Low End Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Hi all, This may be a stupid question but I'm a complete Recording Virgin so excuse me if I sicken you.... I got a voucher for christmas , it burnt a hole in my pocket for a week , and went out and bought one of these lads. I play a few bit and bobs and I have in my head that I have a lot of songs that I would like to record. I did do research to a degree before I bought this but due to the fact I have very little knowledge of music production and recording I'm confused about something and maybe someone can put me straight.. When I was younger I remember watching a friend record on a Tascam 8 Track. The room was quite "smokey" at the time so my memory is a little fuzzy. I remember him laying down a guitar track and then coming along a working out a bass line over it with the ability to rewind and practice it before finally recording the one he was happy with. My question is , is this something that my unit should be able to do, without connecting to a computer? I have an Ipod but cannot seem to figure if this can be done with this unit. Please forgive if it is a absolutely stupid question, but if it is can you let me know, i.e Tell me I'm thick... and I'll try research some more. I do have an old tape deck from a seperates system, is this something I can add to the equation. Here's a link to the product, Cheers [url="http://www.alesis.com/imultimix8usb#1"]http://www.alesis.com/imultimix8usb#1[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstriper Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I know it's boring, but I recommend you read the manual I have an alesis multimix firewire and it needs to be connected to a computer running recording software to do what you're talking about. Mine came with a free version of cubase, but it doesn't have the ipod slot. I'm guessing the ipod slot is so you can mix down to stereo, but I don't think an ipod is capable of multitrack recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Posted July 3, 2010 Author Share Posted July 3, 2010 [quote name='redstriper' post='885135' date='Jul 3 2010, 11:09 PM']I know it's boring, but I recommend you read the manual I have an alesis multimix firewire and it needs to be connected to a computer running recording software to do what you're talking about. Mine came with a free version of cubase, but it doesn't have the ipod slot. I'm guessing the ipod slot is so you can mix down to stereo, but I don't think an ipod is capable of multitrack recording.[/quote] Cheers, I have read the manual many times, I could be missing something as I'm not sure of terminology etc. I have mailed Alesis tonight , but I feel you answer will be the one. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 It looks to be pretty clear that you can track seperately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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