What should I get for my "first" real recording or

CFH Eternal · Post by **CFH Eternal** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:50 pm

Up to now I have been using a shitty 4-track recorder with a cheap guitar mic but it has worked. Now I want to get some quality stuff and all but I am torn between these two.

Korg CR-4
http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_pro ... egory_id=3

Or

Cakewalk Guitar Tracks Pro 3

I know both are the complete opposite of each other but which would you say would be good for a guy who hasn't had alot of experience with high-tech recorders and all?

hippy · Post by **hippy** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:52 pm

supposedly dime uses the cr4 so go with that

ssh · Post by **ssh** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:14 pm

this thing you're typing on is the best recording machine you'l ever be able to afford. get a good sound card and download sound forge or something for free.

scrotal_tug · Post by **scrotal_tug** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:27 am

ssh wrote:this thing you're typing on is the best recording machine you'l ever be able to afford. get a good sound card and download sound forge or something for free.

Correct!

If it's just a couple of intruments you wanna record & not a full drum kit or large orchestra etc.. A lot of people go with:

M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 soundcard
Some sort of 2 channel preamp (M-Audio Audiobuddy is good & cheap!)

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:47 am

ssh wrote:this thing you're typing on is the best recording machine you'l ever be able to afford. get a good sound card and download sound forge or something for free.

Metallash · Post by **Metallash** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:50 am

M-Audio Delta 44 PCI interface (4ins/outs could come in handy) - $200 approx.
Shure SM57 Microphone - $100 approx.
Cubase SX - Free from BitTorrent

you should be able to get some decent recordings with that equipment, the 4 inputs on the interface could come in handy if you ever want to record live drums, and the SM57 is one of the best microphones available.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:08 pm

what he said.

hippy · Post by **hippy** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:02 pm

there's some audio card called a clarinova which sounds the best. google it

scrotal_tug · Post by **scrotal_tug** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:57 am

hippy wrote:which sounds the best.

Ok.

hippy · Post by **hippy** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:52 pm

scrotal_tug wrote:
hippy wrote:which sounds the best.
Ok.

maeroimjgnfuiouoiseouusuir how would i know!

Tweel · Post by **Tweel** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:52 pm

scrotal_tug wrote:
ssh wrote:this thing you're typing on is the best recording machine you'l ever be able to afford. get a good sound card and download sound forge or something for free.
Correct!

If it's just a couple of intruments you wanna record & not a full drum kit or large orchestra etc.. A lot of people go with:

M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 soundcard
Some sort of 2 channel preamp (M-Audio Audiobuddy is good & cheap!)

whatcha mean by full drum kit, cause i've tracked many kits using my laptop and a 16 track board, 6 mic setup

scrotal_tug · Post by **scrotal_tug** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:57 am

^^ I didn't mean computers aren't capable of tracking whole drum kits etc..

I ment a simple 2 channel set-up like I suggested, would not cater for you to individually mic and record all components of the kit to seperate channels.

Obviously, you could settle for 2 overheads, or 1 kick mic & 1 overhead or run as many mics as you liked into a mixer before taking the mixer's outputs to the soundcard. But meh... This is getting a little complex.

If he'd told us what he wanted to record in the first place, this would be simpler