One more thing I forgot:
The guys above are right about the computer and doing various editing etc. I spend too much time at the computer anyway and like to play with audio toys

Also: if you wish to edit there are non computer-based means of editing, as in mixers, and whatever. My archiving of old material that we recorded years ago is simply to copy because we did it right the first time

I and my friends and colleagues, having done this for 30 or so years (some of us more) could always make a better tape (which is what we used in the old days) of music than one could buy on CD. Still that way. It's not that we record better . We use the same high-quality mics and good technic, and are no better than the studios.
We and the studios produce master tape or recording but we don;t change it. Somehow and for some reason, which I;ve never understood, "THEY" change it, compress it, change the eq, limit, gate or whatever, and we dont/ So we just listen to the original "master". Nice when you can.

Will be glad to discuss off-forum. Send private email. Happy recording! Happy listening on this great outlaw eqpt.

Here's a pic of the ALESIS MASTERLINK ML9600


..and here's a link to the site
Masterlink ML9600
...AND REMEMBER: I don't work for them....