recording - Page 2

elwood · May 18th, 2006

i wanted to record my playing, but can't seem to find anything on this old pc
to do it with. what do you folks out there use? something easy, i hope. i'm pretty
dumb when it comes to this thing.. thanks for the help.

cshude · #16 September 18th, 2006

Audacity is excellent for a starter program- don't know about Kristal. here's another site with some good information about home recording techniques and understanding some of the process of making it sound as good as possible.
http://www.audiominds.com/

guttertrashsingalong · #17 September 18th, 2006

would these progs work good if im using a wah or distortion pedal?i tried using a soundtank a while back with a prob and it was good until i stomed down and it just sounded terrible

Tekker · #18 September 18th, 2006

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Originally Posted by guttertrashsingalong

would these progs work good if im using a wah or distortion pedal?i tried using a soundtank a while back with a prob and it was good until i stomed down and it just sounded terrible

The program will only record what you put into it. So it should sound fine as long as you don't clip while you're recording.

Is the soundtank a type of effects pedal? If so, are you saying that you tried connecting it to the computer before and it sounded bad when you stomped down (was it a wah pedal)?

-tkr

guttertrashsingalong · #19 September 18th, 2006

just a ibanez thrashmetal soundtank(distortion) yea was fine playing clean and when i stomped all i got was a loud fuzz.was most likely me and maybe i had to set the prog for it i dunno was a while back but just wondering how effect friendly these recording progs are my next will be the slash crybaby it has a wah and distortion options so before i go and not get the right setup for what i wanna do do i need to do anything pc wise or whatever or do i need anykind of specific prog?but i do have the gear i want in mind the boss br1200cd.im the kinda player that just plugs in and plays so im not near where i need to be recording my own tracks down .i also wanna double over also that way when im alone i get whatever im exploring down tight.

John Burr · #20 September 18th, 2006

I think the coolest and easiest thing is toi use a webcam. I got a simple Logitec thing that sits on top of my screen for like $50 It setup supe easy, run the cd and plug it in. It works amazingly well actually and you can post the videos on Putfile or Youtube or myspace. Here's one I did last night...

http://media.putfile.com/BSR-The-Weight

If you con't want use the video you can import the movie into Windows Movie Maker, a program you can find on your computer already. Once it's in the time line you can right click and select it and copy it. Open Audacity and Paste it into there. you can use Audacity to convert the audio portion to an mp3 format and post to soundclick or here.

It's cheap way to do it and the video option is kind of cool...

BSR

randomaire · #21 September 18th, 2006

Yeah I hate to say it also, but I use my logitech webcam as a recording mic also, its cheap easy and doesn't do to bad. Just that converting thing is what sucks, but if you pick up a recording software and still use the mic then its ok.

guttertrashsingalong · #22 September 18th, 2006

yea but for mixing and doubling up tracks?lol

fly135 · #23 September 18th, 2006

Gutter, Audacity will work fine with any effects that you have. The most important thing to do is monitor the record level. When recording with Audacity it will display the recorded waveform. Simply make sure that the waveform doesn't peak or max out in the window at any time. Strum your hardest with your loudest FX and adjust the record level to keep the waveform no more than about 80-90% of the window.

And yes you can double up and mix tracks with audacity as well. The following was created by recording the guitar and later going back and recording the vocals. The vocals were also recorded 3 times and mixed at different levels giving a chorus sound to them. So in essence I used Audacity to record 4 times to make this...

http://music.panelmagic.com/bmr_1verse.mp3

guttertrashsingalong · #24 September 18th, 2006

thanks fly sir that answered all my questions right there.the prob was most likely it was peaked out from what im getting from ya.thx oh yea loved the ccr you rock

Tekker · #25 September 18th, 2006

I also have a tutorial on setting volume levels in Kristal so that you can make sure you don't clip while recording, which you can check out here.

-tkr

guttertrashsingalong · #26 September 18th, 2006

yp thx tek

randomaire · #27 September 18th, 2006

I always get an ASIO driver error when I try to open Kristal, any ideas on that one?

Tekker · #28 September 18th, 2006

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Originally Posted by randomaire

I always get an ASIO driver error when I try to open Kristal, any ideas on that one?

What soundcard do you have?

-tkr

randomaire · #29 September 18th, 2006

Its a Realtek AC'97 I do believe its on the motherboard, been meaning to get a good sound card, just havent got around to it.

OldG · #30 September 19th, 2006

If you download and install ASIO4ALL you should get rid of that error, and kill any latency problems in one go.

Kristal should select asio4all as your sound interface - go to the asio control panel in preferences and try to get the buffer size down to as near 64 samples as you can without causing pops,clicks etc, then you should be set.

I have a Realtek AC97 onboard this rig, I have tried Kristal and it seemed to run fine,..give it a go and tell us how you get on.