Laptop Recording Question

[ian410]

Hi,

Bit of a n00b question perhaps, i'm looking to record some a couple of acoustic guitars, live with vocals to be done after the guitars are finished.

I have a Dell Laptop with Vista, I have Audacity.
My laptop currently has 1 Mic Input & 1 Headphone Output.

Please can you spell out to me what I need to get in order to connect various mics to my Laptop to record and change the levels of each.

Thanks

 

[Bulls Hit]

If you're laptop has a firewire connection, have a look at the Presonus Inspire

http://www.jrrshop.com/presonus-inspire-1394-p-6282.html

It's got a couple of preamps, so you can just plug your mics straight in. You can actually record up to 4 tracks at once with it, and it's got vista drivers

 

[surfmaster]

If you're laptop has a firewire connection, have a look at the Presonus Inspire

http://www.jrrshop.com/presonus-inspire-1394-p-6282.html

It's got a couple of preamps, so you can just plug your mics straight in. You can actually record up to 4 tracks at once with it, and it's got vista drivers

good call, and its expandable to 4 units daisy chained!

 

[ian410]

Cheers for the quick reply, I don't know if my Laptop has a firewire connection, can you spell out to me like i'm a retard what exactly I need to do, basically I have a spare USBs, 1 Mic, 1 Headphone Out, I have a fair few mics and leads etc, i'd like to record them, some simultaneously then add vocals and stuff afterwards.

Ta

 

[axeman_ukl]

look at all the connections on the case of the laptop the firewire will proberly have 1394 witten above it.
Failing that instead of it being flat it could look like a house on its side if it is the full one
Or it could be half the size of a usb slot more square in shape with a dip in the top of it if its the small one.

very hard to describe these hope this has not confused you more

 

[ian410]

look at all the connections on the case of the laptop the firewire will proberly have 1394 witten above it.
Failing that instead of it being flat it could look like a house on its side if it is the full one
Or it could be half the size of a usb slot more square in shape with a dip in the top of it if its the small one.

very hard to describe these hope this has not confused you more

Ahh yeah I know what you mean, nah my laptop does not have one. So. Hmm, what can I do

 

[surfmaster]

Ahh yeah I know what you mean, nah my laptop does not have one. So. Hmm, what can I do

look into usb interface

 

[axeman_ukl]

if you post what you are willing to spend you will problerly end up with some good suggestions on an interface that some people have got or have used.

 

[pipelineaudio]

Last night at the Brickhouse in Phoenix.

Dell E-1505 laptop, with the dreaded onboard FW combo card, core2duo 1.6

RME FF800 and two presonus digimax FS

 

[Bulls Hit]

Last night at the Brickhouse in Phoenix.

Dell E-1505 laptop, with the dreaded onboard FW combo card, core2duo 1.6

RME FF800 and two presonus digimax FS

And reaper of course

 

[ian410]

Is this alright to get me started, looks ok to me, it's got a USB connector too.


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