Jeid Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Evening all, I'm really really wanting to get into home recording and I'm on the hunt for something reasonably priced to help me along. Ideally I'd really like to try out Pro Tools LE or M-Powered(whatever the difference is I dunno) I have Pro Tools 6.8 downloaded but I'm not sure how well it'll work.If not, I'm willing to give Cubase LE a bash(if I can find it anywhere)So, I'm looking for a bit of hardware to make things sound nice when recording.My current PC spec is AMD 64bit 2.3ghz CPU, 1 Gig Ram, Creative Audigy Platinum Sound Card, 120gb hard drive.I'm looking to spend £150 max on an external sound card. Been looking at the Presonus Inspire which Hog bought and also a couple of M-Audio's models... most notably the Fast Track Pro(which can be had for £147 from fleabay) and looks like thisOr the Firewire Solo...(around £120... in price comparison, the Pro kinda wins I think?)Can anyone give me reasons to buy/not buy any of these bits of hardware? Or recommend me something else thats in my price range. Anyone know if these last two bits of kit will work with Pro Tools 6.8?Any sort of input would be most welcome, I'm just looking to get started and then figure the rest out myself.... hopefully Much thanksEDIT: Shit... should of said.... I'm mostly gonna be using my setup to record vocals, guitar and bass. I'll be using Reason Drums to do my beats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lime ruined my life Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 i saw the alesis io2 recently and it looked good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted April 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Could you expand on that a little for me please.... I'm a bit dumb I know the bit of hardware you're on about, just I dunno what the advantages/disadvantages are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scott cs. Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 i'm looking to get one of these - http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/flypage/product_id/4001comes with Sonar LE i believe, about £150 new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lime ruined my life Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Could you expand on that a little for me please.... I'm a bit dumb I know the bit of hardware you're on about' date=' just I dunno what the advantages/disadvantages are?[/quote']good: its external usb, cheaper, does midi, and has mic pre amps and phantom power, low latency, it does 24 bit/96khz recording and supposedly has good a-d/d-a convertors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted April 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Are either of these ProTools compatible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted April 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 i'm looking to get one of these - http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/flypage/product_id/4001comes with Sonar LE i believe' date=' about 150 new.[/quote']Had a look at one of those too... Edirol are made by Roland if I'm right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scott cs. Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 yep.my tutor has one and says its awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted April 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Looks like that Edirol is USB 1.1.... is that a bad thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain44s Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 you will only be able to run pro tools le with digidesign hardware or protools m powered with m audio hardware. it wont run with anything else, ruling out the presonus stuff if you are set on protools. have heard their stuff is good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted April 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 So the M-Audio stuff will enable me to run Pro Tools? If its shit.... and it might be... would it work ok with Cubase?The M-Audio Fast Track Pro looks might tasty just now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted April 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Also found one of these for £110. Come on guys.. help me out here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lime ruined my life Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 or protools m powered with m audio hardware. it wont run with anything else' date='[/quote']that isn't correct at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted April 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 that isn't correct at all.Care to elaborate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lime ruined my life Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Are either of these ProTools compatible?as far as i know protools is just normal daw that hasnt been designed exclusivley to work with only some hardware.Any of these will take audio in to your pc and act as a sound card, you just need to select it to work as the main soundcard in your settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted April 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 as far as i know protools is just normal daw that hasnt been designed exclusivley to work with only some hardware.Any of these will take audio in to your pc and act as a sound card' date=' you just need to select it to work as the main soundcard in your settings.[/quote']As far as I was aware, I thought only m-powered stuff was compatible too.Thanks for the enlightenment, although, I'm really looking at the M-Audio stuff now anyway. Will it work with Cubase ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lime ruined my life Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Care to elaborate?i got it wrong regarding pro tools. I thought what was being said was that the device would only work with protools' date=' but if i have it right now, what was being said was the opposite, that specific protools editions will only work with set devices.As far as I was aware, I thought only m-powered stuff was compatible too.Thanks for the enlightenment, although, I'm really looking at the M-Audio stuff now anyway. Will it work with Cubase ok?yes. It'l work with pretty much anything. Although, bare in mind if you plan to use a "cracked" version of cubase, then thing's will be very unstable.have a look here: http://www.nusystems.co.uk/category/USB.Sound.Cards/170/obviously for recording the higher the recording resolution is the better, so go for 24 bit 96khz stuff, some usb stuff won't go above 48khz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted April 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Thanks mate, your advice is very much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted April 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Also found one of these for 110. Come on guys.. help me out hereI got this for 99.99 on ebay. Bastard wants 16 for postage. It better be next day delivery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Looks good Eriatarka, what software comes with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted April 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 I got it from eBay... erm, comes with...The omnistudio comes bundled with a Reason Adapted and Ableton Live Delta cd, alongside to the driver cd. Quick guide also provided in original box as shown on picture.not much by the looks of things. I'm sure I have Cubase sitting around somewhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted April 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 here's the listing actually....http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7407660655&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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