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Hey there boards..
wanted some info on how many of you have something setup like
a "home" recording studio, perhaps something that you have setup to
capture your band.
I'm looking for something along the lines of a PC driven digital
setup and was wondering what people out there are using..
post your gear, and what you suggest.. thanks in advance.
honk
I just recorded a practice session with my band (The Clams) on my PC.
We are a 3 peice and we set up in my large living room.
I used a pair of Oktava M219 condenser mics ($69ea @ guitar
center) pointing out 110 degrees about 7" apart ("ORTF" config.) they
were back about 10' from the band and 2' off the floor.
The mics ran into a Bheringer(602?) 4 channel mixer(about $70). I
added just a touch of "plate" reverb with a digitech Digiverb($99)
pedal in the effects loop of the mixer.
The mixer went into the line input of my PC. I used Cool Edit
2000 to record onto .WAV files. Then I just cut the recordings into
individual songs and burned them onto CD.
The Sound quality was quite good. Very important to get the
balance between the instruments right - no chance to fix it after.
best
Dan
--- In , "honkalister <seth@s...>"
<seth@s...> wrote:
> Hey there boards..
>
> wanted some info on how many of you have something setup like
> a "home" recording studio, perhaps something that you have setup to
> capture your band.
>
> I'm looking for something along the lines of a PC driven digital
> setup and was wondering what people out there are using..
>
> post your gear, and what you suggest.. thanks in advance.
>
> honk
hi there,
coming from a cassette 4track, we upgraded about a year ago. we thought
about pc recording, but ended up buying a Roland VS880 8track harddisk
recorder. It's basically the same thing as a cassette multitracker, with a
mixing console, but with HD recording. the one we bought had an extended
harddrive (about 4 hours with all 8 tracks recorded) and integrated effects
(not great but usefull) and cost about $400
I wont go into all the details 'cause you can look 'm up on the net. The
point is, we calculated costs back then, and it was simply cheaper to buy
the recorder then to upgrade the PC for 8track recording, and we really
wanted 8 tracks.
i guess if you just want to record live with twoor three mics or something,
the other guys option should work great, and is probably cheaper. you'll
need the mics in any case.
good luck
>From: "honkalister <>" <>
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>To:
>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] home recording equipment
>Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 00:32:56 -0000
>
>Hey there boards..
>
>wanted some info on how many of you have something setup like
>a "home" recording studio, perhaps something that you have setup to
>capture your band.
>
>I'm looking for something along the lines of a PC driven digital
>setup and was wondering what people out there are using..
>
>post your gear, and what you suggest.. thanks in advance.
>
>honk
>
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Chatten met je online vrienden via MSN Messenger.
I use an Apple G3 (beige, matching the 64 Bandmaster),
with two 17'' monitors. It has a MOTU PCI card with
the old 2408 external converter box.
Whats more:
Art tube pre-amp Dual MP
Behringer compressor limiter
TC electronic M-1000 reverb, delay multi effect unit
a nice Audio Technica condensor mic
an old SHURE 56.5
an old Sennheiser
and a variety of 50s & 60s homerecording mics
for audio monitoring I use lower market Genelecs and
AKG headphones
The software I use is MOTU Digital Performer,
some virtual vintage keyboards (Native Instruments B4
and Unity DS-1 with Akai Wurlitzer, Hohner and Rhodes
samples) and virtual vintage effect plug-ins, such as
Wave Renaiscance EQ and Compressor and Steinberg
Magneto.
Thats it basically.
Its great fun using this stuff with the hints you can
find, by people who have been recording engineers for
40 years.
KK
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