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AO1998
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GuitarGrater
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Hi All,
I've been a guitarist for 30 years, been in a couple of high school bands. I did a lot of recording in my 20s using a Zoom MRS-802. I only picked up guitar again a few years ago and got a Zoom R12 (or R16?) but I found it all quite fiddly and complicated. I then bought a Focusrite Scarlett and started recording using Reaper but didn't have the time to figure out the basics, so sort of gave up..
Now 6 years later I'm ready to get into it again. Will be buying a PC, downloading Reaper, getting an audio interface and a Mic to start with. All I want to do is the basics; record one track at a time, add some eq/effects in Reaper and get a song finished. I am not worried about studio quality; the old Zoom multitrackers sound more than good enough for my needs, but I just couldn't even cut/move parts in Reaper so I need to watch some YT guidance videos.
I've been a guitarist for 30 years, been in a couple of high school bands. I did a lot of recording in my 20s using a Zoom MRS-802. I only picked up guitar again a few years ago and got a Zoom R12 (or R16?) but I found it all quite fiddly and complicated. I then bought a Focusrite Scarlett and started recording using Reaper but didn't have the time to figure out the basics, so sort of gave up..
Now 6 years later I'm ready to get into it again. Will be buying a PC, downloading Reaper, getting an audio interface and a Mic to start with. All I want to do is the basics; record one track at a time, add some eq/effects in Reaper and get a song finished. I am not worried about studio quality; the old Zoom multitrackers sound more than good enough for my needs, but I just couldn't even cut/move parts in Reaper so I need to watch some YT guidance videos.
Old Music Guy
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Welcome. Our backgrounds sound fairly similar.
After struggling with thousands of $$ of mixers and R2Rs to record multitrack I finally gave in and purchased a Zoom L-12. It's pricier than the R-12, But, I find it to be extremely user friendly. I was able, after 18 months! of frustration, to record our little friendly Saturday jam trio with almost no effort or learning curve. I have it now set to record some of my own stuff, just for fun.
While I haven't had the chance to try it (I only got it last week) it has a USB port that will record your tracks directly into your DAW while simultaneously recording "live" to a SD card. You can add effects to each channel while recoding live, but the tracks going to the DAW are effect free, so you can play with them in the DAW.
Again, welcome, and good luck!
After struggling with thousands of $$ of mixers and R2Rs to record multitrack I finally gave in and purchased a Zoom L-12. It's pricier than the R-12, But, I find it to be extremely user friendly. I was able, after 18 months! of frustration, to record our little friendly Saturday jam trio with almost no effort or learning curve. I have it now set to record some of my own stuff, just for fun.
While I haven't had the chance to try it (I only got it last week) it has a USB port that will record your tracks directly into your DAW while simultaneously recording "live" to a SD card. You can add effects to each channel while recoding live, but the tracks going to the DAW are effect free, so you can play with them in the DAW.
Again, welcome, and good luck!
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Ported
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Hello all from Devon UK..
A million years ago i was a sound engineer..
Started with makeshift studio space and 4 track with lots of DIY. (Early 80s)
Built 2 (demo) studios in London with some DIY.
Changed career at 16 track and early digital mixdowns (sony F1).
Moved into computing to support family!
Kept quite a lot cassettes of artists \ mixes ..
Digitised them over the years.
In the last year have been renovating some recordings i made with an old friend from the early 80s (4 track) from these digitised tracks. I lost track of him (he became gripped by heroin.. i presumed dead to be honest but we made contact in 2021). This was my first venture into AI and the making of video imaginings using Davinci. I will be looking to see where i can post the results on this forum .
There are a few bits of vinyl out threre with my stamp on them too.
Looking forward to learning more here. It looks like i will be "renovating" more recordings with different problems soon .. will update.
A million years ago i was a sound engineer..
Started with makeshift studio space and 4 track with lots of DIY. (Early 80s)
Built 2 (demo) studios in London with some DIY.
Changed career at 16 track and early digital mixdowns (sony F1).
Moved into computing to support family!
Kept quite a lot cassettes of artists \ mixes ..
Digitised them over the years.
In the last year have been renovating some recordings i made with an old friend from the early 80s (4 track) from these digitised tracks. I lost track of him (he became gripped by heroin.. i presumed dead to be honest but we made contact in 2021). This was my first venture into AI and the making of video imaginings using Davinci. I will be looking to see where i can post the results on this forum .
There are a few bits of vinyl out threre with my stamp on them too.
Looking forward to learning more here. It looks like i will be "renovating" more recordings with different problems soon .. will update.
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DM60
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Welcome. I think you will find, what you know is still relevant, just a different format, as you have already realized. I am sure many of us can learn from your experience. Looking forward to your inputs. Sounds like you have some well traveled roads under your belt.
Slouching Raymond
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Howdy Neighbour, from Poole Dorset! Welcome!
oddiosmith
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Started my 4-track recording adventures around 1986, had to stop in the early 2010's due to hearing injuries (not audio/recording related).
2019 was just starting to record again, and twice in the span of two years, I severely injured my hands (two separate dog bite incidents)
Still slowly recovering from those injuries, and have just started to assess my gear after years of neglect, and being stored in poor conditions.
I joined because I saw Sweetbeats' U2b vids this past weekend about his adventures with a mixer/4-track I know well, and realized I had the Unobtanium he required. The service manual for the AT-RMX64 4-track that got me started in the first place.
So I'm "scanning" it myself (photographing it) in order to make it available for all who need it.
And all I ask is.... One Million Dollars!
