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In Reply to: Computer Sound recording posted by shpickering@yahoo.ca on March 7, 2006 at 10:31:41:
What hardware/software you need depends on what you want to record.If you simply want to record LP's, for the purpose of archiving to CD, the cost is minimal. You can use the free Goldwave from www.goldwave.com. While on the site, get the Lame32 mp3 encoder. This will allow you to "save as" mp3. Whether you save as a wav or mp3, this program has a wide range of sampling rates. You can record in mono or stereo, and even do some simple editing... copy/paste, trim the beginning and end, do fade outs, change the overall level. After recording you may process via parametric or graphic eq. Most importantly, there is a pop/click filter. For really bad pops that the filter can get, I have even edited out the pop. 256 mb ram needed. A simple Y-cable with 1/8" stereo plug on one end (plugged into Line In on your sound card) and L & R RCA plugs on the other (Line Out on your stereo) is all you need.
For the last few years I have been archiving my LP collection to CD with this method.
You could use a mixing board with multiple mics, mix down to stereo, and adapt to the 1/8" stereo plug to go into your soundcard's Line In. But you are only recording stereo and unable to edit individual mic tracks.
Next up is PowerTracks 10 from www.pgmusic.com. This is the company that produces the famous "Band In A Box" program. PowerTracks is a virtual 48 track recording desk. You can drop in midi's, wave files, record on one track while playing back on others ("sound on sound"). 256 mb ram will only give you 32 tracks. 384 mb ram or more will give you all 48 tracks. For this, I put the program in my C drive, and do the actual recording to folders in a D drive (second hard drive) that I use only for recording.
With this you can actually edit each individual track. For example, the performer played perfectly the first chorus, but there is a little problem on the second. You could copy and paste just that small portion from the first chorus and fix the problem.
I would be glad to send a little sampler I recorded via PowerTracks, where I performed the entire sax section, laid it over piano/bass/drums. email me at tenorman1952@yahoo.com Did this in about 1 hr in my living room.
There are also sound cards with up to 16 XLR inputs. Check out www.wwandbw.com among others. These allow you to record each mic to a separate track.
And then there are mixers, such as Alesis, that input to the computer via USB or firewire. These are more useful in recording live groups with multiple mics.
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