What do I need to start?

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Okay, I want to start recording at home. I sing and I play guitar/bass. I've used Cakewalk in the past and I would probably use it again. I have access to good mics and a 2.53 ghz computer with 256 MB RAM and 60 GB hardrive. Could someone tell me exactly what I'd need to start recording and make suggestions. I'd like 24-bit quality (have a cd-burner), at least 16-track playback, and versatility. Quality is good, but I'm on a tight budget. I'm thinking of going Cakewalk, but I don't know what else I'd need. I drum machine on the program and possibly guitar effects would be good, but not necessary (well, the drums kinda' are). Anyway, what would I need to get quality recording besides the program (also please suggest some programs as I'm unfamilary with many new ones)? Drum machine? One of those little analog to digital four-track boxes?

Please email as I have little time to check the forum.

Thanks,
cacheek@kopower.com
 
Hi there,

And welcome to the board.

Get yourself a good quality sound card, (ie. not a Sound Blaster), get a mixer, get a bass FX unit, get a kick drum large diaphragm condenser.

Plug your bass into your FX unit, take the wet line and the dry line out of the FX unit into the mixer. Put your mic in front of your bass cabinet and stick it in a third track in your mixer.

Press record in Sonar, all cool kids use Sonar btw, and record your three tracks of bass.

You can use the soft-synths in Sonar to program your drum loops and beats.

And Bloodshark is correct - do some searches on here to find specific manufacturer recommendations, work yourself out a test configuration, price it and then post back on here asking people if they can think of better bang for buck or if they see any problems with your components.

Anyway - just get into it -it's fun!

:) Q.
 
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