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Hey...I am probably going too far in the other direction...but you can get a dictation type tape recorder (that uses regualar size cassettes and has a bilt-in microphone) at a department store for around $25. I recorded with one as a teenager and I think it would do the job that you specified in...

Hey...I've enjoyed this site and interacting with you all...I've tried to not be a jerk or give out misinformation...Last night it hit me that a solution to a musical problem might be here: I have a song (that has been sitting around for over 8 years) that is arranged with music and lyrics but...

I thought of Neil Young playing lead...his technical ability is suspect but he does leave an impression (like when playing live on "Your Love's like a Hurricane"). His leads wouldn't work without great tone (and good song writing).

Hey Toolsound...I still have a Soundblaster Live also...the consensus on this board is that Soundblaster Live is a gaming card and not that great for recording audio...I have thought about getting another card in the future also...It seems the entry level contenders for adequate quality (at...

Hey Bigsnake00, thanks...the songs may not be great but I think the equipement (relatively humble as it is) is good enough to capture a good song (that is, to me, writing a good song is the biggest challenge)

Hey Bigsnake00...here is a link to two songs that were recorded on a Yamaha MT50 4-track cassette...I am really happy with "Tiny Pieces" (a friend sang the vocals and played the guitar)...since recording these songs (by reading this board) I have found out how sub-par some of my signal chain...

Hey Akelio...my concept of the perfect keyboard (for me) has evolved over the years...When I was 16 I was happy with something I could afford that made noise and I (since I didn't have a lot of options) even got into using the cheezy auto-accompaniments on (now ancient) home keyboards, and I...

Don't know if this helps, but when you said "experimental music" I thought of Brian Eno...I remember reading how, when he started out making music (like 20 years ago), he tried to approach music in a new and different way. I think one of his albums is called "Music for Airports"...although his...

I've looked through the list a couple of times. Several of the songs/groups I never heard of ("Thirteen"/Big Star, "Summer Babe"/Pavement, "Search and Destroy"/Stoogies) and I want to check them out some time. I had never heard the Beatles song "Rain" which was on the list (love the Beatles but...

Hey Disposable...no disrespect to any of the advice, and I am probably stating the obvious, but if you want to keep things simple consider a new Yamaha PSR 273 (61 full-size keys, 32 note polyphony, touch response) for $157 in the latest Musician's Friend catalog (of course you would have to add...

I had an Emachine from the summer of 1999 until the end of 2003. I bought it new for around $550 (after the rebate). It was 333 mhz with 32 megs of Ram, running windows 98. The negitives: after having it about 6 months it developed a noticably louder fan noise. I ignored this for several years...

I use a program (on my computer) from Cakewalk called Pyro 2004 to transfer cassette sound to my computer (you can download it for $29 from their website cakewalk.com) I will briefly describe how I hook things up: I put my cassette in a cassette player which has RCA type left/right line-outs...I...

Hey I just went to the website and it looks like you can get Pyro 2004 as a download for $29 (their pricing is a little confusing with one price for new users and one for former/registered users, but the download price seems to be for everyone)

I downloaded it from the Cakewalk website (which was cheaper than ordering it on CD and having it sent in the mail), also it I might have gotten a deal because I was a registered Cakewalk customer (I had bought some now-ancient version of Home Studio long ago)...I have seen that recently they...

Hey raab...I have Pyro 2004...I wanted to transfer some of my homemade music (that I had on cassette) to my computer (and then burn it to CD) and this was one of the functions that the Pyro ad boasted about. I hooked up a cassette deck to my computer "line-in" and recorded each song. The program...

Hey Ferry123...I do hear a similarity (between "Pretty Woman" and "Whip It") now that you all have pointed it out but it still doesn't seem like a blatantly obvious rip-off to me (for example like the similarity of the bass line in Vanilla Ice's "Ice,Baby,Ice" to Queen's "Under Pressure"). Love...

Hey Rokket, My friends and older sister were big AC/DC fans (around the time of their album "Back in Black") They saw them in concert and had their albums, so I heard their music a lot. At that time (early 80's) AC/DC seemed to me to be evil and basically a threat to the social order. I was sort...

I like Devo's music from around the early 80's. My favorite album by them is called "New Traditionalists" (which contains the semi-hit song "Beautiful World"). I also like the album "Oh No, It's Devo". The earlier album "Freedom of Choice" is more raw than the other two I mentioned but it is...

Yes, I have PowerTracks Pro Audio version 8. I am new to recording with a computer (I have mostly recorded in recent years using a 4-track cassette recorder and wanted more tracks). I got it up and running without a lot of hassle and I didn't have to spend a lot of time (and frustration)...

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