[ramonesfreak]

I used various Tascam Portastudio decks over the years including a 246 that I still have but has a melted belt. There are some amazing Portastudios (and other brands) available now for not much money. I basically stopped recording 10 years ago after making 14 records I never did anything with and just focus on playing now. I have little interest/experience in using computers, pro tools or any of that so can’t guide you well but suggest you just pop into guitar center’s pro audio department and ask for advice. From everything I know about it, setup is pretty simple so long as your computer hardware is up to the task. Before Covid I was looking to update my now dying junk to record a band project I had going in the basement and was going to get one of these and a dedicated computer as a DAW but then it all collapsed

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Model12--tascam-model-12-mixer-interface-recorder-controller

My first of many