Home Recording For Low IQs with ADD

[leadlungbetty]

Chili
The only thing I would be recording is the vox and motif. I compose all the parts of a song on the motif. As perverted as it sounds, the guitars in a song are from the sequencer sound bank. I tried to learn guitar but I broke a nail and I was so *flipping hair* over it (just kidding )

I just don't want to spend $80 an hour at my big studio to lay down reference tracks or stuff I'm sending to copyright and may never license. Or say I want to lay vox and then take the wavs to the studio to refine later. I'm not trying to put out finished records from my basement. I just want to try to cut my costs down somewhat where I can. Also, it's not fun when I can't act on my passion when it comes instead of waiting for when I can get booked and the feeling has passed. Sometimes things like arrangements and subtleties in the soul of a piece to be purely of the moment.

As an example of that, I once wrote a piece that I found to be totally dependent on HOW I played it not just what I was playing. When I finally did get a chance to lay it down, with no audible reference, I forgot how I played it. The song got scrapped.

 

[moresound]

As an example of that, I once wrote a piece that I found to be totally dependent on HOW I played it not just what I was playing. When I finally did get a chance to lay it down, with no audible reference, I forgot how I played it. The song got scrapped.

LLB .....I hate this and it happens to me all of the time. I may have had 8 to 10 hit albums by now if I didn't loose them to memory failure.

You may then want to take a look at the new Zoom H1 for under $100.
Then you can record at your leisure and never loose anything.
Or the Zoom H4n that is under $300. that does so much more . With up to 4 channels of recording and can be dumped to your computer then refined,filed then if you want bring to the (ouch!!) $80. an hour studio then play more with it.

 

[Chili]

Hey Betty, if it's just you and the motif and you only want to lay down ideas and not lookiing to put out quality demos, then a simple 2 channel interface would be perfect for you.

You don't have to worry about latency, you would just monitor through headphones off the interface. There is still the learning curve, so you'll have to put some hours in to learn, get things connected and talking, etc... It's a bit of a headache, but once you've got it all going, then you don't have to mess with it anymore and you can concentrate on the creative side of music.

Here's a list of interfaces that would work for you. Start looking at around the $80 range.

http://www.sweetwater.com/c695--USB_Audio_Interfaces/low2high

have fun.

 

[leadlungbetty]

Let me at once reveal how low my IQ is...

I have no clue the role of an audio interface. Is that supposed to act as the soundcard for a computer or is that a stand alone piece of equipment?

A key reason I want a PC based system is mainly because I want to SEE what's going on too. Second to that, I'm comfortable with them. I also want the ability for minor expansion. I do own an old school VS1880. So wanting a PC system is beyond just functionality. I like to fiddle with my wavs too.

 

[grimtraveller]

I like to fiddle with my wavs too.

That thar's fightin' talk, gal !

 

[moresound]

That thar's fightin' talk, gal !

Why's that Grim? I'm fiddlen' my wavs as we speak.

 

[leadlungbetty]

I posted some mp3s

 

[moresound]

I posted some mp3s

In the MP3 clinic?

 

[leadlungbetty]

yes its right up top i think
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=308558

 

[Racherik]

I own a Motif ES7. Don't know about the Motif Classic, but on mine you can plug a mic directly into the keyboard and track vocals and then save songs/tracks to a USB thumb drive. Learned how to do this on Motifator.com


If your just recording your vocal and your keyboard using a PC, and looking for good results, then the minimum equipment would be something like:

1) Behringer XENYX 1204USB Mixer
2) A mic that works well with your voice
3) The software DAW program known as reaper
4) A good set of studio monitors
5) Cables to hook it all up.

Racherik

 

[leadlungbetty]

Hi. Back again. Re-reading everything, I'm a little thrown again.

Okay so if I use reaper, will I still have latency issues?

And so the Mixer would be the audio interface?

So an Mbox is totally frowned upon/and-or/pain in the butt?

 

[gecko zzed]

Hi. Back again. Re-reading everything, I'm a little thrown again.

Okay so if I use reaper, will I still have latency issues?

And so the Mixer would be the audio interface?

So an Mbox is totally frowned upon/and-or/pain in the butt?

Recording software (Reaper, Sonar, Cool Edit, etc.) does not cause latency. Latency problems arise from the soundcards and their drivers that most computers come with.

The interface replaces the PC's internal soundcard. You record and listen through the interface.

Just about any PC will be suitable for audio recording, so long as you use an interface for recording.

The mixer referred to is a combined mixer and interface, connecting to the PC via USB. They work fine.

Nothing wrong with an Mbox, or a Tascam or an Edirol or a Presonus. Most interfaces will work well for your purposes.

The mixer gives you a bit of flexibility before stuff goes into the computer, but it's not necessary. You can go direct with your keyboard or mike into an interface.

However, you do need to make sure that you have enough inputs. I gather you will need two inputs for your keyboard (because stereo will sound better), and you may need a third input for a mike if you record vocals at the same time.

 

[BLP]

I searched for some of my questions but I couldn't fully comprehend the suggestions as they weren't in laymen terms. I don't have much technical background audio wise either.

I compose on a Yamaha Motif (but don't physically write music on paper) and I write lyrics, making songs. I'd like to multi-track record them so I can copyright them, catalog them and possibly seek licensing of some of them for performers to sing.

Long long ago I was able to do this using Cool Edit on a regular home computer. But I tried to do similar out the box with several things (Sonar, Acid Pro, and several others) and ran into dozens of issues; a big one being latency. I have exhausted most of my money for this on failed attempts. My last try was a year ago.

I would like to try again. My budget is so tight. So what I am asking is this.

What PC (manufacturer, model #) can I buy to do this? (not a mac)
What other equipment should I buy (type, manufacturer, model #)?
What software should I use?

I'm REALLY needing something that doesn't require tweaking too much. Ideally, something I can connect and go.

A friend of mine suggested the easiest route is to use an MBOX2 that comes with Protools and that it should work out the box with any machine using an intel dual core processor with enough memory. Is this true?

Would you suggest something else?

If you liked cool edit you should check out Adobe Audition 3, that's the DAW that cool edit turned into over the years

 

[moresound]

If you liked cool edit you should check out Adobe Audition 3, that's the DAW that cool edit turned into over the years

So Darwin was right about evolution?

 

[Steenamaroo]

i think you'll find god made adobe audition 3!!

 

[moresound]

i think you'll find god made adobe audition 3!!

Good! cause for a minute there.............................