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Uncle Jam
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Hi, I'm looking into recording in the next year using some sort of multi-track recorder. First question is about Computer based recording systems. When you record into the software, and there are no internal effects built into the system like the FW-1884, can the software use effects like a compressor before the sound is recorded or do they have to be appled after the dry signal is recorded. This is a major issue since it will save me a lot of money on hardware gear. The second question is about headphones output. Since my studio will not be large enough to seperate guitar, bass, keyboard, drums and other gear into seperate rooms I plan on recording only the drums within the room and the other instruments I plan on recording within the DAW. So how can you have a number of headphones so that each musician can hear the mix if there's only one headphone output on the recorder? Also do you think this is a good way to record a live performance? I know it's a little weird, but I think this way my mixes will be better since there's gonna be a clear sound for all different instruments. Finally what multi-track recorder do you all recommend? I'm kind of steering toward the FW-1884 since it has fire-wire and is computer based.