Choosing equip.

[lyricist]

Hey there, I am glad I found this place.
I hope someone is willing to help me...
I am in somewhat of a newbie-chaotic situation.

I have been using FLstudio for awhile to make beats,
but it is totally limiting me now.. It has good bass sounds whic i am well pleased cus I like guitars in my music, but other than that..i need more.
I looked around at synths/workstations BUT
since I am a computer type person.. and..
also like to press keyboard keys-
I was taught what a sound module/midi was..
It sounded great to me.

So now I am totally leaning toward the idea of buying a sound module and hooking it up to my computer and/or the midi plugs in the back of my keyboard. However, i was just told..you cant do any vocal recording with these sound modules.

Sooo do any of you more experienced members care to input on my situation?

My goal is to make a few beats, get my voice on there..and have it sound pretty decent if you know what I mean.

If I do go ahead and get a sound module, how am I going to do the vocal recording?

Also, what do you suggest a good sound module is that has premade loops and stuff? I have trouble at times started DIRECTLY from scratch!

Any help is appreciated- I need to hurry and start on my much anticipated project. Thanks in advance.

 

[c7sus]

To do vocals or guitars you need analog> digital/ digital>analog convertors, more commonly called soundcards.

Check this page out:

http://www.homerecording.com/digital.html

 

[lyricist]

Oh whew,
I use a notebook..
The cards for laptops aren't that expensive:
http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837/item--ECHINDIGOIO
Is there any more extra little devices i need to hook the sound module/midi keys up? I don't want too many surprises on the way.lol

Thanks.

Alright...any more input from anyone to my previous post would be appreciated.

 

[MichaelM]

To record voice into a computer you will need:

A sound card. Your computer probably already has one, but there are most probably better ones.

1 or more microphones. I can't tell you what to get... There's a whole forum dedicated to microphones.

A mic preamp. If you get a decent sound card it may already have a mic input.