iam new to all this stuff help me out

[mesa365]

ok i have a band and i was just wondering how i can record our songs...i have a mesa boogie triple rectifier and i want to record that onto my computer how can i do this and as recording as a band what will i need to do for that? iam so confused somebody plzzzz help

 

[SoundofMind]

Wow...You need a lot of help

First of all, dowload this progy..It's for free

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

All the others questions will appear later, but first you need this done


Now, pardon my ignorance, but what does a "mesa boogie triple rectifier" exactly means?

 

[hand in glove]

Now, pardon my ignorance, but what does a "mesa boogie triple rectifier" exactly means?

Guitar amp... I'm sure you knew that just incase you didn't though

Anywho, the matter at hand.
Well, you won't get any decent quality with that shotty on-board sound card im sure. Your best bet is to research into some recording interfaces so you can get atleast a more percievable quality. Thats what your after as far as hardware goes in the start if you want half-decent quality (no the onboard soundcard isn't even half-decent).

Just check out this website:

http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm

Look into that, atleast briefly, it'll answer all your questions.

Please try to do some research before you post the $0.05 question on here.

 

[tc4b]

This is the newbies forum, where questions like this are perfectly OK. As for research, this is one of many places to do some.

First things first: can you get a computer into your practice (recording) space? If you meant recording the band live, do you have a laptop you can bring with you? Does your sound guy? Is your rehearsal space the same place you store that monster amp? How are the accoustics in that room?

A USB or firewire interface will be much more flexible, I prefer PCI because it seems to perform better (some will disagree.)

Then: You'll need an interface with 8 or so ins, depending on how big your band is. How many preamps will you need? If your drummer has a bunch of mics, he might want to get his own mixer so he only occupies two channels on the interface.

Good luck!