if that means 50 us...then the behring b1....or the sm-57

okay i got a marshall amp and a shure sm58. is that good to record with or should i just by the v amps?

Ok so i got this neat bit of software called audacity which i can layer tracks with etc. and add limited effects with. Problem is i have been recording with this digital camera so sound quality is bad. Is there a way of plugging my guitar or amp into my pc for direct recording? Thanks

[QUOTE=Tom-Guitarist]Ok so i got this neat bit of software called audacity which i can layer tracks with etc. and add limited effects with. Problem is i have been recording with this digital camera so sound quality is bad. Is there a way of plugging my guitar or amp into my pc for direct recording? Thanks[/QUOTE]

woah dude...I think we went through this. Read the lessons.

my dad moved out of my house and my room is his used-to-be-studio room. so ive got carpet on the walls and its pretty much a dream place to set up a studio of my own, which i want to do. im going to move my drumset to my room and make it into a studio and i need some help:

is a laptop okay instead of a desktop computer?

what is a good processor/harddrive space for the laptop?

what type of Behringer Truths monitors should i get, and do they just hook up to the laptop...?

what are the best mics i can get for my drumset?

will the standard sound card that comes with laptop be good enough?

does the drums/guitar records into mixer which records into laptop...? i just dont get how everything hooks up :/

Adobe Audition says it can mix so should i still buy a mixer?

any help is appreciated.

well i'm @ school righ now so i cant write a long reply...read the 2nd or 3rd lesson about how everything hooks up

im going to buy Adobe Audition tomorrow :D

and im going to begin my search for a good cheap desktop computer (ditched laptop idea) for recording. should i search eBay or do you all know a good cheap electronics website?

what kinda drum mics would u suggest?

I have a really old 4-track recorder, that records onto cassettes. Me(drums) and my friend (guitar) have a couple songs, and we want to record them in hopes to come up with lyrics eventually. Problem is we only have one mic. What would be the best way to do this? LIke just use the mic for drums and guitar(from the amp) Or straight in with guitar, and mic for drums?. Also where would be the best place to put the mic to record drums and guitar?

theabstract i finally took the time to read all of your guide and they and very informing and there is a special place in heaven for you for writing these lessons. :D

the excitement is f*cking killing me i cant wait to start my home studio aaaaaaaaah!

yeah starting a studios lotsa fun. I'm pretty exited myself...we're doing a new cd in 2 weeks (yay) its gunna be fun. I havn't recorded anything in ages. Yay i also have another band coming in to do a demo. ($200 :) ) Theres an update on my life lol.

[QUOTE=X0senses_fail0X]I have a really old 4-track recorder, that records onto cassettes. Me(drums) and my friend (guitar) have a couple songs, and we want to record them in hopes to come up with lyrics eventually. Problem is we only have one mic. What would be the best way to do this? LIke just use the mic for drums and guitar(from the amp) Or straight in with guitar, and mic for drums?. Also where would be the best place to put the mic to record drums and guitar?[/QUOTE]
One mic for the drumkit ay?
Position the mic at about shoulder height a foot or two behind the drummer. This location usually gives you the best reuslts while using jsut the one mic.
Run the guitarists amps direct into the 4-track. If you can. But watch your levels.

Thanks alot

Alright, now I'm a bit of a newbie at this kinda thing, and with the help of your Lesson #3 I managed to record stuff with Cool Edit Pro 2.0 (formerly known as Adobe Audtition, I think). My problem is that when I'm recording and doing the "Moniter Record Levels" thing, only the top green bar is moving around. The bottom one doesnt do anything, and then once I've recorded something and I'm playing it back, the sound is only coming out of one speaker. I apologize for my ignorance but could someone please help me out with this? Thanks.

thats coz guitars are mono...(only the left bar will go up...what you need to do is go to the side of the track that your recording in and click "rec 1" and then once your in there...change it to mono.

Thanks a lot!

no problemo

ok my band wants to record music but all we have is a video cam.Like we have the AMps and pa system speakers inthe back ofthe garage next to my drums if we were to put the camera in the front ofthe garage would it sound ok to record ?

that would sound pretty s-h-i-t....but you could always chuck the sound from the camera onto your computer and try to clean it up a bit in there.

It's actually not bad, if you have a good camcorder.

But where you place the speakers and drumset is critical.

well where is a good place to place the camera and the speakers and the drums?

when are ya gonna convert this into lessons format you said you were gonna do ?
i'm a newbie and more than half of the things that you said were not understood, but i still got lotsa time as i'm still working for my bass, and by the time i learn bass, make a band , make songs/covers , i could learn all this. i'm 16 btw

gimme your email and i'll send you the printable version

okay...

i bought this computer: [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=541568&sku=E400-T2778[/url]

i bought Adobe Audition.

my dad is lending my a mixer and some mic's.

now how do i hook up the mixer to the computer? (there is a front/back pic of the computer in that link)
do i hook it into one of those audio jacks?

hook the mixer into the "line in" audio jack...the speakers go in the "line out"...you leave the "mic in" empty :)

thanks :D

I'm trying to record Guitar > Mixer > RCA to 1/4 into a 1/4 to 1/8" adapter. How ever it sounds terrible. I get almost nothing at all. What am I don't wrong. I have Behringer UB802 mixer.

hey theabstract i wanted to talk about setting up a recording studio really not about a home recording.

i was wondering like how hard it was to set up and if theres big risks and stuff involved, also how old were u when u set it up?ummmmm and is it good money

im sure i had lots more q? but i 4got them anyway thatll do for now. sorry if this has been covered but i didnt bother reading through all the pages

ok i have a ? for theabstract, recently my band recored a couple of songs with a really ****ty digital camera about the size of your hand, hear them at [url]www.purevolume.com/lostcalvary[/url] but neways is there recording software I can dowload from kazaa to make the recordings sound better?