Home studio set up help

[Awake_In_Animosity]

Hi Guys

I am wanting to set up a basic home studio for recording demo and shit, I want to run windows based system simply due to the cost factor.

Should I go a Mbox or used Digi 001 or the new cubase system or something completly different like M-Audio as my audio interface?

I have monitors tannoy reveals, I used to have a fostex 32 multitracker but that sucked balls.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

get m-audio pro tools stuff if 32 tracks is the max you'll need, if you want more you should go for PT.

edit: oops, got my names messed up. Apologies.

 

[SPLASTiK]

get m-audio pro tools stuff if 32 tracks is the max you'll need, if you want more you should go for PTLE.

ProTools LE only supports 32 tracks as well.

 

[Razorjack]

Hi Guys

I am wanting to set up a basic home studio for recording demo and shit, I want to run windows based system simply due to the cost factor.

Should I go a Mbox or used Digi 001 or the new cubase system or something completly different like M-Audio as my audio interface?

I have monitors tannoy reveals, I used to have a fostex 32 multitracker but that sucked balls.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

An M-Audio interface running M-powered Pro Tools would be great for a home studio, the Digi MBox is a little overpriced for my liking and the 001 is no longer supported by Digidesign so if you have a problem that's not already been fixed it won't get fixed!!

 

[Awake_In_Animosity]

Thats a good point!

The other one I was thinking about was Delta 1010, anyone have one of these or used them?

 

[fabz]

i've got the Delta 1010lt and i like it very much!
Good Converters, Drivers and a very good price.
Also you can put 2 (or more) in your system and have 16(or more up to 32)
analog INS.

Another option is to buy the firewire 1814 interface (8analogINS). If you need
more INS you can plug in a ADA8000 (or Alesis AI3 or similar) and then you have 16 analog INS...

Also you can use the Pro Tools M-Powered Software which imo kixx ass!!!


rock on!

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

Tried the m-powered demo out the other day, seemed pretty nice. Good plugs anyway.

 

[axeman720]

as far as pro tools goes, i still recommend the 002 rack. i cannot see any reason why you would choose an maudio interface over that for serious home recording. i'm sure some people will agree and some wont. outside of pro tools i certainly recommend a nuendo or cubase system if you are goin pc. both are great audio programs, nuendo leaving you with less money and more video options, which you may deem unnecessary.

 

[MKS]

I can vouch for both the M-Audio 1814 and Delta 1010's. The 1814 is amazing and runs super cool. My 3 1010's are nice but run way hot. I had to buy a seperate cooling unit to keep them at a decent temp. I will never understand why they put the heat vents on the top.

You could always get a 1010LT. They are under $80 now. That is pretty much unbeatable.

Honestly, for demo stuff, avoid PT. You're paying for the name. PT was way ahead of the game but not anymore. You can do just as much and more with programs like Nuendo and my persoanl favorite, Sonar.

Also, M-Audio support is amazing. Almost as good as Mesa but not quite. No one beats Mesa.

 

[Awake_In_Animosity]

Thanks for the help guys, I have used Cubase a fair bit and it seems to be a bit more user friendly than Pro Tools, this could be because I have not used it as much as Cubase.

From what you guys have said and what other have, the 1010 and the 1814 seem to be the go.....off to maudio to check out 1814.

The 1814 seems to be the goods, if the sound quality is there, then its seems to be the one to go for.

Will I have and problems running Cubase on this machine?