Total Noob here....

[Moon Monkey]

Hi Peeps...

I'm new to the idea of home recording... i'm a bit of a tech geek so my comp is pretty decent...

I've been playing for yeas but don't have the confidance to be in a band or anything and thought that this home recording malarky may help me get over it...

Just a quick question as to the best way to go about things....

I play Guitar (Epiphone Les Paul Custom) and Bass (Bass Collection... no sure of a model but it rocks!!) and was thinking about going for a Line 6 Pod.... and using cubase... sound card's not uber flash but it's decent enough and i'm gonna be upgrading the computer soon anyways... thinking about audigy 2 platinum pro...

but anyway... would this be a good enough starting point? computer - cubase - Pod combo?

Any help much appreciated... hopin this'll make me a lot better musician!!

 

[notbradsohner]

you can get a lot better sounds if you mic the amp, but that will be much more expensive. (you have to buy a mic and a preamp)


also, if you are thinking about upgrading soundcards, do not get a soundblaster. They are crap for recording, becasue their converters suck. Look into m-audio soundcards or emu.

 

[bigwillz24]

The emu card has a bit of a learning curve.

 

[nick666]

You must decide how you will be recording the rest of your istruments. If you're gonna do it all via SW then you don't need to go for the mother-of-all soundcards, but think specifically about drums (need to mic them?) at a later stage, and other instruments you might want to plug in. You might need a card with a few inputs, else you have to run everything through a mixer, and that becomes a little inflexible...