cunning tactics

I need your opinion guys, my only equipment is an mpc and monitors (and a chunk of vinyl)

which setup?:

1) ADA8000, emu 1212m and behringer ub2442fx mixer with cool edit, 8 outs into ADA, lightpipe into emu track in cool edit, monitor from mixer fed by emus outs. £575

2) emu 1818m, connect 8 outs directly into the emu, track in cool edit and monitor on the ub2442fx, the 1818m also allows direct connection from a turntable, allowing me to sample straight into the computer with out a pre-amp mixer. £590

3) ub2442fx with mbox and midisport, 8 outs into mixer, get a good mix, then record two tracks at a time into pro tools, sync'd with the midisport to the mpc. £640

4) screw all that and get me a DPS12 or 16 off ebay £500ish


thanks in advance, how do you track your music?

also I'm not even sure if I need a mixer, It might not even be neccessary?

2.

And skip the mixer and get yourself a control surface with motorized faders and some knobs to control your levels.
http://www.behringer.com/BCF2000/index.cfm?lang=ENG
The 1818m comes with that sofware sampler right? Why not run it with Cubase or Protools instead of Cooledit?

yeh, the software is an extra £80 but is prob worth it, I've just been reading its review in sound on sound, looks good. to get pro tools tho I would have to get the mbox also cubase would cost me extra £££, I already have logic and cubase as an option, sometimes you have to use c r a c k e d software tho , ain't got money to burn, thanks for the reply

cubase sx and m-audio firewire 410

or ableton live 4 and m-audio firewire 1814 (when they are both released)

or flip flop either of the two mentioned above

Actually ProTools has a free version for pc that works with any soundcard. But if you already have Cubase that would be a powerfull setup with the 1818 and it's sampler.

pt free don't work on xp which sucks, I would like to try it before buying it,

I want to utilize my 8 outs too in response to matey about the m-audio unit

anyone else have an opinion?................................