recording system

[stefan1988]

this is a thread i started in ultimate-guitar.com but not many people seem to help me out finding a recording system so i posted here since you guys know a little more about hardware and software

basically i want to buy a recording system but the problems are choosing one that doesnt give me latency so there's 3 interfaces to choose from usb,firewire and pci by buying a new sound card

usb i doubt it is too slow i believe
firewire im not sure how fast is it and if i choose firewire i need to buy firewire pci card or something like that
and if pci then waht soundcard should i get?

basically just read the post:P

any help is appreciated

what i want to do is record and compose stuff on my own for example i have a friend that plays bass but he doesnt live near me anymore he lives on georgia now and i would like if he could send me bass tracks so i could compose over that or if he is not able to record the bass track for me i have a digitech whammy pedal which makes the guitar sound an octave lower so it makes it sound like a bass for example the "seven nation army song intro"

so i could record 3 instruments bass,rhytmn guitar,lead guitar and for drums i would probably get a drumming program or something like that

right now what i have in mind for recording is "sequel"
click here

software for me is not an issue my friend has cubase. i could easily download any program if i need it

but i dont know what exactly to use as a recording interface

i tried connecting my guitar directly to my sound card but it sounds like shaito like on the faq says

i dont know if to buy the separate unit that i would use outside my computer or if i could buy hardware and install it into my computer which is no problem to me because i built my computer from scratch

my computer in my opinion is pretty fast
i have 3.0ghz chip
1gb of ram in dual channel
3 hard drives 1 is 80gbs for os mainly 2nd is storage and is like 160gb and the 3rd one is external is about 250gbs
soundcard is audigy2 zsgamer

i would post more information regarding the recording interfaces the ones im interested in and thinking about but right now im at work so i would post as soon as i can

so any suggestions for recording interface or software would be appreciated


EDIT: here is one im interested in

http://www.compusa.com/products/pro...t_code=50769018

seems a little expensive though i have the money for it but i would prefer spending on pedals or amplifier because i have a line 6 spider III amp

this one is cheaper but what's the difference between the two is it worth spending 300 dollars more on the first one?
http://www.compusa.com/products/pro...t_code=50769016


this one is external im interested in the unit but i dont want to pay for software included and i dont know if i could get oen of those around here because i will have to order or go pretty far

Cubase System|4 :: Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH

 

[brush3287]

Don't know much about this other than that the Steinberg product is supposed to be good in it's class - in which case wouldn't it be a good starting point to use the requirements for that and build beyond those minimums? Maybe even find some forums based around other users of the software - some of whom may have already done what you want to do?
In straight technical terms fire wire is likely to be the best of the group you mentioned.