I neep help picking out CHEAP recording methods

[ErikG@gobot.com]

I'm tottaly new to this, I have been using downloads from fruity loops, acid, and cool edit, but I am stuck.
Do I keep with the all digital computer stuff, or do i go old school analog? I really dont have a preferance as far as sound quality goes. My prob is I have no idea what I'm doing as far as recording what I have. I have dj equip, decent numark tables, good mixer, and amps, but now I need to go in a new direction.
I want to be able to produce my drum and bass in one step like with fruity loops, scratch in some samples, be able to rap over all of it, and Record it all.

It dosent sound like it would be that hard, and it probly isn't, but I am doing this all on my own, Everything I know I have taught myself, and I have come to a brick wall. I have played drums for ten years +, so I knew rythem, but I even taught myself how to play the piano, so i would learn notes. Salespeople at the local store just want to make a commision on some expensive stuff. Can someone help me tie this all togeather?

My head is spinning like a whirlwind with ideas, like I just mixed a hardcore drum and bass Lucy in the sky with diamonds, and it was so powerful it made my girlfriend cry, but I have no way to record it. (it was her favorite beatles song, now her favorite ErikG song ) HELP ME PLEAZE

 

[TimOBrien]

Those are decisions only you can make.

I play over a dozen instruments and all I can say is take an idea, put it down one track at a time and then bring it all together. Analog or digital, it's all the same. Who knows, an album of 10 variations of "Lucy" could be a smash hit.

That's the cool thing about this computer stuff.... so many ways to go and different ways to produce the tracks and bring it all together... no one program can or should do it all.

 

[Queue]

Go digital, don't bog yourself down with too much learning. Record first, learning will come through experience.

Now if you can't record...

You got a soundcard I presume?
What kind?

There's some pretty good introductory information on this site's host (HomeRecording.com. There should be enough info there to get you started recording with that soundcard. If you have questions or get stuck, come back here, be specific about what you are trying to do, and try to give as much background information as possible when asking a question. (what you are trying to do, what you are using, what happens...)

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