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macmonkey
posté mer. 13 août 2003, 15:52
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hi,

i have a couple of guitars (classical and a fender strat), a yamaha p200 digital piano, and G4 TiBook (technically it belongs to work - but it's mine! laugh.gif) I aslo have a midiman 2x2 to hook up the piano.

i would like to know what i need to start recording audio to the powerbook.

i have the free version of ProTools, but I will consider the Logic Big Box if things go well -- it sounds like it's good value and a lot of people seem to like it.

the powerbook doesn't have an 'audio in' so I'm not sure what I actually need to record audio (guitar and mybe vocal). I don't want to waste money buying the wrong things!

thanks for your patience and help.

mac
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posté mer. 13 août 2003, 16:24
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You need to have an audio-interface of some kind.
Unless you have a quality mic you can connect directly to audio inut on "your"
G4 TiBook. ( not the best solution )

Digidesign Mbox is usb - and comes with ProTools Lite
or
Motu 828 MK-II - is firewire and comes with Audiodesk2.
( audiodesk doesnt do MIDI though )

There are lots of other audio-interfaces out there to choose from.
You must as a general thing also install drivers to the different audio-interfaces,
to make them show up properly in your software and/or system.

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posté jeu. 14 août 2003, 10:00
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thanks dixiechicken

i'm a bit downhearted to learn that it costs around $500 (Mbox) just to get audio into the mac! sad.gif

are there any other options?

what about if i used a desktop mac with a soundcard?

cheers
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posté jeu. 14 août 2003, 17:19
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If you have a Mac with mic or line input you could scrape by, with a simple adapter.
However you with be rather limited in what you could record and do with such a setup.

Controlling the signal-levels into your Mac would probably be rather bothersome.

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posté jeu. 14 août 2003, 20:21
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There's plenty of audio interfaces available for less than $500. Check out Tascam, M-Audio and Edirol, to name a few. Try scanning through the Audio, MIDI, DSP cards and interfaces forum here too for plenty of suggestions/feedback, etc.
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posté jeu. 14 août 2003, 20:53
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there is a sound card for apple laptops I was considering for only $200



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posté sam. 16 août 2003, 02:39
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Hi if you are looking for a simple audio in you might like the griffin imic it sells for around $40-$50.
Good luck
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