On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:28:36 GMT, "David Poole"
wrote:

Thanks for the reply. At the moment he is working with a ZOOM 1204 and he
feels restricted because he has to record one track at a time. He would like
to be able to play the drum machine, guitar and sing at the same time and go
to different tracks (he's old school, 69 years of age). He's thinking about
buying a Tascam 2488 so he can do this but he already has a very good PC.
I've shown him what I do with Cakewalk Pro 9 and how easy it is and I'd like
him to take the same path.

BUT, is there a device which will allow him to record the three seperate
parts and go to three seperate tracks on Cakewalk (or even Cubase)?

Yup. Soundcards come in many sizes. I use an M-Audio Delta 1010
which offers 8 mono analogue inputs and outputs. (Normally seen by a
sequencer as 4 stereo, but this isn't invariable.)

Between the Audiophile 2496 (one stereo In/Out) and the 1010 there is
a range of cards with different number of ports. Look at:
www.midiman.com

Other makers have similar ranges.

A small external mixer is an almost essential adjunct to this sort of
setup. A breed of Firewire-connected audio interfaces, incorporating
some mixing functions, microphone preamps etc. is appearing on the
market. One of these may suit him. Perhaps someone can recommend
a good one - I have no experience with them.

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