I' d strongly sugest Digidesign' s Digi001. You can find it reasonably
priced at eBay, and it will fit a PCI slot on your G4.
I own one of those, hooked to a full-fledged recording studio console
for professional use, and have to say you' ll fall in love with that
thing!. It will cost you a lot less than the Mbox or any other
entry-level multitrack/multichannel unit, the sound quality is
reasonably good and smooth (IMHO better than MOTUs units and so on),
and it' s really versatile in the ways you can hook it either to a
recording console or any other king of gear.
Just have in mind it will NOT run the latest-state-of-the-art ProTools
version, but the previous one, which still is very powerful.
Have I mentioned you can find it for cheap? :P
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On Feb 8, 2006, at 11:21 PM, Richard Starr wrote:
--- You wrote:
Hi Rick,
A couple of quick questions, as the responses will make a difference:
1) what power G4, and will it be running Tiger (by PCI, do you mean
Yikes)?
2) are you aiming for strictly software based, or do you have some
resources
for hardware additions?
Best regards,
Dana
--- end of quote ---
Ok, I expect to use an agp G4 like a Digital Audio or a Quicksilver,
probably
800 mhz or better and yes it will be running Tiger. I've worked with
some
multitrack software like ProTools and Final Cut (which is certainly a
multitrack
audio program), but I'm not sure what hardware is reasonably priced to
bring in
four or more tracks of live audio simultaneously.
In terms of hardware, I'll need something to bring in a live
recording using
several mics. I know there are pci solutions, firewire solutions and
maybe usb
hardware too, though for many tracks, I guess usb 2 would be called
for. I'd
expect 16 bit sound, with a sampling rate of 42 or 48 khz.
I'm open to advice on software too. I'm interested in having middle
school kids
work with this system so it should be fairly transparent and even
attractive to
look at, if possible. Affordable, too, if possible.
Thanks Dana, I look forward to your insight.
Rich
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