a "recording studio"?

Tascam US--224:

http://www.tascam.com/products/computer_recording/us224/ (Comes with Cubasis VST) http://www.steinberg.net/en/ct/products/music_production/cubasis_vst_mac/index.php?sid=0

http://www.zzounds.com/love.music?p=p.TASUS224&z=1576413052745

Pro Tools Free:
http://www.digidesign.com/products/prd_overview.cfm?product_id=2040

When you got some money, get Reason 2.0 and Cubase SX.

Peter

 

Get the Protools free, I'm using it but if you want to do just a bit more you can get the M-Book from Digidesing as well. The Difference is that you are getting a usb audio interface with very nice sound and the software just like the Protools free but with unlimited audio tracks and capable of adding plu-ins.

Youcan use the inteface with other softwares and even iTunes, the mp3 files are going to sound like a DVD compared with the Mac original audio outputs that doesn't respond so well with low frequencies.

 

For software, the most powerful thing you could get for $0 would be Pro Tools Free. Also check out Spark LE and BIAS Deck, which I believe are both under $100.

For hardware, the Digidesign Mbox and Tascam US224 are nice, but expensive ($499 and $299 respectively). The Edirol UA-20 is a USB interface with 1x1 MIDI, 24-bit 44.1kHz audio I/O, an optical output, and OS X drivers (in beta) for under $140 (at eCost). No software included, though. There's also the M-Audio Duo and Quattro, which are around $229 I think.