newbee needs help

[rockamont]

right few questions i need a good audio interface to record 8 mics into cubase ive been looking at a few products but have been going round in circles?

moto 8 pre
focusright saffire pro
tascam us1641

any advice, sugestions?

also ............

usb 2
firewire
or pci

[brandondrury]

I went with this and have been very happy: Buy PreSonus FireStudio FireWire Recording Interface online at Musician's Friend

If you didn't need the ADAT ins/outs I'd probably recommend going with either of these:
Buy PreSonus FP10 FireWire Recording Interface online at Musician's Friend

Buy PreSonus FireStudio Project online at Musician's Friend

I've been really happy with the Presonus gear I've purchased.

Brandon

[rockamont]

yeah i had had a bit of a look into the presonus stuff but it seems pretty pricey? ill check it out again !?

cheers!

the other thing you might be able to help me with is one about cuebase?
i finally just purchased a real one!! (after many sucsessful years with vareous copys the last being sx3)

im looking for effects and mastering plugins without haveing to spend a fortune can you recomend any ?

the version i got it the measely se3 (canny really argue when its only 70 quid compatable with vista and a stable platform when your used to coped softwere) however it dosent even come with the roomworks reverb!!

cheers again
alistair

[brandondrury]

yeah i had had a bit of a look into the presonus stuff but it seems pretty pricey? ill check it out again !?

Pricey? An 8 channel audio interface with preamps for $400 is CHEAP! This is, of course, assuming you need an 8 channel audio interface.

im looking for effects and mastering plugins without haveing to spend a fortune can you recomend any ?

Kjaerhus is free. I use it on certain things.

I'd give up on "mastering plugins". They are the same thing as regular plugins. They've created this artificial/imaginary category to trick newbies into buying crap they don't need. (Oh, we'll put an eq, compressor, and limiter in the same package and call it a "mastering plugin"). It's called a "channel strip".

If your CPU is up for it, I've really liked the Antress stuff I've tried.

I came close to snagging a couple UAD-1 cards used off of Ebay for $200 although I've been considering snagging a Liquidmix as well.

My advice would be to buy one plugin at a time. One really good EQ for $200 and one really good compressor for $200 is money well spent. Of course, these had better be VERY good. I think there is a flaw to buying plugin packages sometimes.

Brandon