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What do you use to record rehearsals?

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dllive

Dec 30, 2011
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Hi guys,
What do you use for recording rehearsals? At the moment I just use teh default app on my phone. I then have to wait til I get home and go through 3 hours of crap to cut out the few productive bits and then post it for the others.
Is there a better app to use? Perhaps one that automatically pauses when it detects theres no music being played?
Im sure there must be a better way to do this.
Cheers
 
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I picked up a Teac DR05 handheld recorder a number of years ago, I set it in the back of the room when we practice. It's basically the same as you're doing but a small digital recorder, the built in mics work well and I use the default settings. It generates a .WAV file, that I do a quick run through with Audacity, just to cut out any large gaps or chatter then export it as an .MP3 file. We have a shared folder on Google Drive and I put the file there where we all can access it.
Btw: I have an EQ setting that I created for our practice room, so once the junk is cleaned out I run it over the file for one pass before exporting. I really don't spend much more than an hour on the post processing.
Cheers
 
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El Cheapo $20 Laptop a DAW (Reaper) and a Mic. It's only one stereo track so any computer can handle the task. Editing is super easy.

Is someone not doing their homework... 3 hours of crap seems like a lot. I'll bet it's the guitar player Joking... I know some great ideas come from just letting loose and jamming.
I've always left the mistakes in... That way, it's a reminder to whomever to LEARN YOUR PART.

I believe Audacity (Free DAW) won't start recording until
"it hears sound" mine works this way.
It may be possible to add a gate, so talking between songs/sets doesn't activate the record function.
 
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An old Yamaha Pocketrak 2G, one of the first memory based recorders that came out lin 2008. It was $450 list!!! I paid about $350. It's tiny compared to the Zoom and Tascam units that followed it. I got it to replace my minidisc recorder. Still rocking it 15 years later.

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Maybe try
Easily Split Audio Files with WavePad Free Audio Splitter

Or Audacity you can put a label at the start of each song, then
File > Export > Export Multiple... command
It's documented in the manual

Many daws have automatic ways to identify silence/space and split out a large audio file into several audio files.

I use old Soundforge Pro with a script to search for spots where the audio file can be split. It's common for people who make sample libs to do one single recording, then use automation to break it up into separate samples.
 
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brianrost said:
An old Yamaha Pocketrak 2G, one of the first memory based recorders that came out lin 2008. It was $450 list!!! I paid about $350. It's tiny compared to the Zoom and Tascam units that followed it. I got it to replace my minidisc recorder. Still rocking it 15 years later.

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I still use an M-Audio MicroTrack that I think came out around (edit) 2005. It was similarly priced. Anyway, the Tascam DR-05X or something similar is brand new, better and $99. Very handy and with two omni mikes so you really hear the sound (where you place it).

Otto
 
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Zoom H2 or H5. The 5 def sounds better but it's just for me to remember an arrangement that has been changed or endings. And also to hear where I F up so I can make corrections to my playing. I think it's important to better myself.
 
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