Hey
I am excited to be back into multi track recording after a lengthy hiatus.
Must preface all of the following with this : i am only interested in using this as a demoing/songwriting tool. I am not bothered if the final product is not upto any professional standard - only want to be able to layer instuments, voices etc, basic mix/panning and then bounce down in a wave/mp3, send to other musos so the ideas, grooves, hooks, changes etc shine through clearly. We can then flesh these out in person in the rehearsal room. Also- recording takes the reliance off me remembering stuff. it also allows me/friends to come back to things i laid down and work out whether they are crap or have some potential.
so i have started to amass the following :
1) multi track software - check
2) drum machine to get loops down - check
3) interface - check (you can't put a mic/line in straight into sound card these days)
4) a way to get guitar, bass signal directly in with some tone/effects on it - negative
i dusted off the crappy old line 6 pod. it just spits out unusable noise. I am guessing this will cost money to fix. Really don't want to throw any at it.
i need a way to get a few types of guitar tones (nothing too specific - just a general nice clean tone, rock tone, basic effects maybe) into the demos. We have guitars amps and drums for the rehearsing bit later.
I have seen these behringer (and similar) type units for a massive outlay of 50 bucks. I am tempted to just do it and probably will.
my question is will i end up smashing them through frustration when i get them or will they suffice for above? if they are worthless and won't do the trick can you please suggest something that will meet my simple needs (does not have to be a high end rack setup or such).
I am excited to be back into multi track recording after a lengthy hiatus.
Must preface all of the following with this : i am only interested in using this as a demoing/songwriting tool. I am not bothered if the final product is not upto any professional standard - only want to be able to layer instuments, voices etc, basic mix/panning and then bounce down in a wave/mp3, send to other musos so the ideas, grooves, hooks, changes etc shine through clearly. We can then flesh these out in person in the rehearsal room. Also- recording takes the reliance off me remembering stuff. it also allows me/friends to come back to things i laid down and work out whether they are crap or have some potential.
so i have started to amass the following :
1) multi track software - check
2) drum machine to get loops down - check
3) interface - check (you can't put a mic/line in straight into sound card these days)
4) a way to get guitar, bass signal directly in with some tone/effects on it - negative
i dusted off the crappy old line 6 pod. it just spits out unusable noise. I am guessing this will cost money to fix. Really don't want to throw any at it.
i need a way to get a few types of guitar tones (nothing too specific - just a general nice clean tone, rock tone, basic effects maybe) into the demos. We have guitars amps and drums for the rehearsing bit later.
I have seen these behringer (and similar) type units for a massive outlay of 50 bucks. I am tempted to just do it and probably will.
my question is will i end up smashing them through frustration when i get them or will they suffice for above? if they are worthless and won't do the trick can you please suggest something that will meet my simple needs (does not have to be a high end rack setup or such).