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Guitar Jim
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Hello, this is my first post here.
I am an experienced singer/songwriter/acoustic guitarist; been doing it for decades. I know heaps about that stuff but close to ZERO about achieving a good quality vocal/acoustic guitar recording onto my PC. Heck, 3 years ago I didn't even know how to use a mouse. One week ago I didn't know my computer had a 1 minute sound recorder..... when I discovered this I plugged in my acoustic lap slide guitar( a Weissenborn style instrument), which has a bridgeplate pickup, and the recordings didn't sound half bad although there was a lot of recorder noise, plus the sound sometimes tends to break up a bit and of course a max. length of 1 minute. I did some quick research and found I cound download free sound recorders and at the moment I am trying out 2 of them, Audacity and Kristal.
I'm not at all interested in multitracking or sound on sound. I simply want to get a good sound with me just singing and playing *live*. The recordings will just be for my own personal use plus sometimes a demo song sent to other artists. So I just need to achieve a good, clear, clean, live recording of just 1 voice and 1 acoustic guitar.
The basic sound quality I'm getting from my guitar with both Audacity and Kristal sounds fine to my ears. The only real problem I'm having so far is the recorded sound breaks up every 10 seconds or so... it's kinda like a quick little crackle that lasts for a split second. I have an older, secondhand computer, not much ram, windows 98.
I have a question.... in order to stop the recorded sound breaking up would I need to maybe get an external soundcard? I presume Audacity and Kristal don't have inbuilt soundcards ( maybe showing my inexperience here regarding what soundcards actually are and how they work) and that they work in conjunction with the soundcard already in my computer. Would I be correct in assuming this? Would the sound breaking up be caused by something other than a poor quality soundcard?
Would the following setup work OK? One or two microphones, plugged into a Behringer UB802 or 810 mixer, plugged into an external soundcard, plugged into my computer and recorded through either the Audacity or Kristal sound recorder.
Please keep in mind I don't need to overdub tracks or use devices to get the sound quality up to near professional standards. I merely need a clean, clear recording with a very good signal to noise ratio.
I know I'm asking pretty basic stuff here but I need to get a bit of knowledge on the subject and I hope someone here can help me. Thanks for any assistance.
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I am an experienced singer/songwriter/acoustic guitarist; been doing it for decades. I know heaps about that stuff but close to ZERO about achieving a good quality vocal/acoustic guitar recording onto my PC. Heck, 3 years ago I didn't even know how to use a mouse. One week ago I didn't know my computer had a 1 minute sound recorder..... when I discovered this I plugged in my acoustic lap slide guitar( a Weissenborn style instrument), which has a bridgeplate pickup, and the recordings didn't sound half bad although there was a lot of recorder noise, plus the sound sometimes tends to break up a bit and of course a max. length of 1 minute. I did some quick research and found I cound download free sound recorders and at the moment I am trying out 2 of them, Audacity and Kristal.
I'm not at all interested in multitracking or sound on sound. I simply want to get a good sound with me just singing and playing *live*. The recordings will just be for my own personal use plus sometimes a demo song sent to other artists. So I just need to achieve a good, clear, clean, live recording of just 1 voice and 1 acoustic guitar.
The basic sound quality I'm getting from my guitar with both Audacity and Kristal sounds fine to my ears. The only real problem I'm having so far is the recorded sound breaks up every 10 seconds or so... it's kinda like a quick little crackle that lasts for a split second. I have an older, secondhand computer, not much ram, windows 98.
I have a question.... in order to stop the recorded sound breaking up would I need to maybe get an external soundcard? I presume Audacity and Kristal don't have inbuilt soundcards ( maybe showing my inexperience here regarding what soundcards actually are and how they work) and that they work in conjunction with the soundcard already in my computer. Would I be correct in assuming this? Would the sound breaking up be caused by something other than a poor quality soundcard?
Would the following setup work OK? One or two microphones, plugged into a Behringer UB802 or 810 mixer, plugged into an external soundcard, plugged into my computer and recorded through either the Audacity or Kristal sound recorder.
Please keep in mind I don't need to overdub tracks or use devices to get the sound quality up to near professional standards. I merely need a clean, clear recording with a very good signal to noise ratio.
I know I'm asking pretty basic stuff here but I need to get a bit of knowledge on the subject and I hope someone here can help me. Thanks for any assistance.
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