A buddy of mine's son wants to record onto his computer via 2 guitars,keys,drums,bass etc....He's looking at the SB Audigy 2ZS Platinum sound card,but I think an actual guitar recording software product is still needed right?
Can you guys maybe recommend an intuitive computer recording software program for a beginner getting into recording?
What about sending us a really good link all about the topic?
What do you guys use and what's popular and affortable? Thanks guys!
I wasn't sure where to post this and I apologize if it's in the wrong post..
Not the most versatile (the fact that it's free, too, may be saying something), but Audacity is alright. I think I spelled that right.
Originally Posted by V-SpotNot the most versatile (the fact that it's free, too, may be saying something), but Audacity is alright. I think I spelled that right.
Thanks brother....This is going to be a Christmas present for his son..
You may want to look at the Cakewalk software specifically Guitar Tracks Pro. I've got a copy of Ntrack Studio, it's only $50 but it's not the easiest to record with. Meaning that it requires more time with the tutorial to get used to the software.
Originally Posted by JumpMarineYou may want to look at the Cakewalk software specifically Guitar Tracks Pro. I've got a copy of Ntrack Studio, it's only $50 but it's not the easiest to record with. Meaning that it requires more time with the tutorial to get used to the software.
Thanks Ryan....Keep the info coming please!
I am no George Martin, but I use N-Track and I like it a lot. As JM said, it isn't a cakewalk but once you figure it out it is great.
Adobe audition is very user friendly- perfect for beginners and a good way to get a solid foundation on the basic principles. I still use it
Cakewalk has a lot of different recording softwares like Sonar Home Studio 4, Sonar Home Studio 4 XL, Guitar Tracks Pro, Sonar 5 Studio and Sonar 5 Producer. They go from $100 to $500. I personally have not used any of these because I use my digital recorder, but some of my friends have them, and I think the Sonar Home Studio 4 is a good beginner's package.
Calkwalk products
n-Track (www.n-track.com)
Originally Posted by V-SpotNot the most versatile (the fact that it's free, too, may be saying something), but Audacity is alright. I think I spelled that right.
1 on that, the fact its free, lets you record tracks separately then play them all at once, and export them to mp3 when your done mixing the tracks.
Mackie's Tracktion is very powerful, and version 1 is available free from their website. I've done bunches of recording with it, and I can't believe they give this away.
Buy and quot;externalquot; usb or firewire soundcard/audio interface. They often come bundled with a, for a beginner, decent recording/production program.
Here's two threads you might want to look at:
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You guys are all great! Thanks for the great info...Feel free to keep the posts coming on this.
Originally Posted by eresseracaBuy and quot;externalquot; usb or firewire soundcard/audio interface. They often come bundled with a, for a beginner, decent recording/production program.
Here's two threads you might want to look at:
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Yes, my Firebox came with a verison of cubase LE I believe. It seemed OK.
I've been playing with Krystal Studio recently. It's free but can be a PITA. I get a nasty delay when recording multiple tracks. When recording a second track, I hear it fine but during playback, what I just recorded is off by about a second that the first track. Weird. There's a fix for it but I still haven't been able to get it to work right.
Originally Posted by eresseracaBuy and quot;externalquot; usb or firewire soundcard/audio interface. They often come bundled with a, for a beginner, decent recording/production program.
Here's two threads you might want to look at:
from : localhost//forum/s...ad.php?t=57542
from : localhost//forum/s...ad.php?t=56644
My suggestion exactly. Even the non-USB stuff usually comes with software. Check the Audigy's software package, it might already list a multi-tracking app included. My E-MU 0404 internal card came with a version of Cubase.
i believe there is a free version of protools le too.
You need a decent card (audigy is cool) What you're after is low 'latency' (you don't want to strum now, hear it coming out of speakers a second later) This latency is a sound card power thing, but also has some host computer power influence. Rather go with a low latency ASIO2 stereo card, than a 10 channel card with high latency and old-school driver (like the windows 'multimedia' driver)
Once you have a decent card in a decent host computer...it the recording, multitrack sequencer software. Here there are so many options. Most cards actually come bundled with a freebie recorder program. Check that out first. It might be good enough for recording your own rhythm part, then playing some lead into a track next to that. And so on.
But when you want a bit more options, like programming some drums, recording bass, vocals, midi keyboards, effects (with no mixdowns) you'll want something a bit better. I use Steinberg's CUBASE SX, which, in a word, is, awesome! And an ESI card
Then it's best to have a secondary hard disc to record audio to, otherwise your C drive gets a bottleneck.
You'll never need to record 196kHz 24bit audio tracks. 44kHz 16bit is good, and much easier on the card, processor and hard disk.
THE LATENCY, is critical though! It will frustrate if its more than a few milliseconds. It sucks playing something nicely in time, and then playing it back after and it's so far in the pocket that it's bad!
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Avoid USB cards if you can PCI or firewire is good. M-Audio make some decent, cheap professional recording cards. The Delta 44 or 66 is a good buy. As for software if he's using a Mac or some form of Unix (eg Linux) Ardour from : localhost/ardour.org/index.php is an excellent piece of software as well as being free.
1 for adobe audition.
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