I was looking into a DAT recorder, but then I notice how expensive it is and decided not to go with it. What other options are there for recording my mixes and getting a good enough sound quality so that I can burn them onto CD and give them out as promos?

I strongly recommend you use Sony Sound Forge 7.0, its the standard for most of us here.

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I use and am really happy with a thing called the Xitel InPort USB.

Its a thing that plugs into your mixer via RCA at one end and your USB on the computer on the other end. You can then use any program you want to record the sound, you just change the input to USB in the preferences, handy as! Great sound quality, fairly cheap too, you can use a laptop cos it completely bypasses the soundcard.

http://www.xitel.com/product_inport.htm

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Firewire Audiophile > Sound Forge or Sound Studio (Depending on Computer)... Works great...

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I personally use a sony NET MD minidisc recorder, and a Phillips CDR 775 CD recorder

normally recird to minidisc, then transfer that to cd afterwards- but with CDRW discs you could record direct to cd if you liked, then copy that to a cdr.

Not that expensive if you get one from ebay- you want it on cd? then buy a cd recorder and do it straight to that!

Well the thing is my PC is not located anywhere near my DJ setup, so I'm limited in that as well

Freak, can you tell me more about that Sony MD minidisc recorder? I'm not gonna get a CD recorder because I think it'd be just easier to have the file, upload it to my PC and burn several copies.

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Originally posted by TruffleShuffle I'm not gonna get a CD recorder because I think it'd be just easier to have the file, upload it to my PC and burn several copies.

I record onto the cd recorder (CDR/CDRW audio discs are slightly more expensive,)but i duplicate on the pc as you would copy any other disc......

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Originally posted by Freak I record onto the cd recorder (CDR/CDRW audio discs are slightly more expensive,)but i duplicate on the pc as you would copy any other disc......

Oh ok. Do you have a link to that one you use? It's completely independent of a PC right? (since I don't have a PC near my setup). Also, how is the sound quality overall?

Hmm, that CD recorder is looking more appealing to me. Where do you plug it into your DJ setup?

I used to use a good old fashioned cd recorder, but since gettign a new computer, all I use is Sound Forge and its perfect and easy to use. I haven't gotten outside the basic recording function yet though. Apparently you can do just about anythign with it.

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