Re: [Harp-L] RECORDING GEAR/MAC/PC

[Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve McIver wrote:
> Good morning folks,
> 	I have listened to quite a few of you out there and ya'll sound pretty darn
> good.(love Jason's site and how he has set up live shows) I am fixin to buy
> a new computer in a few months and I was wondering the type of recording
> gear everyone is using and whether or not to continue the PC route or which
> to MAC. I have heard that MAC is planning to start building PC's...Steve
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Apple is going to start using Intel processors, but it will continue to 
use its own operating system.  Macs will look the same.

As far as gear, it depends on how much you want to spend.  You can put 
together a home system for anywhere from about $200 to whatever you can 
afford.  I have a budget system using Ntrack Studio for recording and 
mixing, a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card, a cheap mixer (so I can 
use the line input on the sound card,) a Cad C-95 mic that I also use as 
a vocal mic on stage, and freeware mp3 ripping software.  It's far 
better than the best reel to reel tape recorder I ever had.  It's 
nowhere near pro gear, but I can do all the post production work I want 
to do--reverb, compression, eq, and balance--for acoustic stuff. It's 
not what you'd get from a pro studio, but it's plenty good enough for a 
demo to shop around or for making mp3s.

I'm currently mixing a demo with an electric band recorded at a trade 
school for media--like a barber college hair cut.  It's surprisingly 
easy to do if you're looing for something that just sounds like everyone 
was in the same room.  Fortunately the drum tracks were well balanced by 
the students at the board.

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