I have a new HP computer and a very basic bass setup consisting of a bass and amp. Now I am interested in hooking up to my computer so that I can record some riffs instead of always writing them down. I dont need to do any mixing or anything, and I obviously have no experience in recording. So whats an inexpensive way to get my music on my computer? I'm sure there's some kind of adaptor you can plug into...any solutions?
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Cheap PC recording...
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Passinwind
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thanks, that was helpful. but Im still not entirely sure about how to connect to the computer. The bass connects to the line out of the amp...and then what?
Passinwind
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bobito said:
You plug the bass into the normal amp input. And then the line out from your amp goes to a line in on your soundcard, assuming it has one. What specific soundcard do you have? What audio recording software?
A lot of times, you need to convert a 1/4 inch jack to a 1/8 incher to get input to the card. Many better cards already have 1/4 inch inputs though.
I just have the stock soundcard that came with it, dont even know what it is. and yeah it looks like I will be needing a convertor. I don't have any recording software either (any recommendations for something easy to use?).
i use Audacity to do the same exact thing. search for it in Yahoo or something and it should come up. download it: connect bass to amp to computer: hit record: rock out!
bobito said:
you can get the converters at radio shack for a couple of bucks. this method will be OK for getting ideas committed to disk, but will not sound so good overall.
thanks, that's really all I need for now...something to get my ideas on the computer so i can remember them (i think it would be easier than tabbing out everything i come up with).
