Mum and Nana with songs that need equipment!

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Hi. I've some songs I would like to record and put onto CD for the choir in my church to practise. Can someone help with advising on home recording equipment from either my PC or that I can buy in. Inexpensive please!! ;)

Thanks in advance for your help.

Sadie
 
Since this is just for practice, I am guessing you don't need supreme quality? Do you have access to some of the churches equiptment (mics, mixer, etc..)? If yes, the you can often get the red and white stereo output to 1/8" headphone connectors. You could put the output of the mixer into the microphone jack in your computer and use the demo version of Reaper and make rough practice mixes for free....
 
Are you just needing the midi to wav for the piano part? Or the full monty?

M-Audio key rig 49 (or 61 / or ...) depending on how you want that done.

Zoom H4n to capture the group or a real-ish piano. Or Zoom H1.

Depending on what you need and how much you'd like to spend. Since it's a church you could always have the pastor mention it and see if there's folks that already have what you need. And maybe show you how to use it. Or someone who knows someone who ....
 
The one that sounds the first pitch so they don't start in some random key.
 
The OP never mentioned a piano.

Maybe the music is "Hymn in a Random Key". :)
 
If you're going to post really vague enquiries Sadie, do us a favour and hang around for a bit and provide further information.

Record from WHAT onto your PC?
 
Wondering if we should ditch the existing stickies up the top and give everyone a template to fill out listing basic information we're ALWAYS asking for with Newbs.... and we can then just go "Refer to template"....
 
Apologies. The week is filling up and I forgot my posting!

Thanks for all replies...very interesting!

Basically, I have the music in my head and the words on paper. I have to get the songs onto a CD for the choir (3 ladies!) to listen to and possibly practise for Sunday services.

In the past I've used Audacity on the PC and a regular microphone but the sound wasn't so good. I just wondered if there is a good, fairly inexpensive system out there (UK!) that would do a good job.

Thanks guys!!
 
I'm curious. Have the ladies that you have been giving the CD to in the past not been able to learn the songs because of it or have any of them complained ? And do you get time during the week to sing together ?
 
What instrument(s) will you be playing the music on... or is it vocal only?
 
If this is a one off thing then it might be worth sticking to Audacity and the on board microphone. If you are planning on doing it often though it might be worth investing in a cheap USB microphone, as sound quality probably isn't of paramount importance to simply portray an idea.
 
Sadie1949 said:
Apologies. The week is filling up and I forgot my posting!

Thanks for all replies...very interesting!

Basically, I have the music in my head and the words on paper. I have to get the songs onto a CD for the choir (3 ladies!) to listen to and possibly practise for Sunday services.

In the past I've used Audacity on the PC and a regular microphone but the sound wasn't so good. I just wondered if there is a good, fairly inexpensive system out there (UK!) that would do a good job.

Thanks guys!!
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WHAT INSTRUMENT? Seriously, a fairly inexpensive system to do WHAT? Record the music in your head?
 
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