> What are YOU using to record your MOTM?
We (Coaster and friends,
http://greycity.cs.uchicago.edu/ - ignore the
picture of my half naked roommate) record with an Event Electronics Gina
soundcard into Soundforge 4. The Gina has only 2 inputs and no MIDI, but
it sounds great; our Windows PC doesn't have enough horsepower to do the
mixing itself anyway, and sequencing comes from a Soundblaster AwwwwwE 32.
(That's the sound you make when you realize that you're using a
Soundblaster.) The Gina is fed by a Mackie 1202vlz, whose channel inserts
double as handy instrument preamps for processing vocals, etc. with the
MOTM system. We are perennially out of channels; my roommate has a couple
of E-mu synth modules which can mix their signal with something fed into
their aux ins, but it doesn't sound that good. Frequently we have cables
plugged into all but five or six of the jacks on the mixer.
In general we have found that computer editing systems offer better
flexibility and ease of use than the standalone digital multitrackers
we've tried. On the other hand, you can't really take them anywhere
(laptop sound chips sound terrible) and you have to have the computer, or
it gets just as expensive as any other recording setup. Plus you have to
use Windows. :(
peace,
Chris