Hardware recorders are reliable and computers aren't. I have a VS880 and a Macintosh G4/400 running Logic Audio and I should know! The mac is however very reliable and does what you would hope although there is no way that it is as reliable as a hardware recorder. Mainly because the hardware recorder has one job to do and comes with all the related hardware, including a seperate HD. It wont get used for the internet, word processing, video editing, gaming etc... I personally enjoy having both and I suppose the VS is being used less and less as an Audio device as I put more strain on the G4 which is coping well.

If you go the computer route then make sure that you have a decent soundcard and preferably a mixing desk and DI box for the guitar. Never put the guitar directly into your stereo or computer, it'll upset the apple cart. Chucking everything through the little Minijack input will show that they are suitable for demos and not pro-level sound quality, use them if you can live without the latter. Be careful if you go the Microsoft route, that you get a fast enough HD and that the PC's architechture is fast enough for pro level multi tracking. Not having a bash at PC's, just telling you what everyone knows about them, most of them are cheap and cheerful and come with the cheapest parts available, slowest HD etc... no two are ever the same. Be careful, you don't neccessarily get what you pay for! Don't forget to include then, the price of the computer and the price of decent peripherals, soundcards etc... and a mixing desk (it's honestly very handy but not essential, small is okay), lots of memory a large HD and of course, a more than likely expensive audio package which will give you many audio tracks with effects depending on you HD speed and Memory/Processor speed. All of these things come tailor made with a HD recorder so don't be put off, and lets not forget. You can put them under your arm and go to a friends gig, record them and mix it for them. Don't try this with the computer unless you have to!

Steve...

: where can i download fullversions(no demos) of emagics logic audio v4.x and the softwaresampler esx24??

: thanx a lot for helping me...

: can anyone tell me if the rebirth program is worth buying?

Its not bad but a bit dated now. You're better off getting Orion. It ROCKS!

You would need to know what the outputs from the video camera are first. If it's a standard composite video output then you will need a input of the same on the PC. The problem arises that your PC will then be expected to process 24 frames a second or more in full screen from an analogue source which will require some decent hardware. There are quite a few PCI video capture cards for this purpose on the market but maybe expensive, check they do what you want. These will be able to decode the analogue source material to digital very quickly and should provide you with a video output so you can pipe the result back into your video camera.

If your video camera has a Firewire (IEEE1394) output (Mini DV cameras etc...) then you could find yourself the Apple designed interface on a PCI card somewhere. I suspect these are available and should be noted they are standard on all New Macintoshes. This will allow piping of full screen/colour digital video onto your HD. The problem may arise that your camera doesn't have a Firewire (IEEE1394) input which may mean you will have to have another way of getting the video out of the PC. If you have a Video output from the camera and a Video Input into the computer then you can connect with a standard RCA lead but make sure it's good quality as there is a lot of information to pass through!

Good Luck

Steve...

HI, I NEED HELP GETTING SET UP WITH A DJ'S
NAME. THANKS

Just record it into your pc with Windows Sound Recorder. You already have it.

: I'm in dire need of a program or software that I can load onto my computer from a portable mp3 player also a mini disc player. Then be able to burn straight to cd. Urgent as have a deadline to meet.

Well, I don't know about methods for exporting from the portable mp3 player to the computer (of course, you can always use any audio recorder for an analog transfer).
But one good program for burning cd's with either mp3 or wav files is "Media Jukebox". It's freeware and I think you can find it here, in hitsquad.

: I recently lost a whole session(song) of wave files
: in cool edit pro trying to rename it.I have run
: some undelete software but it didnt retreave the
: particular files i wanted.The files were two large
: for the recycle bin. I am a novice pc guy.
: Could anyone help with retreaving my song
: thanks, greengrosser

try find..files..wave.. thenonce you find them, if you can figure out how to access them let me know. good luck. check out my mp3 tune monkey..

I'm not sure you can convert mp3 to wav on winamp, but I know you can with MusicMatch Jukebox. I do it all the time.

Hello Tom,

We will track down the DR5 tool for you and email you with details of where you can download it.

Warm regards
Geoff

: Couldn't load DR5tool. Screen said to pick nearest location with only one listed, USA. I hit load but the window disappears after a few seconds. Then I hit the button for failure to load and I get a screen that says program is here(here is in blue letters). That is as far as I get.

: HOW DO I CONVERT REAL PLAYER TO MPG ?????
: HOW DO I CONVERT REAL PLAYER TO MPG ?????
: HOW DO I CONVERT REAL PLAYER TO MPG ?????
: HOW DO I CONVERT REAL PLAYER TO MPG ?????
: HOW DO I CONVERT REAL PLAYER TO MPG ?????

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