Need ideas for new simple home studio

[sleeperls]

I am very tempted to buy a old 488 like i had but i figured its time to upgrade into digital workstations.  I dont have the fanciest computer in the world so im looking more at a standalone style unit like the old tascam was.

I just need to make quality demo's so i can remember things. Since i dont get to play like i used too itll be weeks before i pick it up again. Then i would have forgot all the work i had done.

I want basically a newer version of the 488. simple to use some nice features with good mixing ability's.

[northern_dirt]

Roland and a couple others make standalone workstations...
Umm lemme get you some links

http://www.rolandus.com/products/produc ... rentId=110

http://www.zzounds.com/cat--Hard-Disk-M ... ders--2880

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/navigati ... 001+330291

http://www.music123.com/Digital-Worksta ... s.Music123

http://www.sweetwater.com/c557--8_to_12 ... rkstations

http://www.sweetwater.com/c558--16_to_2 ... rkstations

[Meshuggahnans]

Cheap analog CAN work and be amazing.  Have you heard Creek Drank the Cradle?  That album makes the recording engineery part of me to twitch;  so low-fi yet amazing