"Ricky W. Hunt" wrote in message news:tahHc.13380$WX.1668@attbi_s51...
"David Poole" wrote in message
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I'm trying to get my Dad to do his home recording on a PC however he
likes to record live on his digital studio. Track One - drum machine,
track two - guitar and track three vocals. He then adds other parts
onto other tracks afterwards.

A small mixer would also work (with a regular two channel card) assuming he
has MIDI capabilities. The drum machine wouldn't have to be recorded, just
monitored (at least until mixdown at which point he could record it either
as a whole or put different drums to different tracks for even more
control).

Here's an idea: check out the Aardvark Direct Pro. It's got 4 mic
pres/line inputs and a software mixer and is ASIO. You can do exactly
what your dad wants, Drums on 1, guitar on 2, vocals on 3 to 3
separate tracks. I've tracked drums (kick, snare, & stereo overheads)
to 4 separate tracks in SAW32 with no probs, doing the same in
Cake/Cub should be a cinch. Oh, and it's also got MIDI in/out and
24-bit/96khz converters. If he's using a standard pc-audio 2-track
card (soundblaster etc.) there will be a huge difference in audio
quality, even when playing back stuff already recorded onto the
computer. Check it out!

Carlos