In trying to record a decent demo of Rivers the past few days, one thing has become abundantly clear. I need a portable studio. Recording in the Man-Cave™ works well enough (WHEN it works), but dealing with the "ambient noise" is driving me nuts. With a family of six people, an eighty pound lab, noisy gas & water meters, phones etc., it's nearly impossible to get a decent "take" in this house. I'm not trying to get it "perfect" or anything. Just looking to get a relatively noise free demo. So... I've been looking at those portable digital Boss units. It would be wonderful to have a portable unit to record elsewhere with (can't lug the computer around!). Once I've recorded the dry tracks, I could import them into my computer software and mix/master them.
Anyway... I'm just venting a bit here. Looking for alternatives in getting a decent sounding track.
Having said all that... I did do a very good take of Rivers tonight. HOWEVER, after finishing it, I realized I didn't have my phantom power switch on and the take was lost. Never got a decent one after that. Hope to get one soon.
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I don't have a laptop, but I've heard massive raves about the MaC laptops (people recording entire albums using Garageband).
I've just recently purchased a USB to XLR cable (basically a soundcard in a cable).
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I'm recording all digital these days and I've been using a free program called Audacity to lay basic tracks. If you have a good mic and preamp, it can do wonders and is pretty simple for quick takes (especially when you have a few moments of piece). My man cave is waaaaaay in the back of the house and has a double doorway...protects the house AND the recordings. :)
Thanks for the input Steve. I use Sonar 4 Producer Edition. It's a very powerful piece of software once you figure it out. My signal chain is an AT 4035 mic to a M-Audio firewire converter box to the computer. Pretty simple.
The small recorder idea is a good one! Thinking of picking up one of those digital recorders (about the size of a very small cassette recorder) to keep my ideas on. Thanks for the tip!
J
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