singing practice at home

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I just posted a new thread but can't find it after posting. So I'm writing it again. Sorry if you see it a 2nd time. I need to buy recording gear. Please advise whether a sound card or a multitracker or a mic pre+mixer+recordeer best suits my purpose. I already have two condenser microphones. I haven't used recording gear before.

The practice I envisage after buying the recorder:
Singing practice A: two voices sing to CD accompaniment. The two mics and the CD player are connected to recorder. Record on separate (four) tracks. We may sing together or one after another (overdubbing?). Monitor with headphone or speaker. Playback voice one, or voice two, or both, with or without the recorded accompaniment. Keep the recorded voice one, erase voice two and re-record voice two again.
Singing practice B: similar to A, but replacing the CD with an accompanist playing a Yamaha digital piano, connected to the recorder. Thanks a lot. Hope I don't lose this thread, as I don't want to write it a 3rd time.
 
Hi,

For what youre doing, i would recommend a digital multitrack recorder like the Boss br8 or the korg d8. You'd have to get separate adapters for your condensors though, b/c the recorder dont have phantom power. You can connect speakers, or headsets for monitoring, you can dump the cd music straight onto the first two tracks (before you sing-you'll play it back while recording the vocals) and have 6 left over for singing( or unlimited, if you bounce) . Its easy to put the music onto a cd and if youre not doing massive editing its very simple to use.

Shana
 
pre-recording

thanks, shana. You said I could pre-record the CD music onto the recorder. Sounds like a good idea, because if we didn't sing well we can then re-record our voices without having to play the CD player again. But is pre-recording the music mandatory? Can I record the CD music and our voices at the same time if I choose to?

This becomes an issue when we have a pianist. We prefer to sing while the pianist plays. It feels odd to pre-record the pianist and then sing to the recorded piano music while the pianist is waiting for us.

I know some multitrackers like the Fostex VF80 can only record at most two tracks at a time, so I have to pre-record the music. But I'm not sure about other multitrackers.
 
With the Br8 you wont be able to record the pianist live. You can only record two tracks at a time.

Something like the Roland vs 840 will record 4 tracks at a time, so you can record two mikes, and the keyboard (in stereo) at the same time.
The Fotex VF80 records 8 tracks at a time and has alot of memory-it also has phantom power which u need.

The Korg d12 records 4 tracks at a time and you get more tracks.

Basically u gotta decide your budget and shop around. And ask!
Shana
 
4-track

Oh, the Fostex VF80 can record 8 tracks simultaneously? Guess I got the wrong info about it being able to record 2 tracks.

My budget is US$1200 -- more than enough for a 4-track or 8-track but not enough to add a good mic preamp.
 
Shana said:
Hi,

For what youre doing, i would recommend a digital multitrack recorder like the Boss br8 or the korg d8. You'd have to get separate adapters for your condensors though, b/c the recorder dont have phantom power. You can connect speakers, or headsets for monitoring, you can dump the cd music straight onto the first two tracks (before you sing-you'll play it back while recording the vocals) and have 6 left over for singing( or unlimited, if you bounce) . Its easy to put the music onto a cd and if youre not doing massive editing its very simple to use.

Shana
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great choices.
 
There isnt really any point to recording the music at the same time as the vocals. Just prerecord the music and you dont have to worry about more than 2 record channels. You could get away with the cheapest digital 4 track that allows 2 simultaneous record channels.
 
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