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Asian Man
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Posted: 2005-12-22 06:39 CET | |
| What's the best way to record my band at home? What programs would i need, microphones, and with a tight budget of say 400 bucks | ||
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tabs_jazz
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Posted: 2005-12-22 08:05 CET | |
| 400 bucks? not possible. our drummer owns a (very, very) poor quality recording studio in his basement... cost him around 2500... sorry man, if u want to sound relatively good u gotta dish out the $$$ | ||
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Kevin
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Posted: 2005-12-23 00:20 CET | |
| People do a half decent job on computers with mics. It may be crude but it'll be fine untill you can afford real recording time. You don't need a recording studio in your basement. I'm unsure about programs but ask around your friends to see if they record anything and what they use. | ||
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SeverFire
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Posted: 2005-12-23 22:09 CET | |
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Probably the best way to go would be to get a good audio/track editing program, which will allow each of your players to record into a (decent, but doesn't have to be a full-blown professional) mic. This way, you can edit and tweak each individual track instead of trying to work on a single recording track. I'm on a Mac, and a great way to learn how to use these kinds of programs is Apple's GarageBand ($80, part of iLife). More complex programs are Logic and Reason -- Reason is available for Windows, and Logic used to be until Apple bought it. I'd try to find a simpler program than Reason to start with though, Reason is really complex, but a great app. But I think 400 bucks will get you far enough to be satisfied. |
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Captian Sax
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Posted: 2005-12-25 22:06 CET | |
In my band we use a four track recorder (400$) and a piece of hardware (75$). The hardware allows you to add more tracks. For programs we use Acoustica it can either be downloaded or bought. Using this equiptment we have gotten some good quality recordings and another benifit is that both the recorder and the program are easy to use. 
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bluesmaster101
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Posted: 2006-01-04 02:41 CET | |
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one of my friends dad has alot of professional recording equitment so we just throw everything in her garage and play. but i did find a really good program for if u just want to use your computer, its also a multi track recorder which is really nice. its called Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ you just go there and download it, its free thank goodness. but it does a decent job if you have a mic that can hook up to a computer |
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iocem
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Posted: 2006-01-17 14:46 CET | |
| great program! | ||
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alexforcefive
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Posted: 2006-02-07 05:08 CET | |
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hi guys I know this is kind of an old thread, but I felt I should point out one thing - Reason is a sequencer, not a recording app! This means that you can't record audio (i.e. real instruments) with it. I haven't used Audacity yet but it's supposed to be incredible (especially for free). If you just want to record a demo, what I would suggest is this: book a rehearsal room; plug a tape/minidisc recorder into the RECORD OUT of the PA mixer, hit record and play! Remember to put microphones in front of the drums and guitars too, not just brass and vocals. This is a good way to learn about recording, and it costs you next to nothing. If anyone would like me to get more in depth about home recording let me know, I'm not the best but I know some stuff... |
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