Returning to home recording. Need suggestions...

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Hello all...

I am returning to home recording after quite a few years away. I am not familiar with any software. The last home recording I did was with an 8 channel cassette recorder/mixer. I am quite familiar with live sound mixing, though.

I want to set up an all-in-one recorder, mixer. It doesn't have to have a cd burner, as I am assuming that I can record to a wav file???? If the easiest to operate has a burner, fine.

My main concern is ease and speed of operation. I want it simple, simple, simple. It doesn't have to be state of the art, as I am just producing semi-rough demos.

I will be recording using a keyboard - probably a Yamaha PSR-550-B or such, and adding a micd guitar and 2-3 vocal tracks.

Any advice and help here would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
 
 
Get Reaper, learn the basics of its operation, some sort of interface to get
stuff into computer...........Have fun fun fun!!! It's that simple........enjoy
 
Are you looking for something like a tascam 2488 all in one multitrack recorder? Or do you want to record with a computer and interface?
 
First question: do you have a decent computer (yes, a laptop counts)? Just getting back in the swing myself. Sonar, audio mixer, usb audio/midi interface (I have a Tascam US-122, M-Audio is also very good and not$$$), and something of a synth/drum machine. If you're just recording yourself, you shouldn't need more than this to start.
 
I have tried the standalone mixer / recorders and they were enough to put me off !!!

I cannot recommend enough computer recording... So simple to use (compared to fiddely menu driven DAWS)...

I tried cubase, protools, ableton etc.. In the end I went with Logic Studio 9... Simple yet oober powerful !

Or.. Garage band would be an excellent computer recording start !! Only £2.99 if you have a iPad !!
 
Shop around......don't be afraid to go used......Craigslist can be you friend!

Recently, I outfitted my meager, beginners home studio with an M-Audio FasTrack II interface from CL for $35, a pair of used M-Audio AV-40 monitors for $65 from Daddy's Junky Music and an M-Audio KeyRig 49 MIDI keyboard on sale at GC.

If you're like me, you've probably got a mic or two lying around that you can use for vocals and/or instruments.

While I realize that most of the gear listed is considered entry level, that's where I'm at...entry level. But, it's gotten me started, I having fun with it...and I haven't spent $200 yet!
 
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