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Diehard_Creed_Fan
New member
OK...I wanna do recording on my PC, but I don't know jack about it. I read your posts and you are talking all this stuff I don't understand. Please help me out.
-Paul Isaak
-Paul Isaak
AlChuck
Well-known member
Paul,
Your question is wa-a-a-ay too general. It's a little like going to a college professor's office hours and saying, "well, I don't know anything about this subject, so can you explain it all to me?" Nobody can do that; they can only answer specific questions.
If you truly "don't know jack about it," you have to learn some jack first. Then you can ask specific questions and reasonably expect a helpful answer from somebody.
So -- like everyone else did at first -- read up on it. This site has some getting-started articles on it such as
https://homerecording.com/newbies.html
And here's a few others:
http://www.pc-musician.com/school.html
http://www.pcrecording.com/default.htm
http://www.pc-music.com/
A good book that covers the basics is Digital Home Recording, edited by Carolyn Keating, published by Miller Freeman.
Or find a patient friend who can show you the ropes.
-AlChuck
Your question is wa-a-a-ay too general. It's a little like going to a college professor's office hours and saying, "well, I don't know anything about this subject, so can you explain it all to me?" Nobody can do that; they can only answer specific questions.
If you truly "don't know jack about it," you have to learn some jack first. Then you can ask specific questions and reasonably expect a helpful answer from somebody.
So -- like everyone else did at first -- read up on it. This site has some getting-started articles on it such as
https://homerecording.com/newbies.html
And here's a few others:
http://www.pc-musician.com/school.html
http://www.pcrecording.com/default.htm
http://www.pc-music.com/
A good book that covers the basics is Digital Home Recording, edited by Carolyn Keating, published by Miller Freeman.
Or find a patient friend who can show you the ropes.
-AlChuck
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Diehard_Creed_Fan
New member
Thanks! I'll read those articles.
-Paul Isaak
-Paul Isaak
AlChuck
Well-known member
Great! And welcome to the wonderful universe of home recording -- like any other universe, there's pain, beauty, and vast landscapes to be explored... have fun!
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Diehard_Creed_Fan
New member
Thanks, I read the newbie article and I learned a ton. Thanks a lot!!
-Paul Isaak
-Paul Isaak
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purplepassion
New member
let's start with equipments...
As someone who's now... somewhat intermediate in computer recordings... or ... maybe still in the beginning...
I was asking questions kinda like yours... though i did know somewhat more than you did. =)
But by all means, I want to be of help.
First, equipment wise...
You have a pc.. obviously... what are the specs?
Usually... ram of over 32meg... 64better... pent 2 or higher... should have no problem...
As for soundcards, I completely recommend Soundblaster Live! series... I own a SB live! Platinum, which is by far the best beauty in the soundcard arena right now...
It's a bit costly, but not really... paying around $200...
It's got front mounting bay... so so much more conveinient. (to connect midi DIN cables (5pin stuff connecting synthesizer to cpu) , headphone jack, mic jack... etc)
And to use soundcard w/o soundfont would be a fool's act...
luckily we got loads of soundfont available to us for free, on http://www.hammersound.com . I downloaded quite a lot... and a lot of them are good.
And what kind of music are you going to do?
Are you gonna play instrument into cpu? or what?
I am a pianist and a musician... i record all different instruments using my keyboard... very efficient... since i do not have to place a note by note by mouse clicks... thas a pain.. but still doable with "copy+paste" option available in any multitrack recording programs such as cakewalk pro audio.
Ask me if you have more questions... on basic starting stuff, I can be of help.
have fun sail!
eric
As someone who's now... somewhat intermediate in computer recordings... or ... maybe still in the beginning...
I was asking questions kinda like yours... though i did know somewhat more than you did. =)
But by all means, I want to be of help.
First, equipment wise...
You have a pc.. obviously... what are the specs?
Usually... ram of over 32meg... 64better... pent 2 or higher... should have no problem...
As for soundcards, I completely recommend Soundblaster Live! series... I own a SB live! Platinum, which is by far the best beauty in the soundcard arena right now...
It's a bit costly, but not really... paying around $200...
It's got front mounting bay... so so much more conveinient. (to connect midi DIN cables (5pin stuff connecting synthesizer to cpu) , headphone jack, mic jack... etc)
And to use soundcard w/o soundfont would be a fool's act...
luckily we got loads of soundfont available to us for free, on http://www.hammersound.com . I downloaded quite a lot... and a lot of them are good.
And what kind of music are you going to do?
Are you gonna play instrument into cpu? or what?
I am a pianist and a musician... i record all different instruments using my keyboard... very efficient... since i do not have to place a note by note by mouse clicks... thas a pain.. but still doable with "copy+paste" option available in any multitrack recording programs such as cakewalk pro audio.
Ask me if you have more questions... on basic starting stuff, I can be of help.
have fun sail!
eric
bball jones
New member
DCF-
Before you go out and buy any of the SB family of cards you my want to checksee if your pc has a card built in it. I've owned a few of the SB cards and they are good for a recording greenhorn - but ultimately all I used 'em for was the midi connect. Nowadays alot of PCs are equipped with the midi jack right from the get-go. If you already have one - use it. This will free up slot space and allow you to look into the purchase of a better quality card such as Darla or Gadgetlabs.
Before you go out and buy any of the SB family of cards you my want to checksee if your pc has a card built in it. I've owned a few of the SB cards and they are good for a recording greenhorn - but ultimately all I used 'em for was the midi connect. Nowadays alot of PCs are equipped with the midi jack right from the get-go. If you already have one - use it. This will free up slot space and allow you to look into the purchase of a better quality card such as Darla or Gadgetlabs.
AlChuck
Well-known member
Sound Blaster Live! notes
As bball jones notes, the SB Live is OK, certainly very good for the price, and as purplepassion says, the Sound Font capability is very much worth having, but as a recording interface it's only passable compared to ones like bball jones mentions. I have an SB Live, and I use it for its MIDI synthesizer, as I don't own any outboard MIDI devices. The Sound Font capability gives me enormous flexibility. But for recording audio I use my M Audio Delta 66.
You'll find some people on this board that absolutely hate this product, others that love it.
Two interesting articles on the SB Live are at the ProRec website:
http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/files/E8FC6F1272005BC0862568D700634565
http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/articles/E5F90F70241EFF6D862566B20024C532
-AlChuck
As bball jones notes, the SB Live is OK, certainly very good for the price, and as purplepassion says, the Sound Font capability is very much worth having, but as a recording interface it's only passable compared to ones like bball jones mentions. I have an SB Live, and I use it for its MIDI synthesizer, as I don't own any outboard MIDI devices. The Sound Font capability gives me enormous flexibility. But for recording audio I use my M Audio Delta 66.
You'll find some people on this board that absolutely hate this product, others that love it.
Two interesting articles on the SB Live are at the ProRec website:
http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/files/E8FC6F1272005BC0862568D700634565
http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/articles/E5F90F70241EFF6D862566B20024C532
-AlChuck