Help with home recording setup wanted

[Magpulse]

Preface: im a newbie and have limited knowledge so far .. however im learning fast and want help to fill some gaps....


What equipment I have so far:

1 P3 1 gighz Laptop with a USB TASCAM US-122 (USB 1.1 device)
1 SHURE SM57 MIC Intended for the guitar /with AMP stand
1 SHURE SM58 MIC Intended for the Vocal's
Fender Cyber Deluxe Amp with foot pedal to switch presets
1 P4 2800 PC with firewire and usb support
Finale 2004
Sonar 3.1

I want to be able to play the guitar and record it in Finale 2004 or another proggy so that the program can generate some of the sheet music for the guitar work separately from everything else.

Do i need any additional hardware/equipment, if so what to faciliate the guitar to sheet music transcribing

The problem i am faced with is surely the same as others, I record to keep the melody and rthyms i come up with but also want the sheet music to help identify some of the notes/strings/chords i was using while 'experimenting'

if this is something you know how to do i would really appreciate some help

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thanks

 

[evhwanabe]

The easiest way to do what you're trying to do is by using a Midi pickup on your guitar run to a guitar synth (roland), and then record via midi into the computer thru a midi interface (I think your tascam has an interface built in). I have not used finale but do own Sonar 3.1 which allows you to view either notation, tab, or events. There are various plug-ins that I have come across that can detect pitch and notes from an audio file, but they don't work very well. Especially if you want to tab a solo or something. Hope this helps

 

[mshilarious]

Finale has its own note recognition program, I haven't used it (not sure if it was in the demo I tried). I'd guess it works better on a clean, direct guitar signal though, and I don't know if it's polyphonic. Try running your guitar into the US122 direct, using an output to your guitar amp. That way the PC gets the direct signal and you hear the amp. Dunno if it's possible to record the amp output at the same time.

If that doesn't work, yeah, get the guitar MIDI converter.

 

[Garry Sharp]

Or you could save yourself a lot of money and a huge amount of technology frustration by keeping a notebook. Just scribble down the notes / chords you were playing - a method that has worked since time immemorial. Getting audio into MIDI is a major brainsqueeze.

You could write a dozen songs in the time it would take to get a guitar midi converter set up and talking to Finale. And another ten dozen in the time you would send ferreting out the bits you liked from what you recorded.