Multi track audio recording with Vegas or Sound Fo

[waycooljr]

Has anyone ever tried to use Vegas or Sound Forge 7 to do a multi track recording of at least 18 ch's or more?

If so what was used for the breakout box and how fast of a computer do you need to have?

I'm thinking of using my laptop if its strong enough to master audio of bands that I record to later sync with the video.

Ray

 

[Gary_Kleiner]

Re: Multi track audio recording with Vegas or Soun

Re: Multi track audio recording with Vegas or Soun

I have recorded 8 channels into the Vegas timeline using a MOTU 896 HD.

The computer didn't even break a sweak with the CPU running at about 15%.

Gary

 

[Spot]

Re: Multi track audio recording with Vegas or Soun

Re: Multi track audio recording with Vegas or Soun

Sound Forge can only do 2 tracks simultaneously.
If you want to do 8 tracks, Firewire just barely eeks by with the datarate, but it does work. Echo has just developed some proprietary tools that allow you to do 12 channels, you'll see these tools from Mackie first, then Echo next.
PCI is ALWAYS the best way to do this. I've successfully recorded 24 tracks on a 2.4 gig laptop, but it was tough. No monitoring possible. A firewire device will not allow monitoring of more than a couple channels if you've got effects running, such as compressors, verbs, etc.
Forget USB, it's a 2 channel in prospect when doing live.
Look at Echo for the best sub 1K products, look to Firestation for the next best, M-Audio for a great choice, and MOTU at the bottom of the heap if you're in PC land. (If you use Mac, you can't beat MOTU for sub 1K)
We did the 3 Tenors album live with 16 channels of Echo Layla, it's a wonderful thing to do this on a laptop. I monitored the entire show, with compression and verb, on a pair of cans routed through the Layla.