drummerBUMMER
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hi guys, im searching for a quality audio interface that is compatible with my mac. mite anyone point me in the right direction and any tips before i buy anything??
hi guys, im searching for a quality audio interface that is compatible with my mac. mite anyone point me in the right direction and any tips before i buy anything??
Yeah, the Presonus Firepod is really clean and it gives you 8 inputs which is really good for drummers. I am happy with mine.
Presonus firewire is the way to go. i have a mac that i use logic pro on as my main tracker that i use in my studio i own. its a completely finished basement studio that i use to support me financially while i go through music school. they are great and come in at 400 bucks.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS FIREWIRE!!!
just make sure you get a firewire interface, dont get usb man. fire wire allows you to track multiple channels at one time, something you cant do with usb. that means when you pull up logic or garageband or w.e on your mac, you can have a separate channel for each mic and compress, limit, EQ each drum (providing you mic them all). and most importantly you can actually mix your drum track(change the levels of each drum) which is so important to getting a good sound. you cant do that with USB.
Presonus has high quality pre-amps and 8 channels. another good thing about their stuff is if you get serious about recording you can buy another interface and link them together and record 16 tracks at once or 32 at once ect. we have 3 of them in our studio. i use a nice A&H mixing board and run each channel out to the 3 interfaces and bypass the interfaces pre-amps with no connection noise, that means you will never out grow them.
http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.co...0-10x10-FireWire-Interface-Firepod?sku=242036
I'm thinking about picking one of these up. Can I run Audacity instead of Cubase? I know literally *nothing* about multi-tracking, or even recording drums properly. Right now I run 4 mics through a little cheap-o Behringer mixer, directly into my sound card (single track.)
Presonus firewire is the way to go. i have a mac that i use logic pro on as my main tracker that i use in my studio i own. its a completely finished basement studio that i use to support me financially while i go through music school. they are great and come in at 400 bucks.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS FIREWIRE!!!
just make sure you get a firewire interface, dont get usb man. fire wire allows you to track multiple channels at one time, something you cant do with usb. that means when you pull up logic or garageband or w.e on your mac, you can have a separate channel for each mic and compress, limit, EQ each drum (providing you mic them all). and most importantly you can actually mix your drum track(change the levels of each drum) which is so important to getting a good sound. you cant do that with USB.
I'm thinking about picking one of these up. Can I run Audacity instead of Cubase? I know literally *nothing* about multi-tracking, or even recording drums properly. Right now I run 4 mics through a little cheap-o Behringer mixer, directly into my sound card (single track.)