what do i need to get started??

[paddyhagan]

Just wondering what recording equipment I would need to record some songs ive wrote. Basically i have a keyboard, bass amp, accoustic and electric guitars. I play all these instruments but have absolutely no experience of recording tracks.

Should I opt for a small recording studio maybe on ebay? What other products do I need?,,,, any advice anyone could give me with as little jargon as possible would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

It's a large subject, and there are virtually a thousand different answers to your questions, paddy.

I suggest that the very first place for you to start is to spend an hour or two at your local library or Border's book store and take a look in their music section at the books on recording. There are a couple of different "Recording for Dummies"books available that are actually a very good place to start (no offense at the titles, I didn't choose 'em; they happen to be good books for beginners to this racket .)

G.

 

[Nick98338]

Yep. Books are great! Online try http://www.tweakheadz.com

 

[travelin travis]

it's a big subject. you'll have to learn the jargon.

 

[IronFlippy]

Don't get GAS. That's my one piece of advice for you. You'll thank me later.

 

[12345john]

studio for songs

my guess would be that you write songs and that you know you are able to record all instruments which makes for a better musician, my first question is do you have mics? do you have a guitar amp?(because if your playing electric guitar through your bass amp the thing is when you record with a electric guitar using a bass amp you'll get these unwanted-frequencies, how much are you spending on the studio because you can either go from $200.00-300.00 by getting a simple Boss 4 track that can easily hook up to almost any household tape player(4 tracks should come with a built-in mic) another thing is that your question " what kind of recording equipment do i need?" well the answer is your typing on it, if you have a computer you have the most important piece so if your gonna buy the option 1 (Boss 4 track) and want to upgrade from there in the future don't buy those 8 track or 16 track consoles if you do your only buying the same gismo-gadget just more built-in tracks. so if your going for option 1 (Boss 4 track)and want to upgrade in the future save your money for something you can hook directly to your computer. let me know how big of a studio your making.