Topic: recording to a laptop?

[miketrades]

from a mackie 24-8.  live music.
thoughts & suggestions are appreciated.

[caymanreview]

looking at buying more gear to do it, or trying to do it w/out any other gear?

got a budget if you want more gear beetween them?

[miketrades]

all options are open right now.  the only limiter is cost.

[caymanreview]

well. i can come up with 2K$ options or 200$ options. i just need a number that you are comfortable with, and we can work from there with all the options

[miketrades]

definately the $200 side of the options. we're looking to get a recording of the soundboard mix onto a laptop and be able to edit it as cost effectively as possible.

[caymanreview]

at the moment, i would suggest looking into getting a UA5. that will like to your laptop via usb and provide a good A/D converter for the price.

you could score one from ebay or someone used cheap. if you are going to run it with a laptop all the time it doesnt have to be modded like everyone here runs (digi-mod to allow standalone use w/out a pc) but it would still work if you bought one with that mod allready

for another 100-200$ you could jump up to a m-audio firewire 410 or the newer edirol box (forgot the model#) that would aloow some multitracking with your laptop

[pfife]

the newer edirol box (forgot the model#) that would aloow some multitracking with your laptop

UA-25

[caymanreview]

i was meaning the newest edirol multitracking box that a few here run. Doug was gonna mod them and then didnt. basically a ua5 that is capable of multitracking

that isnt the ua25 is it?

[pfife]

i was meaning the newest edirol multitracking box that a few here run. Doug was gonna mod them and then didnt. basically a ua5 that is capable of multitracking

that isnt the ua25 is it?

The one with a HD in it?  I think that's the R-4.  The ua-5 is a smaller looking UA-5.  The R-4 is pretty expensive though....  most guestimates put it around $1600.

There's a discussion about that one in the recorder section though...

Is that the one you were talking about?

[Ed.]

the "ua-25" is a smaller looking ua-5.

[keepongoin]

the newer edirol box (forgot the model#) that would aloow some multitracking with your laptop

UA-25

No, it think the FA101 is the one...

[caymanreview]

fa-101 is the one i was thinking of