Saving music to the computer from a 4 track

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Best Guitar Sound

  • David Gilmore

    Votes: 4 33.3%

  • Stevie Ray Vaughn

    Votes: 7 58.3%

  • Tom Sholtz

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Randy Rhodes

    Votes: 1 8.3%
  • Total voters
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Wolfhound

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I put this on the Mixing/Mastering page, and didn't get any response. Mabey you guys can help. I want to know the best way to save music on to my computer. I've heard of people mixing to mini disk, then to the hard drive. My question is, why? Also, I want to know the best way to save it in the least amount of space without loosing quality.

Thanks to any and all responses.
 
It would be nice to get a reply of some sort. Heck, just fill out the poll, or put someone on that you think is missing.
 
Your question is very broad, with many possible answers - which is why I suspect no one has answered you... you should read the FAQ first, which will give you the basics, then come back with some more specific questions...

(also, there are no "other guys" in the other forums - it's all just one big site and the regulars see ALL the forums ALL the time...)

Bruce
 
OK. If you use your computer to generate any sound it´s very probable that you´ll need an external device to get the final mix. So after that it´s necessary to get back this recording to computer, as this way you can filter cable noises, pump up the song´s volume, etc. And most important thing: if you want to save the song in a minimum space, burn a CD with the song and delete it from your hard drive.
 
I agree with Bruce, we realy need some more specifics to answer this question. In what form do you want to save it an your hard drive? Do you want to perform any editing with the computer? These questions should get you started.
 
Thanks all. Here is what I have, and what I plan to do. I have a digital 4-track which uses a scsi i-omega 250 meg zip drive to store data. At the time, I do not have a cd burner in my computer. I am planing on buying a new cpu in the near future and I will have one then. One thing I wanted to know was what software would I need to save my music on to the hard drive. I checked out the FAQ on digital recording and that should take care of it.
One thing I would like to pass along to anyone like myself that just plays one instrument, and needs something to create drums, bass, keyboards, and so on. It is called the MTV Music Generator. The only thing MTV has to do with it is putting their name on it. It is super easy to use. Comes with pre-made drum tracks, bass lines, etc. And you can make your own riffs for all instruments.
Thanks again to everyone. Thanks to Carter for the correction.
 
I don´t know MTV... is it a machine, or a software??

Well, I don´t like very much working with presets, pre-recordings... although it´s useful for beginners, two months later you´ll get sick of working always with the same samples.

I´ve been playing alone for years, I know it´s a hard job, but I think the best thing you can do to improve your basis is getting some score books (specially for programming drum patterns, you´ll learn a lot -I did with some Extreme songs-).

If you´ve a computer maybe you can take a look to applications like Cubasis/Cubase VST, Cakewalk or maybe ACID. For Drum sequencing and lots of fun I always recommend FruityLoops, which is a great (and cheap) solution. But there are always more options. Good luck
 
Vote David Gilmore

There's nothing like that creamy essence of vintage British sound. Then again, my new favorite guitar sound is Robby Krieger on 'Hello I Love You' by the Doors.

Yes I'm ignoring the previous posts. I have a right to, I'm drunk.
 
northsiderap said:
There's nothing like that creamy essence of vintage British sound. Then again, my new favorite guitar sound is Robby Krieger on 'Hello I Love You' by the Doors.

Yes I'm ignoring the previous posts. I have a right to, I'm drunk.
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Aw, hell yes - that sound on Hello I love you is killer. You must be talking about the fuzzed out slidy, warbly part during "She's walking down the stree-heet, blind to every blah blah" part, right? It's the best! It's the fuzziest sounding guitar ever, and in a good way.

I'm not drunk right now, but working off a midgrade hangover. Does that count?

Oh yeah, and I have no useful help for the original poster either. Sorry.
 
northsiderap said:
Yes I'm ignoring the previous posts. I have a right to, I'm drunk.
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I bet because this thread is 4 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes: :D
 
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