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Offline rish1906

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WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« on: June 14, 2007, 06:53:18 PM »
To those of u making music guitar,piano,and vocals what software or equipment are yall using to record with????
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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2007, 07:06:05 PM »
Sonar 6 Producer, Acid 6, Reason 3, Ableton Live 6, Fruity Loops.......and tons of plug ins and soft-synths.

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2007, 10:53:26 PM »
Sonar 6 Producer, Acid 6, Reason 3, Ableton Live 6, Fruity Loops.......and tons of plug ins and soft-synths.

and you can add ProTools 7 to the list.
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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2007, 10:55:32 PM »
and you can add ProTools 7 to the list.

i was just saying what i use personally......

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2007, 07:19:01 AM »
I'm cheap and still dumb, I have Cakewalk Music Creator 2, a Behringer tube pre, and a lil' Behringer mixer. Regardless of what you get, get a decent mic.

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2007, 10:18:07 AM »
ProTools LE 7 through an old M-Box.

I also use GarageBand 2, Peak LE and a few other apps. plus I have an old AudioWerk 2 PCI card to use as an alternative to the M-Box.

If I'm so inclined to fire up OS9, I use Nuendo 1.6.1.
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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2007, 03:54:50 PM »
Cakewalk Home Studio 2004

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2007, 10:33:15 AM »
I'm thinking of getting the Hard disc digital recorder.  You can back all your busic and burn to a cd.  Also the quality is the same as if you're paying for a professional studio.  I'm thinking of purchasing the fostex or the boss.  Although the boss has better and more effects for the guitar then the Fostex. But both will get the job done.  the fostex is only hundreds $$$ cheaper.

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2007, 10:36:29 AM »
I'm thinking of getting the Hard disc digital recorder.  You can back all your busic and burn to a cd.  Also the quality is the same as if you're paying for a professional studio.  I'm thinking of purchasing the fostex or the boss.  Although the boss has better and more effects for the guitar then the Fostex. But both will get the job done.  the fostex is only hundreds $$$ cheaper.

trust me.....it's so much easier and more intuitive on a computer. everything is visual, you see exactly what you are working on and what the changes you are making are doing. you have so many more options as far as effects and ways to manipulate your tracks. i stayed with the hard disk refcorders for along time, and moving the the pc was like coming out of the dark ages.

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2007, 12:46:14 PM »
trust me.....it's so much easier and more intuitive on a computer. everything is visual, you see exactly what you are working on and what the changes you are making are doing. you have so many more options as far as effects and ways to manipulate your tracks. i stayed with the hard disk refcorders for along time, and moving the the pc was like coming out of the dark ages.

Plus, if you already have a pc that will handle it, you'll spend hundreds less to get up and running in comparison to a HD recorder (assuming that you don't start out with the latest ProTools or Logic, etc...).

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #10 on: June 18, 2007, 05:01:07 PM »
trust me.....it's so much easier and more intuitive on a computer. everything is visual, you see exactly what you are working on and what the changes you are making are doing. you have so many more options as far as effects and ways to manipulate your tracks. i stayed with the hard disk refcorders for along time, and moving the the pc was like coming out of the dark ages.

So what do you recommend that i purchase to get the job done?  I have a bass guitar, electric guitar, a roland xp-10 keyboard, but no drums to work with.  I'm thinking of getting the electric v-roland drum set cuz i want something realistic to the acoustics unless there's a software that can provide this.

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #11 on: June 18, 2007, 05:20:39 PM »
So what do you recommend that i purchase to get the job done?  I have a bass guitar, electric guitar, a roland xp-10 keyboard, but no drums to work with.  I'm thinking of getting the electric v-roland drum set cuz i want something realistic to the acoustics unless there's a software that can provide this.

there is software today that can mimic a human drummer to the point of almost not being able to tell the difference. DFHS, BFD, EzDrummer, Addictive Drums are all GREAT programs, EzDrummer and Addictive Drums beingthe cheapest (but they are still amazing). i use EzDrummer alot, and it really is amazing.

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2007, 05:21:15 PM »
and those apps sound more realistic than i've ever heard v-drums sound.

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #13 on: June 18, 2007, 05:58:24 PM »
behringer mixer, keyboard, yamaha digital piano, guitar, drum machine, acid pro 6, that's it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #14 on: June 18, 2007, 06:10:47 PM »
you really don't even need a keyboard, just get a controller and use soft-synth's.

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2007, 08:46:49 PM »
can i use a laptop or a regular CPU.  I'm on a budget (child support :(

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2007, 08:58:53 PM »
can i use a laptop or a regular CPU.  I'm on a budget (child support :(

either one, it doesn't matter. you'll have to get some sort of interface, either USB 2.0 or firewire.....which would work with either one. and almost every interface comes bundled with a decent bit of starter software to get you going, and it's usually all you'll need for a good while.

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #17 on: June 19, 2007, 08:03:59 AM »
 Thanks, i prefer the laptop because it's portable, and it makes me look more professional ;D

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Re: WHAT IS EVERYONE USING TO RECORD WITH???
« Reply #18 on: June 19, 2007, 02:06:56 PM »
There are a few drawbacks to using a laptop for audio:
1. slower hard drive - laptops typically ship with a 4200rpm drive, slower than the "normal" 5400 rpm and way down from the 7200 and 10k rpm drives. The speed can be a factor as track count builds and the drive is required to simultaneously read/write data.
2. slower graphics processor - some laptops will use motherboard graphics like Intel GMA or similar which is limited in resolution and uses system RAM rather than dedicated V-RAM.
3. overall RAM limitations. The general rule of RAM with audio and video apps is "more is better and too much is not enough". 512M is a typical minimum amount of RAM you'd want on any machine w/ 1G being better, 1.5G better than that and so on.

You should optimize your system (clean off any junk that you do not need on the drive to free up recording space, defrag the drive, use an older version of an audio application that may be less of a RAM hog than a newer version, keep your net browsing clean and efficient by using an adequate virus app...I like Avast for Windows and I also use Firefox and not the inherently-troubled Internet Exploder..., max out the RAM).

Also, Audacity is a free audio app from the makers of SoundForge. I've used it on Mac and Windows with success. You can use plug-ins with it, it's not a resource hog and it's free! All you'd have to get would be a simple usb-based audio I/O device.
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