[Bakubon]

Hi,

Pardon me if this has been posted already on other topics. But i feel like it's easier for me start.

I've been playing Electric Guitar for about a year. We have created a few songs and would like to record it. I would like to know how do i start recording and such. I don't want anything too expensive just enough for people to hear our music when we play.
We would love to record our stuff all at once but the problem is we can't bring my friends drum kit to our house....

[allthumbs]

The first thing is how many parts are you trying to record with what instruments. Drums are a real science to mike. For other instruments go through your line out on your amp to your sound card line in. Download Audacity or Multitrack studio to record with. They are free,but limit you to recording 2 tracks so you need to mix the 2 tracks down and then keep layering the next track on top of it for as many tracks as you want to record. The downside is that you can't tweak what has already been mixed so each layer has to be right before you mix it with the others. You could of course just buy the software for 50 bucks or so and have unlimited tracks. Vocals, you have to mike though the mike in port on your soundcard. If your amps don't have line out then you will have to mike them. Mike 2 or 3 inches out from edge of speaker cone pointing to the middle of the cone is a popular way of miking them. Hope that helps.

[cattledog]

Am I right in thinking that you need some piece of hardware between say the guitar or microphone and the computer? Something like a Pod?

[Grump]

Originally Posted by cattledog

Am I right in thinking that you need some piece of hardware between say the guitar or microphone and the computer? Something like a Pod?

Probably OBE but if you look at a couple of the posts in recording, I think you'll find that you can get by without much more than a large to small RCA jack. There are a couple of posts for reasonable equipment. I think IcyJones posted a shure link for a mixer that is about $50 give or take

[powe6563]

I'm too lazy to do it again, but I typed out some pretty easy instructions to get you started without any outside hardware a few days ago. Check it out here...Equipment Necessary To Upload my music files. I think it will answer alot of questions. Just look for where I posted on the 2nd page of that thread, I don't know how to give you alink strait to my post.

[bluesguy]

Another option, if you have some $s to spend is to get a 4-track recorder. I personally have a Fostex MR-8. You can find it at http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...ear?sku=240239 or http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...ers?sku=240340 or http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...ers?sku=240260

Depending on what you already have (microphones or not) you can get started for between $230 to $500 and have your own portable digital studio.

[boz]

Buy The Zoom 1608 Mrs Got Everything U Need, £399,a Bargin, And Records Live 8 Mics Too, U Wont Look Back M8 Boz

[Tekker]

Kristal Audio Engine is also a free recording program. This is my personal preference as far as freebies go. It has 16 tracks and it will let you record all 16 at the same time if you have enough inputs on your soundcard.

Normally I prefer PC soundcards/software over standalone recorder boxes unless you need portability, then it's the best option unless you want to lug your PC around (or you have a laptop that you can load your recording software on). In your case, it sounds like you're going to need portability in order to be able to take your recording gear over to your drummer's house to lay down the drum tracks. A portable recording unit would be a good choice. A couple other options are if you have a laptop you can use for this purpose or if your drummer has a PC that can be used for recording, either one of these would be good options.

-tkr