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HELP! Need some advice to buy external device

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Topic HELP! Need some advice to buy external device
Hi there! Well, I’m new at all this and I need some advice to get started so I guess I’ll have to take advantage of the expertise I’ve seen around!

I play the guitar (Spanish and electrical) and I would like to use my laptop to record some music. I bought the laptop for various reasons but mainly so I could install a copy of Cubase I got hold of and start making my home recordings. I have no clue about computers so I couldn’t understand why everything I recorded sounded so low, then a friend told me that the soundcard I have is far from enough to do what I intend so he recommended I buy an external device. He recommended a couple: the Tascam US-122 and the Edirol UA-25.

Now, I’ve been doing some research and it seems the US-122 gives a lot of problems (specially with Windows XP which is the one I have). On the other side I could not find any comments on the Edirol. I saw someone in a discussion recommended the M-Audio OmniStudio USB. So I’m really, really lost. I just want to record some music!

I’m not looking for something excessively fancy. I guess I’m looking for a USB powered portable device, with a plug in for guitar, with a fairly good sound, that I could use with Cubase, and most important of all, that would not give me much trouble in terms of installing it and getting it to work. See, besides not being good with computers I bought my laptop in Japan recently and I haven’t been able to change the OS from Japanese to English yet, so any change in the configuration becomes a true adventure! Regarding price range, well, although I would like to keep it low (around £200) I prefer buying something more expensive and more reliable than taking the chance of getting into lots of trouble.

Can anybody help??

Thanks so much

Salud!

Sandro
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Yes you'll have to buy monitors. Good computer speakers are good only for listening to the music not for mixing.
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Hmmm... Well, I checked some monitors and they are quite expensive. Besides I am always moving around and I have to keep my stuff quite portable so I guess I'll have to survive without them by now. But I will certinly keep that in mind when I decide to get more serious about recording!

Well, I'm anxious to start recording. If my finances allow me I will buy the Edirol thing this weekend and I'll let you how it goes.

Thanks so much for all your answers!

Salud!

Sandro