Recording Handbook - Hol.gr

ak748@detroit.freenet.org (Daniel W. Newport) writes:
Condenser mics, need to be powered (48v) from mic preamp input.
Generally more expensive, more responsive, studio quality mic.
Sometimes can be damaged by high sound pressure levels.
Q1.7 Can I use a personal computer to digitally record and mix music?
mcknight@pire.org (Scott McKnight) writes:
>I haven't really thought too much about digital recording to PCs
>because I assumed that the cost of a powerful enough PC with
>sufficient HD space would be out of my price range. What would be
>involved in setting up the kind of system you're describing from
>scratch? Am I understanding correctly that you're talking recording
>live audio to a PC's HD, not MIDI? What would be involved in getting
>it to lock to MIDI? How about locking to an external analog tape deck?
nigelsp@rain.org (Nigel Spencer) writes:
Yeah we're talking 44.1 khz digital recording here so yeah you need
some reasonable hard disk space. Here's a sample system presuming you
chase down parts from vendors at shows or discount outlets.
Motherboard DX33 minimum - DX 2- 66 US$150-US$300 (VLBUS + DX-2 66 is
cheap now), Case, floppy, VGA card, IDE controller with
serial\parallel IO, US$150 all up
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