whatever you can make good music with? for me personally its logic all the way. ilove just about everything (audio-editing could be improved though!) pro tools has now a lot more midi implementation but if you dont want to stuck with LE you need a lot of money to get ur hands on the HD (you probably...

this one isnt tha expensive.. afriend of mine use this to record little atmos for postpro.
http://www.soundman.de/
but if you also want to record instruments in good quality, its maybe not the best choice

buy one of the more expensive portable recorders. you get excellent sound and you can carry it always in your jacket...
but if you need more channels its not easy to find a good but cheap interface, especially when you already are planning to get your stuff stolen

just one more thing because i didnt see all posts :) i didnt meant ground noise only, o course i meant the saturation which adds harmonic overtones to the material too. and yes i think the analog/digital format question is irrelevant. and you know, as long as we talking about techno its just much mo...

i love to discuss about that kind of stuff, it could go all night long and i also get obsessed easily but youre right, lets just make music as good as we can...because at the end thats much more important.

ok i see your points and we are talking about alot more then .wav quality on beatport now :) but i want clearify my opinion on this topic. the difference on vinyl is mainly the ground (i dont know if thats the right word for it) noise, which are harmonic and make some people say its sounds 'warmer'....

sorry double post

@steevio i know my statement is kind of offensive, but i have compared and i think i know what i am talking about. of course there is a difference between these formats, but there just a few people who really HEAR (not think to hear) the difference between analog and digital!!! if you interested to ...