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New member
I'm putting this into the "newbie" section because as far as recording is concerned that is what I am and am covering a few different areas with my questions.
My gear:
HP Pavillion computer ( this one ) running Suse Linux 10.1.
Software is Audacity and I'm looking at Ardour.
Alesis 8USB mixer connected to the computer by a USB cable (just bought).
2 SM57 microphones with balanced cables and stands [balanced as well I hope
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First things first, I'm looking to get the best out of the equipment I've got, not arguments about how I should buy this or that. I've already got MAD (melodeon aquisitive disorder) and others related to music and I really can't afford to develop similar tendencies with recording equipment :-0
Well, not just yet, a pair of monitors would be nice...............
What I want to do is make some decent recordings of myself playing the the melodeon (a type of small button accordeon). These will be partly for demos but also for distributing tunes round friends/band members and making a searchable repository of tune recordings on my website.
I've made some test recordings and they are certainly better than anything I've achieved before, but I'm now looking for some advice about what to do next. The recordings were made with the microphones set up in an XY pattern (at 90 degrees) placed about 1 foot above the instrument.
I've been able to find very little advice on the web about recording melodeons (actually, none at all, just some general accordeon stuff), so I'm wondering about compression, eq, effects etc etc. Also whether I've set up the mics in the best possible way.
Below are links to a couple of rough recordings I've made. They're what I would decribe as "raw" since I've done nothing to them other than trim the ends and they contain some musical mistakes :-/ There may be a bit of computer noise in the backgound as well, but don't worry about that since I'll be getting a longer USB cable and then the computer will be in a different room.
Any thoughts and suggestions would be gratefully received
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I uploaded the files to two different places since I had problems getting the second sample onto the first file hosting website. Anyway, the links are below. They are quite large since they are wav files. I've zip compressed them since that's not lossy and almost halves the file size.
Sample 1 - one row 4 stop melodeon (23Mb)
http://ez-files.net/download.php?file=4161f3a3
Sample two - two row Dino Baffetti melodeon (40Mb)
http://www.savefile.com/files/140306
You can see some more info about melodeons at my website:
http://www.caela.co.uk
You can also try:
http://www.melodeon.net
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My gear:
HP Pavillion computer ( this one ) running Suse Linux 10.1.
Software is Audacity and I'm looking at Ardour.
Alesis 8USB mixer connected to the computer by a USB cable (just bought).
2 SM57 microphones with balanced cables and stands [balanced as well I hope
]First things first, I'm looking to get the best out of the equipment I've got, not arguments about how I should buy this or that. I've already got MAD (melodeon aquisitive disorder) and others related to music and I really can't afford to develop similar tendencies with recording equipment :-0
Well, not just yet, a pair of monitors would be nice...............
What I want to do is make some decent recordings of myself playing the the melodeon (a type of small button accordeon). These will be partly for demos but also for distributing tunes round friends/band members and making a searchable repository of tune recordings on my website.
I've made some test recordings and they are certainly better than anything I've achieved before, but I'm now looking for some advice about what to do next. The recordings were made with the microphones set up in an XY pattern (at 90 degrees) placed about 1 foot above the instrument.
I've been able to find very little advice on the web about recording melodeons (actually, none at all, just some general accordeon stuff), so I'm wondering about compression, eq, effects etc etc. Also whether I've set up the mics in the best possible way.
Below are links to a couple of rough recordings I've made. They're what I would decribe as "raw" since I've done nothing to them other than trim the ends and they contain some musical mistakes :-/ There may be a bit of computer noise in the backgound as well, but don't worry about that since I'll be getting a longer USB cable and then the computer will be in a different room.
Any thoughts and suggestions would be gratefully received
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I uploaded the files to two different places since I had problems getting the second sample onto the first file hosting website. Anyway, the links are below. They are quite large since they are wav files. I've zip compressed them since that's not lossy and almost halves the file size.
Sample 1 - one row 4 stop melodeon (23Mb)
http://ez-files.net/download.php?file=4161f3a3
Sample two - two row Dino Baffetti melodeon (40Mb)
http://www.savefile.com/files/140306
You can see some more info about melodeons at my website:
http://www.caela.co.uk
You can also try:
http://www.melodeon.net
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