Yep okay I'll clarify what I said earlier and you're right about the higher sample rates, point being that my Fastrak mixer for example supports all this stuff as does the Reaper software.
Getting back to the original original point of my reply to Lynne's message <smile>, you don't have to spend a fortune these days to get a multi channel sound device which does all this stuff, which mixes, has multiple inputs and so on. The Fastrak mixer I have cost me less than $100.00 and that's just one example. If you take a look at your local computer store you'll see literally dozen's of different USB sound devices and mixers - though for clarity let's just call them sound devices whether they be a mixer or not because a Sound Device in the instances here is exactly what we're talking about <smile>. - All the big names are in the game include such brands as Asus, they're turning out quite a respectable range of "Pro" sound devices so no excuse now for someone not to be able to make their own home studio for recording music or whatever takes their fancy. On 24/11/2011, at 8:30 PM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > hey dane, > > first off, the basic user to reaper or other audio systems won't need 96khz > sample rates nor 24 bit floating bit recording support for writing certain > tracks. you and I would use it for pro audio use. I've worked in studios with > sample rtes of 32 bit 192khz for film work and that's going into serious > specifications but that's needed so that we can get right into the digital > mix domain and support different audio buffers. > > I agree on the issue of using an iMic. they are ok for single source basic > recording and can give a reasonable result. if however you are multi > tracking, then a decent multi track interface is best. > > I don't have experience with reaper so can't comment on it's functionality. I > was a proTools guy for many years so knew the rigs well. > > lew > > On 24 Nov 2011, at 03:30, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Hi Folks! >> >> Sorry for the change in subject line but it probably better reflects the >> thread in any case because several issues need to be addressed here. >> >> Sorry too! for losing the original message of Lynne's I intended to reply to. >> >> In short she suggested the Imic as a sound card to use with Reaper Audio but >> Reaper audio has far more capabilities than the Imic can cater for thus >> you're not going to get the full benefit out of an Imic so in a way Lew is >> quite right. >> >> The Imic is exactly what it is, a very basic but good quality audio analogue >> line-in/microphone/line-out solution and yep! I use them here as they're >> extremely useful as a second sound device on a Notebook where I need to do >> analogue recording. >> >> The Imic is limited however in its quality, it does not for example support >> the professional sampling rates of 96KHZ and I don't think it even supports >> 24-bit sound format and this is where things like the Fastrak USB mixer I >> have and many other modern-day sound devices come into their own, they >> handle multi track audio rather than just the 2 channel audio. >> >> I'm going to leave Midi out of the conversation for now as its a totally >> different area of recording altogether. >> >> Line-in can be an analogue or a digital type and my Fastrak mixer supports a >> digital line-in facility though not an analogue. >> >> Many musical instruments support digital line-out these days so the mixer >> would plug straight into those. 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