setting up home recording

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TunaTheFish

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Hi, we are thinking about getting a recording studio, i just have a few questions about our proposed setup, and if there are any changes we should make.
At the moment we have a computer, keyboard, effects pedal with direct out for recording, 2 electric and one acoustic guitar.
We want to be able to record, but without spending a lot of money.

At the moment we have decided to get the m-audiophile 24/96 (which i have been recommend to, and have heard good reviews about it), to replace out crappy sound card. The plug the keyboard into it and a yamaha mixer (not sure which one yet, most likley the MG12/4, thats not final but it is probably going to be a yamaha, as we have heard the pre amps are good.) Unless someone can recommend a better mixer, bearing in mind that we don't want to spend more than £200 on it, and it does not need lots of channels as we would be recording mainly guitar + vocals, maybe a backing guitar. Then plug everything into the mixer, and get some monitors.

Would that setup be fine for what we want to do, if there is anything we should change to get better quality or anything, please let me know.

Also, can someone recommend some good monitors (again, max of £250 for both, give or take), and a good mike for recording acoustic guitar.

Thanks, any help is much appreciated.
 
The MXL 603s or MXL 604 would both be good acoustic mics under $100 US. The M-Audio BX5a are about the cheapest monitors I would recommend.
 
Hi guys:

This whole thing is way out of my league, and I don't even understand 99% of the jargon I see on these sites. But maybe one of you could lead an old guy in the right direction. I have several hundred old records including a few of the old thick diamond edison, and I have a few dozen cylinders. This was the music I listened to as a child. I also hav a bunch of 8 tracks. I have the players for all of these. I would like to set up a simple and inexpensive way to transfer selected songs from these to CDs so that they can be played on todays players. What I need to know is what kinds of recorders are available and what kind of microphone pickups I would need. A lot of this old music, and humor is disappearing from todays world and I would like to save a little bit of it. Any leads you could give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks much - Ed
Otromundo003@aol.com
 
Ed: Turning Vinyl into a CD guide:
http://www.pcabusers.net/vinyllp/vinyllp.htm

Tuna:

Immediately get a good beginner recording book (spend $20 before spending hundred$/thousand$) that shows you what you need to get started and how to hook everything up in your studio:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/07...ce&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance

Good Newbie guide that also explains all the basics:
http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm

Other recording books:
http://musicbooksplus.com/home-recording-c-31.html


Plenty of software around to record for free to start out on:

Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net

Kristal: http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/

Other freebies and shareware: www.hitsquad.com
 
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