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[quote name='oddjob' post='647941' date='Nov 7 2009, 11:09 AM']In the £400 price range for pretty decent quality you can easily get 8 channels of mic inputs. I really like the Presonus, and MOTU range. the Presonus D8 as G said is pretty darn good for £270 [url="http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/presonus-digimax-d8-8-channel-mic-preamp--48499"]http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/pres...c-preamp--48499[/url] Heard good things about the MOTU 8Pre [url="http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/motu-8pre-firewire-audio-interface-with-8-mic-preamps--36152"]http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/mot...-preamps--36152[/url] If you want to got with a mixer option like that Alesis you found, i've not tried it but am always impressed with Allen & Heath mixers, and this would work as a recording interface in your budget. [url="http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/allen-and-heath-zed-14-live-recording-mixer--48358"]http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/alle...ng-mixer--48358[/url][/quote] Thanks for the reply oddjob, will give theses a good Google ! Steve

Ok, added some answers to oddjobs post to try to narrow things down a bit. Cheers Steve There are so many options now with multi track recorders, you really need to come up with a list of needs, e.g: What you want to do with it? [i]Make some demos[/i] How many inputs will you be happy with? [i]I guess 4 would be ok[/i] Do you want the ability to expand and add more inputs (eg via ADAT) or go cheaper and buy bigger later to just replace? [i]Go cheaper/depends on the price[/i] Do you want portability? [i]No[/i] Are your electric drums just stereo output, or will you want direct outs for each drum pad? [i]Stereo output[/i] Do you have a desk to use the mic preamps for the bass, and guitars? if not you'll need an interface with enough mic preamps for each instrument, if you do and have direct outs or enough aux outputs on the desk you just need line inputs on the interface. [i]I don't have a desk just 1 bass, 2 guitars, drums and amps[/i] Will you ever be in a place where you want to record without the computer? In which case something like the zoom you looked at first would be what you want. [i]No[/i] What sort of quality do you want from it, just for getting down ideas or good enough to record tracks for demos or will you be wanting to put together your own eps for a while? [i]Tracks for demos[/i] Are you happy to buy second hand or does is have to be new? [i]2nd hand is fine[/i] Then more importantly, what's your budget? Whats the maximum you can afford to spend? What price would you be more happy to pay? [i]£400[/i] If you answer a few of those questions you start narrowing down the search.

[quote name='slaphappygarry' post='647226' date='Nov 6 2009, 01:38 PM']That M audio has 2 mic pre amps, 6 line ins, adat in for another 8 and 2 s/pdif giving up to 18 inputs. I have had 2. They both died and M-Audio shafted me on warranty and repairs which took months and came back still dead. If you are looking for that many inputs you can get better for about the same. If you are looking for tools then Digi gear is solid as in my experience (full time recording engineer doing this professionally). G[/quote] Hmm, just Google'd some Digi gear stuff and it seems a bit out of my price range ! Thanks Steve

How about one of these ? [url="http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/m-audio-firewire-1814-mobile-18-in-14-out-firewire-recording-interface--22278"]http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/m-a...nterface--22278[/url] or [url="http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR217978"]http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR217978[/url] Thanks Steve

[quote name='cheddatom' post='645489' date='Nov 4 2009, 05:24 PM']I didn't see this yesterday. Don't rush into anything. Portable multi track recorders can be good, but as far as I know they tend to lack mic inputs. the one you linked says "8 input jacks" well if they're all just jack sockets I doubt they will make good mic inputs. So, are you going to be recording microphones? How many at the same time? Are any of them mics which need phantom power? Do you have a decent computer? Could you transport your computer to your recording space? If you can answer those i'm sure I/others could give some decent advice tomorrow.[/quote] Thanks for the pointers. Would be recording Bass, Electronic Drums & guitars to start with but wouldn't mind some mic inputs to 'future proof' (for want of a better phrase) in case we use them in the future. I have my iMAC in the recording space so no worries there. Cheers Steve

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Looking for some advice please. I've just started to dabble in Garageband on my own creating some tracks but I also jam with some friends of mine & so I'm looking for a multitrack recording device that would enable me to see the seperate tracks in Garageband. Looking for something fairly cheap to start with, maybe something like this ? [url="http://www.nevadamusic.co.uk/Computer_Music/Sound_Cards/sc1567/p8189.aspx"]http://www.nevadamusic.co.uk/Computer_Musi...1567/p8189.aspx[/url] Thanks Steve

[quote name='YouMa' post='446818' date='Mar 27 2009, 01:52 AM']Ive got thosands of loops ill send you some if you want.[/quote] I'd like some too please if these are still available. Cheers Steve

[quote name='alexclaber' post='631212' date='Oct 20 2009, 11:25 AM']If it ain't broke... If you're using it in quite a small room, if you have the option try it in different positions to get it to work best with the room acoustics. Also don't be afraid of fairly radical tweaking on the graphic - you may need to cut the bottom few sliders by a large amount to compensate for room gain and standing waves, which would otherwise make the sound horribly boomy. A 4x8" will suffer the same problems. If you're never going to need to use it at war volumes against a drummer then the one other combo I'd suggest is the PJB Bass Briefcase. It sounds lovely, it just doesn't go very loud. They occasionally pop up secondhand on here. Alex[/quote] Thanks for that Alex, I'll try your suggestions although the PJB Bass Briefcase does look nice with some good reviews. Thanks Steve

I have one of the older style TE combo's at home & was wondering on replacing it with something that had multiple smaller speakers, like a 4X8 or something, would this give me a better sound in a home enviroment than just 1x15 ? I would also consider going for a smaller combo (would still like a 12 band eq & maybe an inbuilt tuner) as I don't use all of the 200w. Budget could be up to £500. Cheers Steve