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I've learned quite a lot regarding gear from this forum (as well as some other sites) but I am completely ignorant when it comes to recording. All this talk of mixers, soundboards, and different mic types makes me

What I want to do is have a unit that I can use to record acoustic/electric guitar as well as vocals in my room, then hookup to a computer for final tweaking and uploading to my soundclick. Is there such a unit? Or is there a box of some sort that I could plug the mic into, then plug the box into the computer? Or would my best bet to just go Mic ---gt; Soundcard?

Finally, I want my recording stuff to be portable, so that I can move it around my house easily as well as transport it away from home easily.

Thanks in advance :afro:

This thing has caught my eye...
I'm thinking about buying one maybe in the beginning of next year.Portable 2-channel 24-bit/96k USB audio interface

from : localhost/www.alesis.com/product.php?id=8

If you want really portable, get a laptop and a MBox.

Many stand alone digital recorders have the ability to export wav files but you'll still need recording/mixing software.


Originally Posted by Robert S.If you want really portable, get a laptop and a MBox.

Many stand alone digital recorders have the ability to export wav files but you'll still need recording/mixing software.

Robert always beats me to it, and always suggests the best things. You can't get any better in portability than an MBox.

deffinately the mbox...

Portability isn't necessarily more important than quality in this case. I just need to be able to be able to pack it up and put it in a car w/ ease.

Also, can someone explain what the mbox does? Or what the alesis does?

the mbox is amazing quality, i used one at a store a few weeks ag...its basically a simple pro tools....

Still pretty confused regarding the recording hardware. I know that I want to do most of the mixing/effect adding on the computer using software, but am curious regarding the hardware needed to get the tracks on the computer in the first place.

What is the advantage of going guitargt;micgt;boxgt;computer instead of just guitargt;micgt;computer? Or, what do these hardware pieces do specifically? Also, are the mbox, the alesis, and from : localhost/the same sort of equipment?

Well, the Alesis has two channels (meaning you can record two sound sources to two different tracks in the computer at the same time) eg. guitar and keyboard, guitar and voice, guitar and guitar, voice and voice. Gonna be a problem if/when you want to record real drums and you want more than two mics/channels.

1. Guitar/Keyboard/Other Instrument |
Alesis IO2 |
USB cable |
Computer -gt; Program (Comes bundled with Cubase LE)
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2. Condenser/Dynamic Mic |
Alesis IO2 (It quot;isquot; a micpreamp and has phantom power support for condenser mics) |
USB cable |
Computer -gt; Program (Comes bundled with Cubase LE)
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Computers sound output |
USB cable |
Alesis IO2 |
Your speakers/headphones connected to IO2

It's connected to your computer with the USB cable, and is also powered through the USB cable.

What about the Korg pandora PXR-4?.TwilightOdessey amp; Steve Vai Both Swear by theirs. I'm thinking about picking one of them up soon when (of if) I come into some money (jobs are suprisingly hard to find)

Thanks a lot for the input guys, one final bump.

If I plan on recording electric guitar, acoustic guitar, and vocals which of the following I/O boxes do you think would suit my needs best?

from : localhost/(does this unit have phantom power?)

from : localhost/ Do the Mboxes have phantom power?

Go for a Presonus Firebox (use Firewire and stay away from USB). It has better preamps than the M-audio Firewire 410.