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Permalink Reply by Reeds Taylor on March 6, 2014 at 6:51am

Hi John, I'm fairly green when it's come to recording, But I found a recording/music maker software that's quite simple too use, and also has the capablites for making your CD, movies and mp3's and much more. The only other thing is if your coputer hasn't a dvd burner , you'll need too purchase one.

Here is the software I use John

http://www.magix.com/us/music-maker/

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Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on March 7, 2014 at 11:51am

I didn't read all the post John, at the least your pc needs cd drive that burns and burning software like Nero.

The easiest way to record is handheld multi track or small portable multi track that are much easier to use then pc base recording and best part are portable. You can get a Tascam DP-004  headphone and mic for under $200. You wil be able to record guitar and vocal then over dub harp another guitar or vocal. then upload them to your pc and burn cd's.. fun fun fun 

I will provide tech support!!!! Jamie got one sound great. 

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on March 9, 2014 at 3:04am

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on March 9, 2014 at 3:09am

Folks, thanks for all the advice and help.  I ordered the CAD Audio U37 USB Studio Recording Microphone + Pop Filter + Headphones shown here.    CAUTION SLOW LEARNING CURVE AHEAD.   

 

Thanks for the help and advice.

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Permalink Reply by turtlehead on March 9, 2014 at 3:43am

Cool deal Unc!  Can't wait to hear what you come up with. 

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on March 9, 2014 at 4:14am

Thanks, Todd.  I meant to say.  The outfit was $79.00 shipped.  

James O. Lundsford steered me in that direction.  

I looked at other stuff, but you and others told me the mic was the main thing.  I hope this outift will give me good bang for the bucks.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 9, 2014 at 4:31am

Should do; it shows up on lots of audio top ten lists. Great price.

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Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on March 9, 2014 at 5:57am

Mic placement is really important John you need to move the mic around to mix vocal and guitar until you find the sweet spot and it will change with each guitar and amp.

If you p.c. is noisy you want to move the mic away a longer cable is more money but worth it, if you hear it in the headphone you'll hear on the recording. 

QUIET IN THE STUDIO PLEASE.      Good luck John.

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Permalink Reply by Bear on March 9, 2014 at 6:28am

Good luck with your new setup, Unc! If for whatever reason it turns out to be unsatisfactory (I went through this) you could fall back on this simple microphone, which I used to record my tunes:

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Primitive Acoustics on March 9, 2014 at 7:27am

Uncle John-

I have Sound Forge recording software with a mastering effects bundle for polishing and enhancing recordings, (EQ, compression, reverb, limiting).

I would be happy to help you with your recordings in any way.  You would just need to email me the songs in wav. (best quality) or mp3 format and I can help you shape the sound you want for your CD.

I am not a pro by any means but have done several recording and post recording projects for friends.

No obligation, there may be others with more experience willing to help but I'm available if needed.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Potts on March 9, 2014 at 11:09am

Go to your local music store and see if you can rent one of these:

http://compare.ebay.ca/like/151141485897?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPr...

The singer in my band owns one of these and records all our practice sessions, then the next day she posts the results for us on dropbox. It's SO handy!

Then take the files and burn them to CD, Mission accomplished.

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Permalink Reply by Ray K III on March 9, 2014 at 12:02pm

All great info guys. Reading this I think I will give Audacity a try myself for recordings. The only questions I have is whatever the microphone used. Would I plug the microphone plug into the front plug/port of the computer or should I plug it into the back of the computer to the sound card itself? would either way make a difference/matter? Because I believe or could be wrong that the plug in back is directly to the sound card or is it not? Just curious before I get to far into this.

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