Alright Gaucho here's a thread to figure out your recording set-up.

In studio one, how do I set it to give me 8 clicks before it starts recording? I always feel like I’m scrambling between when I press play to get my instrument in the right position to track a take.

I'm curious what his recording setup is too. It sounds like he's recording on a tin can. Bandcamp app would be a world of improvement.

That's why you let it roll, in a bit, a lot of things can happen..

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It’s an anxiety thing. I

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Use that to your advantage.

So I originally got a presonus mixing board with 16 channels and fought with it for weeks til I found a forum post saying to just buy something different so now I have a focusrite scarlet with 8 channels but when I plugged it up to my MacBook everything slows to a crawl

Not sure if I should get another MacBook Pro or get a desktop to just leave hooked to it

Sounds like a latency issue. From what I have heard, latency issues ae not from focusrite stuff, but probably from your computer.
It takes a pretty bad arse computer to record well.

That's why I like the Tascam units for songwriters. 250 bucks, and you can get your songs down.

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Can you record drums on those? That’s the main reason I need so many inputs

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It's always a matter of using what you have, but you can use a mixer, and put your drums on 1 or two tracks.
For song demos, you don't need much.
Are you trying to demo a song, or make a record?
Different things.
For a song demo, you don't need much besides a click track.