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#272501 - 23/02/10 09:37 PM Cheap recording
Blues_Dev Blues_Dev Forum Council Member Professional Forumite! Registered: 20/01/10 Posts: 125	Ive been searching the web about recording etc for a while now, my only issue was spending money on it. I was sure you can start of recording and having fun for less than £10. So tonight I went to a well know supermarket and bought a £5.99 desktop mic. Dowlaoded the free audigy software and started recording. Bear in mind this is my first attempt, comments welcome http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V6KSWN21 Edited by Blues_Dev (23/02/10 10:56 PM)
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#272566 - 24/02/10 05:11 PM Re: Cheap recording [Re: Blues_Dev]
Jamie Martin Jamie Martin Unregistered	Pretty good quality comming from a desktop mic. Some laptops and most PC's have a line in connection, which I have used before now straight from my FX pedals or even the line out on my amp. Nice bit of guitar work there $;\)$
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#272570 - 24/02/10 07:43 PM Re: Cheap recording [Re: ]
Noise_Maker Noise_Maker Professional Forumite! Registered: 23/10/07 Posts: 881 Loc: Usually on the Sofa	Alternative for electric recording to your pc, a second hand Audio Interface (AI) from eBay (can get them dead cheap) and free software. If you search I believe there are also free amp and pedal software models out there. I went the cheapish route of an AI and Reaper software (little under £40). Very impressed. _________________________ Guitars: Kimbara Strat Copy : Cort G250 : Variax 600 : Crafter TC045/N Amps: Kustom 16 Watt Jobby Other bits: Digitech RP250 : BYOC Octave Fuzz : M-Audio Fastrack Pro AI : Guitar Rig 4 and Reaper http://www.myguitarblog.co.uk
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#272583 - 25/02/10 09:12 AM Re: Cheap recording [Re: Noise_Maker]
Blues_Dev Blues_Dev Forum Council Member Professional Forumite! Registered: 20/01/10 Posts: 125	Thanks guys, I am looking at AI interfaces at the moment. How do you go about getting drums into there. Are there any free drum apps?
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#272596 - 25/02/10 11:46 AM Re: Cheap recording [Re: Blues_Dev]
DaveBass DaveBass Old Timer Registered: 30/10/02 Posts: 6037 Loc: The wilds of Surrey	I use Sonar for recording. For drums I create a MIDI track using Sonar's piano roll editor. I play it back using a drum SoundFont, and capture the output as an audio track. This works for me, but there are many other possibilities. For instance if you fancy yourself as a drummer you can buy a set of pads and a drum synth. (Recording a real drumkit is a serious exercise in multiple mic placement, acoustics and mixing.) At the other extreme, just record the output of a cheapo drum machine! Dave
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#272649 - 26/02/10 02:26 PM Re: Cheap recording [Re: Blues_Dev]
timv timv Be Nice (I'm New!) Registered: 24/08/09 Posts: 8 Loc: Headley Down - Hampshire	What outputs do you have off your amp or effect units? These days quite a few have USB and or Midi outputs - which often gives you a "free" interface for recording.
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#272657 - 26/02/10 06:49 PM Re: Cheap recording [Re: timv]
Noise_Maker Noise_Maker Professional Forumite! Registered: 23/10/07 Posts: 881 Loc: Usually on the Sofa	I've got a Digitech RP350 which has a USB interface, worked really well. The only reason I got myself an M-Audio was the ability to have two working channels (guitar/mic) open at the same time. _________________________ Guitars: Kimbara Strat Copy : Cort G250 : Variax 600 : Crafter TC045/N Amps: Kustom 16 Watt Jobby Other bits: Digitech RP250 : BYOC Octave Fuzz : M-Audio Fastrack Pro AI : Guitar Rig 4 and Reaper http://www.myguitarblog.co.uk
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#272668 - 27/02/10 09:08 AM Re: Cheap recording [Re: Noise_Maker]
Blues_Dev Blues_Dev Forum Council Member Professional Forumite! Registered: 20/01/10 Posts: 125	Hmm, all my amps are over 15 years old appart from my new fender Champ which you struggle to find anything more than a volume control and input, so no USB there Im affraid. Having meesed around with the new forum jam III and recording through microphone I am leaning towards getting decend dynamic mic, my only worry about that is it cant really be done quietly.
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