recording

elwood · #1 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.

Rockerbob · #2 May 18th, 2006

I record, but I spend lots of money on it, so I don't really know what to recommend unless you want to buy expensive stuff, but we do have many home recordists here that work on a limited budget that might be able to help. You should post in the home recording section, which is a subsection of the Members Recordings section.

si16 · #3 May 18th, 2006

I'm also looking to improve my recordings so looking forward to some useful hints.

BTW, moved this thread to the appropriate section.

elwood · #4 May 18th, 2006

thank you sir. that i will do

nagukush · #5 May 19th, 2006

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Originally Posted by elwood

thank you sir. that i will do

Hi Buddy

For the Rec-Software, I'd advice you to start with AUDACITY. Its free and is very easy to learn (If I could learn it easily, then anyone can

). Just google for it and you'll be able to download it. Let me provide you with the link too :
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

For the Hard-Ware : You can use a Mic if you play an Acoustic, or connect it into the PC, for an electric. You may also want to google for stuff like that and learn. I'm a beginner in Recording myself, but recently I'm learning some new stuff. The people here are great and its all because of them that I'm what I'm today.

Kindly let me know, If you need any help. I'll try my best to help you and we both can search for anything thats bothering. We'll solve it out together and together we'll learn more

I hope this helped.

Kindest Regards
Kush

nagukush · #6 May 19th, 2006

I googled and found a few links for you Pal :

http://homerecording.about.com/od/ba...caudio_USB.htm
http://homerecording.com/digital.html
http://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=346

I'll get you more as soon as I find some real good ones. I think the 3rd one in the above is really nice, not sure about the rest.

Kindest Regards
Kush

elwood · #7 May 19th, 2006

morning kush:
thank you for the info. i am trying to play an acoustic. i live in a retirement apt.complex and an electric would be like playing the drums in a library

nagukush · #8 May 19th, 2006

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Originally Posted by elwood

morning kush:
thank you for the info. i am trying to play an acoustic. i live in a retirement apt.complex and an electric would be like playing the drums in a library

LOL, thats true !!!

I dont play an electric either, I love my Acoustic Guitar and the Finger-Style of playing it. I wish and its my Ambition in life to become very good at it

Anyways, Kindly let me know If I could be of any help

Lots of Regards and Care
Kush

brandondrury · #9 September 15th, 2006

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Stratrat · #10 September 18th, 2006

Check out Tekker's lessons here: http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/fo...splay.php?f=69

He has posted several lessons with very helpful information about freeware, miking, connecting to your computer, etc.

randomaire · #11 September 18th, 2006

Well I'm a cheapy I guess, I use the Audacity software, saves in MP3 format, and real easy to use, but lol, I use my webcam microphone to actually record the open air playing.

But would like to know a good mic though.

Stratrat · #12 September 18th, 2006

Tekker's thread entitled "REC 02 - Microphones" has a lot of good info about mic'ing, and a bunch of mic recommendations a ways down the page.

Tekker · #13 September 18th, 2006

For free software I recommend Kristal Audio Engine over Audacity. It's also very easy to use with a straight forward layout.

-tkr

krissovo · #14 September 18th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Tekker

For free software I recommend Kristal Audio Engine over Audacity. It's also very easy to use with a straight forward layout.

-tkr

Kristal gets my vote as well for ease of use

737blues · #15 September 18th, 2006

You can also download a free version of Sony Acid too but it's probably more complex than you need. Certainly not as easy to use as either Audacity or Kristal. Personally, I found Kristal less than instinctive to use and prefer Audacity but basically they are both pretty user friendly programs. Audacity is also ported to Linux and Mac, if you need those flavours. They're all free BTW, go ahead and experiment. I had all three on my computer at one stage and it didn't appear to cause any problems. There is a lot of info on both programs on this forum as well as the stuff Tekker has done, just do some searches.