Total Beginner Needs Guiding Hand, Help for beginner Options

[russellthemessia...]

Hello all.

I am new both to Mac Music and making music on a Mac (or any other PC). I have absolutely no idea as to how audio setups work, MIDI interfaces, preamps etc. I once naively believed I could just plug my guitar into my computer; that gives you an idea of the level of ineptitude I display. BUT, I am willing to learn so, any plain English explanations of how best to go about recording my voice, my guitar and keyboards (yet to be bought but willing to spend some cash) would be much appreciated. I must make it clear that I fully intend to buy Logic Express 6... other than that, I am a little lost. I do not intend to spend more than £350 after having bought Logic... Many thanks in advance for your time.

[swilder]

Midi Controller, If it has a Midi Out Port, it can be used as a midi controller.

An audio mixer prevents latency because it frees the application (cubase, logic, etc) from having to playback the incoming signal. You can just listen to the signal as it passes though the mixer.

A typical signal chain goes:

source-->mixer-->soundcard-->application

If you monitor through the application then it lloks like this:

source-->mixer-->soundcard-->application-->soundcard-->mixer-->speakers

Obviously these extra legs take extra time, therefore added latency

Using a mixer, you can monitor yourself as the signal goes into the soundcard.



Scott