record music from pc to external hard disk

[stooster]

hi all...

i run a pc with an m audio delta card to an acoustic solutions amplifier (sp101).....i also run a synth from the aux port on the amp..

my question is this....

i play a lot of music on the pc that is not directly recordable such as real player files.....

i wish to record these along with some music from the acoustic solutions DAB that plays through the amp.....

i want this to be independant of the pc....so once the pc has or is playing the music it is recorded and stored and can then be played back through the amplifier...

can you buy a hard disk recorder that will record what ever is being played though it at the time.....i know i can buy an acoustic colutions cd/hd recorder (sp150) that will record what is on the cd and store it but i want to record what is being streamed through the amp via the Pc...

hope this makes sense and apologies if im on the wrong forum.....any help would be greatly appreciated....cheers


stu

[Bops2000]

If I understand you correctly somthing like these may fulfill your quest:

http://www.sweetwater.com/c559--4-Track_Digital_Workstations

http://www.zzounds.com/item--FOSMR8MKII

http://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?ItemPos=2&TempID=3&STRID=185347&Method=0&CategoryID=0&BrandID=0&PriceRangeID=0&PageNum=0&DepartmentID=0&pagesize=10&SortMethod=2&SearchPhrase=&Contains=&Search_Type=GROUP&GroupCode=holiday%5Frmulti%5Fprice%5Fc

I kinda think the fostex, (second link), it is cute as far as the play, record, etc. buttons. as well as the 24 bit converters.

[ecc83]

And if I understand you correctly Stooster.

You have two sources going through the 101? One is a stream from the pc and the other is DAB.

These must combine at the tape or record out on the amp so just feed that back into the inputs on delta card.

Having got the signals back into the pc you are free to record to hdd and then export or burn.

N.B. You might have to put some form of level control between rec' out and Delta in (stereo pot in a tin) 16bits @44.1kHz will do ya' but keep peaks below neg 8-6.

Dave.