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.

Yes, buy Presonus. Very stable once you get it set up. As soon as you get it, go to their site and download the most recent drivers and install them. The stuff just works, and is hassle free. I sweated blood trying to get the Emu stuff to work. Way too complicated and not very user friendly.I have 2 FireBoxes and love them. I also use a Presonus “tube” preamp to warm up the sound and give me a bit more boost for weak signals. I think the FireStudio will give you all the gain you want, and the sound quality will be great!If you check out my Myspace page, I have a “Home recording tips” blog. Might give you some ideas…

Check the input sensitivity of the recording device. Odds are the sensitivity is higher than the recording line out of the effects processor. Look at the output gain on the fx unit – or wherever you are sending the signal from, compared to the input sensitivity on the recording device./

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.

DEFINITELY…M-AUDIO PROFIRE 2626

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.

Pretty much any preamp with a three pin XLR mic input should work fine with that mic. That is a great mic and it has normal gain (juice).