Complete and utter idiot when it comes to recording

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First of all let me say I have no interest in starting a home recording studio. I'm a 15 year old kid who loves music as much as the next guy but lack the means by which to get any great equiptment or set up a computer soley for recording purposes.

HOWEVER, I am very interested in amatuer recording (using programs i can 'steal' from Kazaa or get from free trials. I do have a band and we are all willing to give the little money we do have if there is a piece of equiptment of two we need or would increase our outcome by a significant amount.

Anyone who is willing to lay out some facts and give me some direction that will be easiest for a group of 15 year olds would be so kindly to do so. We have all of the intruments we need, as well as amps, mics, instrument mics, and a peavey mixer and I am just looking for some guidance as where to start to cut a rough demo and just have the opportunity to record tracks when we want. Thanks a ton in advance.

Joe
 
Ok...so you want to steal $1000 software and then come here for free advice on how to use it ???

Thats funny !!
 
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Try N-Tracks by Fasoft. It's only $50, is easy to use, and will get you started legitimately in recording.

The cracked stuff on Kazaa and other sites looks attractive, but it really isn't. You're gonna have stability problems, not to mention loads of bad karma from using that stuff.
 
And as you can tell you'll get a lot of grief from the members here, too. Go with the advice c7sus gave you. N-Tracks is a good place to start.
 
Just run everything into your mixer. Run your tape out or main outs to your soundcard and download a trial of N-Tracks. Or shit... you could even use "sound recoder" from windows if you really wanted. Or just get a tape dexk abd record onto it! Hmmm
 
I'm no genius either...

but it depends on what kind of music you make. I personally make hip hop music, and I learned in order to make it better I had to study the tools and techniques that give you that certain sound. Other than that, on a "what do I recommend" level, Sonic Foundry's Soundforge is very good tool, as is Acid 4.0, but then again I don't what genre you're looking to contribute to. SO MY ADVICE: Know what you like, learn how others make that particular sound, then emulate it and give it your own spin.


good luck
 
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