Greetings,

I'm attempting to setup a recording/mastering studio at my church. We currently have a Yamaha 01v96 digital board running 32 tracks.

My thoughts were to purchase an Alesis HD24 to record the audio and then master the audio on a PC. My question is, is there a better way of doing this and if not, what all-purpose audio software would you recommend?

Who do you prefer to master your records / CD's ?

Exactly how would I master something after recording it with a DAW and finalizing a CD? I know that I can use the software that I have for that (Logic express 7), but I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing here. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

ok, I've got all my final mixes ready to be burned on discs. What I need to know is...do I burn them as data files? they are 24 bit wave files. I know to burn them as Disc-at-Once. And what are ISRC codes...Do I need to write them down for the ME? (I read somewhere that I do). Also, I use Nero for burning my projects and am deciding to burn at 2x or 4x.

just wondered if any you guys could point me in the right direction,looking for a mastering unit to finish my recordings off and give them some punch and volume, having a look at 2 units, 1st the tc finalizer, and also the tla 5050, any feedback/suggestions really appriciated

Ok, so here's the deal: I'm looking to start doing some mastering, and I'm a using a Digidesign 001. I plan on going Digital out of the 001 into a Crane Song HEDD, into a Manley Vari-mu, back into the Crane Song , and into the digital in of the 001. My question is this: Will this completely bypass any potential quality loss the 001 could add to the sound?

I record using a Tascam 488 and I usually mix it down by plugging into my friend's sh*tty computer. Needless to say, it comes out sounding like sh*t.

What is a good, cheap program I can use to keep some of the fidelity that I am losing at the moment using my present system.

hello. i have a DAW with 8 analog OUTs. now i want to mix and master my 4 stereosubgroups (drums&bass, guitars, vocals, keys and FX) with my outboardequipment (api-compressor and SSL- and ORBAN-EQs). after that i wanna mix the 8 tracks again with an analog mixer.

I'm going to try to master an album I just finished and was
curious about the signal chain. The music is not, but sounds
a lot like Tom Petty with the drums etc... Be that as it may,
I've recording to tape then dropped it in digitally through
Apogee to do some edits.

Those of you that do your recordings on your DAW, do you just mix on on it and then send it to someone to master? Or how do you produce a CD quality sound?

I have a few recordings, but they don't have a consistent volume level for playing back on different electronics. Also the levels are not high enough when doing playback in something like Winamp.

Any help?