Looking for digital recording equipment ideas?
March 11th, 2010 | 
Author: My daughter is 17 and is very interested in possibly going to school for music producing. She and her friends have their own band and want to record and mix their own music. I thought this would be a good chance for her to try some of her own mixing and producing but I don’t really know much about it. I was hoping someone can give me some ideas of some inexpensive equipment I can buy her for Christmas to get her started?
Any Ideas??
A company called M-Audio make and sell just what you need. They have an M-BOX and other higher spec products that work with any computer. These allow you (with software and mics) to record digital audio and mix it and create multi-track songs (as many tracks as the computer can handle)
The important thing these do is they have Zero Latency, which allows you to listen to what you’ve already recorded (on headphones) while laying down new tracks (vocals or instruments) without any delays. Check out www.maudio.com or ebay for their products.
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There are a couple of products from Tascam that use cassette tapes. You can get them used/factory-refurbished for around $100 from some places. This is about as cheap as it gets for a compact recording "studio" that has any kind of quality. The better Tascam tape units go for about $200.
After that there are the digital units that start at $250 and go up from there. Some high end "personal" units can easily go for 1000s of $.
For me, I set up separate components based around my PC. The key is a 24-bit low-noise audio card and recording software (I use Cakewalk, but there are several different similar softwares out there). My whole system cost around $1000 (including the computer).
For starters I would go with a TASCAM Porta 02 MKII Portastudio
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Tascam-Porta-02-MKII-Portastudio?sku=240744
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A company called M-Audio make and sell just what you need. They have an M-BOX and other higher spec products that work with any computer. These allow you (with software and mics) to record digital audio and mix it and create multi-track songs (as many tracks as the computer can handle)
The important thing these do is they have Zero Latency, which allows you to listen to what you’ve already recorded (on headphones) while laying down new tracks (vocals or instruments) without any delays. Check out http://www.maudio.com or ebay for their products.
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