I need some advice setting up a Digital Audio Workstation. I’ll provide a list of what I have (please see below), and where my questions are. I have obviously got a good start gear wise. I have more or less played in live bands as a bass player or keyboard player and to be honest , never really married my computer to my instruments, in fact, I’ve been a little apprehensive by that aspect. Reading this board it looks as though using the computer rather than the stand alone recorder is advisable as I upgrade every two years and I have access to a lot of software.
Something tells me the weakest link is my sound card – having all this stuff going into my computer with one stereo mini plug out from the mains from my mixer –
1.) Any suggestions on Sound Cards - let’s say my budget for this is under 300$
2.) From what I understand I’d rather be dealing with loops of wave files rather than midi – is Cubase the best for this? – I’ve heard the GUI is a little non-intuitive – for a non manual reading person would you say ‘Cool Edit Pro’ would be better?
3.) Regardless if I use Cubase for the recording process I want to use it for it’s VST interments – How to I ‘control’, let’s say an organ VST plug in with my Korg or Ensoniq?
What I have so far:
AMD 2.6 Ghz, 512 RAM, 120 Meg Hard Drive, ‘all in one’ sound card
Cubase
Groove Agent
Ensoniq zr76
Korg X5d
Bass Pod – Fender P
Guitar Pod – Various Electric’s, Takamine Acoustic
Behringer 2222 Mixer
2 AKG 535 Mic’s, ART tube Mic preamp
Lexicon MPX 100 – reverb and multi effects
Boss sp 202 – basically a ‘Fisher Price’ sampler
Any reponses would be greatly appreciated.
Seratone
