Your chance to show your skills to an awed Newbie

[ScottyKarrde]

First of all, thanks for clicking this link. After browsing through all this technologically smooth patter, I'm kinda awed. and pretty lost!
I'm trying to set up a simple (is that possible? is that oxymoronic?) recording studio or area for a choir and a few instruments - say, keyboard, guitar, etc. I'd like to use GarageBand 3 (iLife).

Theory-wise, I'm familiar with layering instruments and vocals, as I've had some of my songs recorded and mixed by an engineer. In real life, I'm a graphic designer, so I'm really comfortable with Macs. Beyond that, though, I'm pretty lost. Where do I start? What should I buy? What should I be reading to learn about what I should buy? I love this site on first sight (okay, bad pun), but...I'm drowning in a sea of info.

This is your chance to show off all your knowledge! If you have a second, I'd be super grateful!
Thanks,
Scotty

 

[jkokura]

What's your budget? There's a lot of options out there...

Check out this link... https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?p=1952958#post1952958, me and a guy talked along these lines for a while... It all depends on what you want for results, and how much money you have to get there.

jacob

 

[scrubs]

Here are a couple of "getting started" type guides:

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1818497,00.asp

http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm