I know its been discussed a million times, but most of the talks I've seen are pre-2003. Has anything changed in this argument?

I first thought i would be able to build my own DAW but I think it would be a little over my head at this moment, so I am thinking about buying a custom built DAW and I am wondering which company makes the best DAW for the money. I have looked at sweetwater's site, ADK's site and endpcnoise site. Some recomendations would be greatly appreciated.

Before I jump into stuff like Guitarport and things like that I decided to just test it out by buying an adapter to hook my guitar up to my computer. Right now my guitar hooks up to a Boss Mega Distortion pedal and into the computer. When I try and record it sounds great for the first 4 seconds, and then it rapidly drops in volume until I can barely hear it.

do most people use fire wire mixers?
or interfaces with mixers?
these questions may sound stupid but I'm new to recording
i want to record stright into a computer so I'm figuring out what to buy.
I may get a Alesis firewire mixer. Does anyone use those?

Obviously i am new to the whole new computer based recording scene. My first question for this forum is what is the minimum amount of ram you need in any setup? I am currently loaded with 2gb. thanks

Hi

I want to by a new computer that I can use solely for music production. I will be running Samplitude Pro (version 9) and I will be recording songs comprising just acoustic guitar and voice. I have a Focusrite Saffire LE audio interface.

What are the basic things that I need to do computer recording?

Hello,

hey I'm new to the recording production business kinda started with me wanting to make a quality demo of me playing without worrying about finding an actual studio. i was wondering if anybody could give me some tips on starting from scratch i.e. what programs to look for types of mics, computer adapters, etc.

thanks
Aaron

I am trying to start a simple set up with my computer and mic. I first bought a cheap $5 adapter to directly attach a fairly old mic to my computer and was able to record a song using Calkwalk Music Creater Pro 9. I found however that I have to blast my keyboard and vocals (until my voice is hoarse) to get a final product that is somewhat the right volume to listen to.