Suggestions on recording

[se77en221]

Hey, i was looking around for perhaps a digital recorder for me to just put some songs togeather on where i could edit em and everything, yanno a basic recorder that isnt too complicated at all and pretty cheap. :confuse: any suggestions? :confuse:

[Keith]

I don't do Dij myself..I like the sound of anolog.
If you want cheap, get a Porta Studio 4-8 track.

[Brendo613]

I have started recording, but have only laid down one track so far ... www.soundclick.com/BrendanS. I use a simple setup that I hadn't seen before, but it works great for me. Fender American Standard Tele (sits by the comp) --> Digitech Multi Effex box --> computer. I'm not sure whether I go in the microphone or line in input, but one will work better than the other, you'll figure it out. I picked up a $4 adapter from RadioShack so I could plug the guitar's 1/4" jack into the computer's 1/8" jack (I think those are the sizes :confused: ). Anyway, it's a very simple setup, guitar --> effects --> computer, and it seems to yield good results so long as the volume levels are set low enough so that you don't overdrive your ... computer, or blow out the speakers with a huge signal :rolleyes:.

For a recording program I found a few free ones, and I tried basically all of them ... the best one is complete freeware, meaning it doesn't run out after 30 days or anything cheap like that. It's called Acid Xpress, and you can find it on www.download.com. Get version 3.0, not 4.0. The only problem is that you can convert only 10 files from the Acid format to MP3 or something readable ... but everytime you write a new track for the song, it is saved as a .wav file (and you can even specify where). Windows Sound Recorder can mix files, so all you have to do is set your volume levels and everything just how you want it in the program, and then you can mix the tracks on Windows Sound Recorder. There are a few programs on www.download.com that convert .wav --> .mp3 (sound recorder only does .wav files). I picked up Right-Click MP3 (search for that if you need it), you just right click on the .wav file you want to become an MP3 and convert it. Genius :eek2:.

=Brendan= :wave:

[lburger]

ahh cool Brendo, i was searching google today trying to find out how to play through my amp and found this sight, so i went to radio shack and baught the adapter, works great, i usually play out of an Ampeg half stack and a crate head, but i want to record and overlap leads over rhythems, now i just stumbled on this post, and d/l ing acid xpress as i speak, thanks man! =)

[Brendo613]

No prob :stylin: My live setup is completely different, and I don't exactly have the time (or equipment) to mic a cranked Fender Pro Junior or a Crate Vintage Club 50, but I did have the time for a $4 adapter :eek3:

=Brendan= :cool2:

[lburger]

ahh lol what i meant to say was im trying to play through my computer, and this lil program is perfect, works great with my digitech rp50, its pretty cool how you can move your rhythems and leads around, im just trying to figuer it out a little more, i need a tempo or beat that will stay on the lines so i can loop it a little better, cya :)

[Ukalali_Solo]

yo brew, how did u get to record on comp, and whats the websit??

[lburger]

acid xpress 3.0 get it at downloads.com i have a rhythem track playing a lead track and and one more guitar track playing over each other. so i have track 3 track 4 and track 5 playing and i want to know how to make it into one single track, if you find out let me know .

[Briza]

Well if your looking for something relatively cheap with some great features, buy yourself a zoom PS-04. I keep most of my gear where I practice with my band so I thought i would get something for a practice tool at home which i could just plug the headphones into....i ended up getting this thing. It is a digital 4 track (with 10 virtual takes per track) , Guitar effects (excellent quality for practise and pre production recording) a drum machine ( average but more than does the job)and more. Check out this link- http://fb.dmusic.com/ the tracks bluesy bit and intro to nothing were the first little things i did with it.

Feel free to ask me anymore questions about it.

[b3n]

*****esBrew

I haven't used Xpress 3.0 but I have Acid Pro 2.0 on my comp - once you have the tracks recorded (and in sync of course) and the volume levels etc finaliz\ed you can use the Loop tool (search for it in the help files to see what I mean) to select the tracks - You need to drag the little yellow markers at the top so that you have one at the beginning and one at the end, then click the loop button to highlight it all.

Once that's done go to the FILE menu and click SAVE AS - then choose .WAV format and tick the box that says "only save the audio in the current loop region" (or something like that) then save the file. The wave file created will be a 'mixdown' track of the song.

If this isn't very clear I can get some screenshots when I get home...just let me know.

Also worth a look is Syntrillium software's Cool Edit - I know there is a trial version around but think that adobe recently bought the company and re-named it to something else...still a goole search should turn up something.

b3n

[lburger]

thanks b3n, worked out great! and Cool Edit is now Adobe Audition, and very nice. cya




Brew

[motorhead_6]

Man computer recording is the way to go. Those digital HD recorders have little bitty harddrives.