Recording 8 tracks?

[wake454]

I'm new at this home recording stuff. I was wondering what is the best way to be able to record 8 tracks at a time. I've noticed a lot of the interfaces only have two preamps. Are there any interfaces with maybe eight preamps? If so, which ones are the best.


thanks alot guys

[jivebrown]

you could try out the presonus digimax, i use it at one of the studios i work at and it works out real nice for us. :)

[levon]

yes there is.
*motu 896(8 in with pres and phantom power on all 8)
*aardvark q10(8in with pres with only 4 with phantom power)
*echo mona(4 in with pres and phantom power)
*staudio sysIII(8 in with pres +)
*ego sys wami192xl(4 in only with pres and phantom.123db a/d and 106db d/a dynamic range on converters)

there are others,but those come to mind now.

important:make sure that your os platform is compatable when choosing
as far as compatability.g.l.

[paddyopossum]

Also the MOTU828,,but it just has phantom power on (the first) 2, so the 896 has it beat there. 3 and 4, 5 and 6, and 7 and 8 all share one gain control too. However, the 828 has a co-axial S/PDIF, and the 896 is optical only.