Hi. I'm near completion of remodeling my basement studio and my mindset is turning more towards what kind of gear I want to end up with at this point rather than what drapes to pick out. I've already had Auralex do the room analysis thing and the treatment will be in soon. I will have a Tascam DM-4800 as the front end of my DAW running Cubase SX3.

I am currently running 2 instances of XP. One is my everyday stuff that I need for work and school, and the other is my DAW config. Just recently my Asus p5n32e blew and I had to send it back to Newegg. I was just informed that they no longer have that product in stock and have discontinued selling it so I will be offered an equivalent model or refund.

If this has been asked before, I couldn't find it, but perhaps you could direct me to it.

Anyway,

I am trying to figure out how to can record live drums, guitar, synth (separately or together) onto my laptop directly into Ableton Live.

From brief research it seems that the best idea is a mic and an MBOX...is that correct?

Thank you for any and all help =)

I am guessing that hardware compression, limiting and EQing at the mastering level will yield much better results than software, especially garageband. Are there any good hardware compressors, limiters and EQs that won't break my wallet?

I got a blue tube stereo tube preamp with the 12ax7 tube. As well as a apex 435 condenser mic. I want to know what frequencies these add or cut. (how they color the signal). Any idea where I can get this info?

Also is it possible to get the same info for these speakers? Altec Lansing ACS33?

Thanks

ok, so i need someone to set the record straight for me. There is all this talk of things not working, things working, someone bought out someone and now it works, etc. .so. I own a Digi 002 rack (w/PT LE) What, if any, DAW software is compatable with my digi rack? For example, if i want to switch from Pro Tools to Logic or Cubase, would it be possible to use the 002 rack as my interface?

hi people. I'm glad to be part of this community. it gives me some nu insights and i get 2 learn from the experts

Hi, I am a 17 year old from the UK and have recently become interested in doing some recording. I have tried using the line-in port on my computer and a couple of old microphones and had pretty rubbish results. I am now thinking about buying some equipment so I can do some semi-decent recording, however, I am a novice at this and so need some help in what I should be buying.

I run a PC with a lynx aes16 card and an aurora16 converter unit. I run nuendo. Can I run pro tools le software with my setup? or do you have to use their crappy hardware? I'm just looking for client compatibilty. you know, industry standard blah blah blah... any help would be appreciated!

Just letting you guys know of some important improvements to REAPER, for anyone who's been waiting for certain features to be added before they try it.

Just added ReaInsert, a plug for sending audio/midi from any FX Chain to external hardware and back...and has auto-detect delay compensation.