mixer. I've made a few attempts and have successfully recorded midi, but somehow it doesn't work anymore.
Should the keyboard go into the sound module or the FW1884.

Ok...I'm an idiot when it comes to midi. I'm borrowing my buddies 49key Radium and hooked it up to the midi input on my FW1884. I go into Cubase SX, add a midi track, and when I play I hear myself playing piano...cool, but every time I hit a key there is a short delay between when I hit the key and when audio comes out.

What is the best way to connect the following.
FW1884 mixer, SC8850 sound module, Roland PC 200 midi keyboard.
I'm using Cubase SX2. I need to be able to monitor from computer and from mixer with both midi and audio.
Any help, much appreciated.

I am considering selling my DIGI001 and getting the Tascam FW1804 that comes with Cubase LE. I have never used either of these products and would really like some opinions.

I am also thinking of getting the Digitech GNX4 as this might cover all my needs and comes with the midi drum software.

For my productions i'm using a PC with a M-Audio 410 Firewire. Very pleased with it so far. I am having trouble understanding how the 410's control panel works though;

How must i set the mixer to make the 410 record itself?

With my old SB-Live soundcard i could select 'what you hear' in the record properties and then in i.e. Soundforge i could record everything that played.