[canyonsinthesky]

I'm shopping for my first workstation. I built a DAW but the lack of
portability and the noise (drives and fans) were unacceptable. I'll
start recording tracks one at a time by myself, with a maximum of four
instruments including vocal. On some songs, I will also add tracks for
a duet or trio effect. As I get better at this, I want to record small
groups (up to six people) to get back part of my investment and gain
skill. I'll probably use MIDI on my personal work to build percussion.

I'll use microphone input for some instruments, and things like bass
can go direct to track. As for moving tracks to the PC, I don't know
yet how that should best be accomplished and which spec tells me what
features allow that. Here are the four I'm looking at. Other than
variation in how many tracks can be recorded simultaneously, I don't
understand the price variation.

Roland VS-2000CD Digital Studio Workstation
Roland VS-2400CD Digital Studio Workstation
Yamaha AW1600 Audio Workstation
Yamaha AW2400 Audio Workstation

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/...ase_pid=241080

Keith