This is my first post here, so please bear with me.
I am a guitarist and have been recording at home for a while using a Boss 864 8 track recorder. I take existing songs and turn then into much heavier type of 'anthems', imagine Abba meets Rammstein and you are on the money. I record all the parts myself with a range of stringed instruments ranging from single coil to humbucker, 12 string and mandolin, plus a cheapish Yamaha keyboard and a Yamaha drum pad.
Whilst I really enjoy the whole process, the 864 is fantastically complicated and despite having had it for over a year, it still demands I have to break out the instructions every time I want to do something a little bit outside the box. Add to this, everything is so demanding in terms of having to repeat identical phrases over and over, the odd mistake usually means I redo the whole part again etc etc etc. So with this in mind, I have decided to dip my toe into desktop recording and despite working in computing, I have zero experience of such a medium.
So my question is very simple, where is the best place to start, which software is good for a beginner, preferably one with a built in drum machine? I have access to just about every processed sound and effect so would simply like to slap a 6 string into the back of one of my PC's and start recording - an overview of the basics and any other advice would be most welcome - thanks.
I am a guitarist and have been recording at home for a while using a Boss 864 8 track recorder. I take existing songs and turn then into much heavier type of 'anthems', imagine Abba meets Rammstein and you are on the money. I record all the parts myself with a range of stringed instruments ranging from single coil to humbucker, 12 string and mandolin, plus a cheapish Yamaha keyboard and a Yamaha drum pad.
Whilst I really enjoy the whole process, the 864 is fantastically complicated and despite having had it for over a year, it still demands I have to break out the instructions every time I want to do something a little bit outside the box. Add to this, everything is so demanding in terms of having to repeat identical phrases over and over, the odd mistake usually means I redo the whole part again etc etc etc. So with this in mind, I have decided to dip my toe into desktop recording and despite working in computing, I have zero experience of such a medium.
So my question is very simple, where is the best place to start, which software is good for a beginner, preferably one with a built in drum machine? I have access to just about every processed sound and effect so would simply like to slap a 6 string into the back of one of my PC's and start recording - an overview of the basics and any other advice would be most welcome - thanks.
