recording eh?

spidersbass · #1 12-12-2004, 11:35 PM

i'm pretty new to this. i have no idea what to get so if you guys can help me out here it would be cool. here's what i want to do:

1. record my bass and guitar to the program through a microphone in front of the speakers of my amp. not at the same time of course, i guess this is called "track" recording.

2. since i don't play drums (but i have good ideas of what beat would go good with what riff), i need the program to have different percussion instruments i can program MYSELF to make a cool drum beat.

and thats basically it. i have absolutely NOTHING right now. just a computer. no sound card (i dont' even know what that is), no nothing.

thanks in advance...

jenderfazz · #2 12-12-2004, 11:44 PM

Garage Band sounds like it would be good, but I'm pretty sure it's Macintosh only. It's a pretty cool program that allows to you record and mix stuff, and make your own drum beats/loops.

I think a mixer and a decent mic would be good. You can get more than decent results this way. A program like CoolEdit Pro or Cubase would work, but some are very expensive. Granted you can probably find some of these programs illegally, but I guess that's not really encouraged. I think you're better off buying a cheap program like GoldWave, that seems to get the job done for me (although I don't make any layered recordings with it).

spidersbass · #3 12-13-2004, 07:53 PM

garage band is for mac only. but i heard its good, but i gots no mac.

as for a mixer and a decent mic, wont i need some program on my computer for that?

and that goldwave thing, can it make layered recordings?

Fletch · #4 12-13-2004, 09:21 PM

For software I think Cakewalk Home Studio 2XL would give you what you want. It's not very expensive, about $150, it's pretty easy to use and has an excellent drum program called "session drummer".
If you only need to record one instrument at a time you should look into something like this
http://www.music123.com/M-Audio-Fast...source=froogle

spidersbass · #5 12-15-2004, 12:42 AM

that cakewalk thing... don't i also need some mics and a mixer and what not?

Fletch · #6 12-15-2004, 03:26 PM

Cakewalk Homestudio is just recording software. Here's a link..
http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/HomeStudio/XL.asp
You may want to use a mic and mixer but at this point I don't think you "need" to as long as you get a decent interface.