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[QUOTE="Ted Nightshade, post: 23878, member: 50103"]
Skip the DAT.
I don't know if Masterlink CD recorder would have enough editing for what you need. Do you just want to sequence the cuts and adjust levels or are you wanting to do punch-ins to fix little errors and that? I say make the students get a good performance without editing, that's the best way to learn. Don't know the protocol on editing audition tapes, if it's kosher or not. I'm always amazed so much editing goes on during classical sessions. I thought those folks were more hardcore.
Most of the color in the ART preamps is cheap circuitry. Not recommended for classical recording!  
The tube coloration in a Manley pre (about the least expensive tube pre worth buying, really! The mid-priced stuff ain't worth it, and you only need two channels) is rather nice, it's still superclean. The transformer distortion is much more colorful.
Do put most of your money in 2 good mics and 2 channels of good preamp. You have the budget to do this and still get a CD recorder and/or some computer software if need be.
Two tracks is not a lot to ask of a computer system.
RME makes very good soundcards for a very good price.
Ted
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