(JK - Free of course)
Started my 4-track recording adventures around 1986, had to stop in the early 2010's due to hearing injuries (not audio/recording related).
2019 was just starting to record again, and twice in the span of two years, I severely injured my hands (two separate dog bite incidents)
Still slowly recovering from those injuries, and have just started to assess my gear after years of neglect, and being stored in poor conditions.
I joined because I saw Sweetbeats' U2b vids this past weekend about his adventures with a mixer/4-track I know well, and realized I had the Unobtanium he required. The service manual for the AT-RMX64 4-track that got me started in the first place.
So I'm "scanning" it myself (photographing it) in order to make it available for all who need it.
And all I ask is.... One Million Dollars!
(JK - Free of course)
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buzzardwhiskey
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Hello, all. I’m a singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who often leads a band called Buzzard Whiskey in the Salt Lake area. I have a very modest recording studio and have released a dozen or so tunes.
Stanzdamanz
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hello im ty. self taught music destroyer lolz jk but im terrible with lots of questions
Slouching Raymond
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Welcome oddiosmith, buzzardwhiskey, and Stanzdamanz!
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Subref
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What’s up?! I’m new in town. Been in punk bands forever, always hated recording. During downtime I started dabbling with a little recording for demos and practicing along by myself.
- I have a 3rd gen focusrite Scarlett solo
- An akai mpk mini that I need to learn (never played keys or messed with any midi stuff)
- I didn’t love ableton that came with my interface so I downloaded cakewalk the other day so I have to learn that too
- been debating getting some smaller montiors mainly so I don’t always need headphones
My main goal is to be able to work on demos whether it’s creating my own from scratch or adding on or tweaking songs sent to me by band members. Ultimately we are planning an online project with our friends from all over singing or doing parts on it.
Looking forward to learning the ropes by digging through posts here
Anyways I’m done rambling. Thanks gang, see ya out there
- I have a 3rd gen focusrite Scarlett solo
- An akai mpk mini that I need to learn (never played keys or messed with any midi stuff)
- I didn’t love ableton that came with my interface so I downloaded cakewalk the other day so I have to learn that too
- been debating getting some smaller montiors mainly so I don’t always need headphones
My main goal is to be able to work on demos whether it’s creating my own from scratch or adding on or tweaking songs sent to me by band members. Ultimately we are planning an online project with our friends from all over singing or doing parts on it.
Looking forward to learning the ropes by digging through posts here
Anyways I’m done rambling. Thanks gang, see ya out there
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ecc83
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Welcome, I am always a bit sad when folks have an interface with only one mic input. I am sure you will find it limiting and get frustrated with it quite soon. Cakewalk is very useful but I strongly suggest you try Reaper...not all DAWs do everything or indeed very much equally well.
Speakers? Good idea, headphones can be rather limiting. As a starting point and assuming you are not flushed with cash, the Presonus Eris 3.5s are very good for around $100. No, they won't go loud nor low but the sound they do make is free from most vices and useful.
To get anything remotely "stooodio" monitor quality you have to look beyond $500 per pair and may here would say at least twice that.
Keep at it.
Dave.
Meter
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Hi! Im Peter from Sweden and since I've been lurking here for a while I thought I might aswell sign up. 
Looking forward to this stay.
Looking forward to this stay.
equality
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Hi! Photography and music making have been my dear hobbies since many years. Retired since a couple of years and this brought spare time for those activities like never before. Hope to participate in this community and hopefully contribute with comments, ideas and of course some music. 
FrankD77
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Many photographers are also musicians 
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Serendipity Records
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equality
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Thank you!
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timhall11
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Hello! I am Tim Hall. My main concern right now is turning my quartet of novels about the 50s and 60s (entitled John Brown's Children and can be found by entering that name into Substack) into audiobooks. I have been posting them both in text and audio versions on Substack and am halfway through the fourth book, so i am close to finishing my first attempts to record. I recorded the audio very crudely, but people have commented that they like my narration. I realize that the audio version may not be of a good enough quality, even after being worked on, but I think I should try to learn to work on it and then do so, at least for the first volume. If it is not good enough I will start over. I have some equipment: Windows 10 Dell laptop, earphones HD 280 PRO, a fairly quiet room. I recorded all the audio directly onto the computer, but I also possess a good quality condenser microphone but, perhaps unfortunately, did not use it while making the recordings. I have Audacity and Garage Band software.New to the forum? Say hello, tell us a little about your self. Meet the gang
Welcome to HomeRecording Forum!
As far as I can tell, my first step would be to save the individual recordings of sections of book one into one file. You cannot do that within Substack; you have to do it externally. I am about to begin trying to do that. Then I plan to learn how to edit it.
New to the forum? Say hello, tell us a little about your self. Meet the gang
Welcome to HomeRecording Forum!
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Slouching Raymond
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Good headphones HD280 PRO, they're on my head right now.
Looks like you have the tools you need.
Jude42
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Hi everyone, I'm Jude, based in the UK. I'm part musician and part writer, and hoping to record/produce my own material, primarily audiobooks. I have a fairly powerful laptop with reaper (among others), and a scarlett 2i2 4th gen and rode nt1. I also have a tascam dp03sd that I use for piano, guitar and vocals, but which also allows narration to be a bit more portable if necessary. I've been experimenting (quite successfully) with room treatment, so I think I'll need minimal processing for my audiobooks. Still, I'd like to understand enough to go from ok results to great ones, and that's the main reason I'm here. Looking forward to learning from the experts!
