Pro Tools Software – Digital Music Software

Do you want to get a notebook or a desktop? For a desktop, get a core 2 duo with speeds of at least 2.4GHz. If it’s a notebook, find a dual-core that runs at least 1.8GHz. For RAM, look for at least 2GB since computers these days come with 2GB. Hard Drive depends on how much you want to store on your computer, which ranges from 160gb-1TB. If you want to audio record, make sure you buy a dedicated sound card from a retailer store or on newegg. Below are links to some sound cards which are good for audio recording. These only work on desktops.

While doing most of my recordings on either a 16 track reel to reel, or a self contained D.A.W. I had some suspicions on this, and contactacted 3 separate people who confimed these suspicions. 2 were recording engineers out of Professional Recording Studio’s in Detroit, and another was a recording specialist at Sweetwater Music. You do NOT have to upgrade your soundcard in your pc, and its recommended that you take the soundcard out of your pc. While the Pre Sonus is a great front end for your recording, it also has an internal soundcard built in thats better than what most pc’s have. A problem will arise when the pc starts to detect TWO soundcards. From what I suspected and been told….this could cause any other programs such as Cubase, Pro-tools.. whatever you are running to lock up. So… yes.. the Pre Sonus Fire Studio Tube does have a high quality soundcard built in. Looks like a great unit, and should really give you some outstanding recordings. And.. was not an “ignorant question”, as I have over 20 years of recording behind me.. and I still had to ask! I would highly recommend for future purchases going to Sweetwater Music. They are out of Indiana, and have what I think is the most knowledgable sales staff in the business. If you buy a piece of gear from them today, and 10 years down the road its obsolete, their staff will still assist you with that particular piece of gear! Hope this has helped.

Well you have solid preamps with the PreSonus FireStudio inteface.I think your next move will probably be getting a better studio microphones. You need a good mixture of different brands and styles. I recommend getting at least one Neumann, although they are incredibly expensive, they are worth the money. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/KM185/That’s a real versatile micophone right there. You can use it for many applications, thus making it worth it’s big price.Also look at some AKG or Rhode mics. You can go on the lower end as well and get some Shures. Since you’ve already invested in the FireStudio Interface, that kind of limits to what you can do without upgrading that piece. Studio Recordings use really good microphones and preamps, and that contributes to their quality sound. Also the soundproof rooms and environment have a factor in it as well. Also the amount of knowledge you have with the software plays a big role. Your recording software allows you to edit, mix and master which contributes a big part to getting that nice polished, mastered sound.

Hi StandThat Firestudio accepts microphones and instruments. It also comes with Cubase software if I am not mistaken. You won’t need other pre-amps either since that unit has a built – in pre-amp.Put the bass right through it and set everything flat. By that , I mean bass, mid, and treble at a dead center sort of speak.On playback, you can add or subtract bass, mid, treble but not while recording.You need the cleanest sound possible so you can tailor it later.

Does that Presonus interface have phantom power? Is it on? The mic needs that to work.

I’m almost 100% sure you could. I’ve been planing on buying logic to use with my Firestudio 2626. All you should have to do is change your input device in Logic to Presonus instead of the built in setting. oh and make sure your firestudio is installed and on before running the program, if you turn it on after the program doesn’t recognize it. For every track you have to tell it what input you’re plugged into.

its the software, the version of cubase that comes with the firestudio project only allows two channels recording at a time