confused about recording

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what type of equipment would i need to record on my pc?all i have to record now is a 4 track.

someone help me out
 
A decent soundcard.

How many tracks do you want to be able to record at once???

Gotta budget in mind???
 
i just need to transfer from a tape to a cd and i need to know what programs or hook ups i would need to do that
 
i have a good soundcard i need to know how 2 record

dont have a budget realy
 
Take the stereo out from your recorder to the stereo in of the soundcard. Record your music as a wav file in a wav editing or recording program such as cool edit or Ntrack (or maybe something you already have on your computer) and then burn the wavs to an audio cd.
 
NTracks. www.fasoft.com

Or SoundForge. Try a Google search for Soundforge.

Then you need RCA> 1/8in stereo ins to your soundcard from your tape outs.
 
I have a question. Are you wanting to keep it as multi-track in order to do some additional mixing on the computer (adding effects, EQ, etc...)? If so it gets more difficult because you will have to record each track separatey then lign them up and to your editing in one of the multitrack programs.
 
no most of effects have been recorded on the 4 track its mostly final i just need to make the sound good to put on cd
 
Yeah, then in that case I would just get a copy of Magix Audio Cleaning Lab or Steinberg Clean! to some some simple mastering type things and noise reduction then get it on the CD, like I said I prefer Magix.
 
Then you could just tweak the levels, lead ins and outs in the editing software.
However, as time goes on you'll probably want to record into your computer directly through preamps with new mics, hardware effects, new sound card etc, and then you're a lost soul. :)
 
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