Need recording setup...trying to get a clue..Help!!

[JamAshley]

Hey Out there! I can use help from anybody that feels like taking the time. I am a vocalist/Pianist in Portland. I am working on a couple of projects with a writer in St Louis and a guitarist in Salem. We send CD's back and forth and I have gone into study to lay down my ideas in the past on top of theirs. This has gotten too expensive and I have decided to check into getting a setup to record at home. A local shop here in Portland recomended the Yamaha MD4 or MD8, a reverb machine and a mic to get started. However, I started thinking about it--I have a kick but computer 500mhz and I have heard that there may be some software out there that could be great for what I want to do. Basically I want to take CD's that already have music on them and record my own vocal and occasional piano track onto the songs and then record it onto a new CD...I do have a CD Burner. Can any of you studs give me a clue on what the best direction would be to go. Thanks a lot

 

[Shailat]

If you go with a computer then you need a Audio card and a multi track software.

There are many to choose from.Just step into your local shop.
A very good and cheap audiocard that comes bundled with software and seems to be overlooked is the AW2 from emagic.
You can't beat the price for quality.

There are better things out there like I said it's a budget issue.

For the vocals and piano you'll need decent mics and a samll mixer or at least a preamp of a sort,


I suggest you go with the computer becuase a stand alone recorder is a lot harder to upgrade.

 

[sonusman]

Hey Jam!!! You are the first other Portlander I have seen on here. Actually I just moved out to St.Helens, but close enough. I have lived in Portland my whole life.

Anyway, a computer setup would probably serve you well for demo work. I am not going to recommend anything here because you are now effectively not going to be a client of my studio....

But good luck.

Ed Rei
Echo Star Studio www.echostarstudio.com

 

[gibs]

Jam...read everything you can on this site, not just the bbs and you'll find out everything you need to know...gibs