more questions bout recording

[russman]

I just wanna know where you guys do your mixing. I know very little about the MR-8 that i have, but do you guys do your mixing on it, or do you use a program like Acid? And what do you use to put it into MP3? ok i was just wondering that little bit.. thanks in advance.

[morindae]

A few of us are using N-track, which in terms of bang for the buck is a great program. You just dump the tracks from you MR8 into your computer then import them to N-track. Do your editing and mixing and then convert the mixed wave file into an MP3. The process, once you get it down is very simple, although strange things happen at times due to the inherent moodiness of computers. You may also want to look into Cool Edit Pro, which is a very good program that a lot of people are very happy with.

[bdbdbuck]

I don't know if it's still available, but Clif uses Clubtracks. He was able to move some tracks along the timeline with it to synch up with other tracks, which is something I couldn't do with n-Track. Pricewise, I think he caught it on sale for $10 or $15....been a long time, don't really remember. I was in a hurry to get a program, so I got n-Track because it's instant download and I like it a lot. Plus, I already had a lot of VST plug-ins.

Another thing I do, I have been writing so many songs lately that I don't have time to do what I consider "real" recordings. I just pop down a couple of tracks, so I don't forget the tune and bounce to 7/8 and convert to .wav and transfer it to the computer to save for later. That is basically what this machine was designed to do I think. I have my son talked into buying one because he has written songs that he has forgotten. Truth be known, that's why I bought the machine....it just got a little out of control from there.


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