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Offlinepshawny
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Home Recording
    #5329982 - 02/22/06 10:54 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

I've recently been wondering what I would need to record myself singing onto my computer. I don't want to get into anything to pricey. Just something to sound descent enough. I have a el-cheapo microphone from radioshack, cost about $30 a year or so ago. Toss it & buy something better?

From what I understand I'll need a mixer or something to hook the mic to and then to the computer.

I don't know how to use it yet, but I have Cakewalk Sonar Producer Edition. Is this a good program?


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Re: Home Recording [Re: pshawny]
    #5330059 - 02/22/06 11:15 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

a microphone
other than that im not sure, i belive a few sound cards have an input port for a regular mic, but maybe not.

(ps, after showering, take the mic into the shower and sing in the shower. it will create a sexy lil resonace (however you spell it) effect. i belive its called the wall of sound :thumb up:


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Re: Home Recording [Re: pshawny]
    #5330491 - 02/23/06 02:24 AM (18 years, 1 month ago)

If you're serious about recording/singing it's a good idea to invest in a good microphone sometime. Most of those microphones need 'phantom power' that means that you need to plug them into a device that supplies the power. like most mixing consoles, microphone preamps and some soundcards.

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat...rue#Post3986627

the Shure mics discussed there sound like a good deal, you can probably find a good discount on them somewhere

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Re: Home Recording [Re: pshawny]
    #5334257 - 02/24/06 07:47 AM (18 years, 1 month ago)

Quality=money. Period.

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Re: Home Recording [Re: Anonymous]
    #5334410 - 02/24/06 09:28 AM (18 years, 1 month ago)

yeah you need a decent sound card. look into the Audigy series, or if you're serious with $$ look at EMU or M-Audio.
There are adapters to make your XLR (the plug on the end of a decent mic) go into a quarter-inch input, then I think Cakewalk can do the trick... I'm not familiar with it at all though.

The best mic for the price I think is an SM57, or an SM58. they are incredibly durable and diverse, with a clean open sound. How THAT signal sounds is up to you, your environment, and your mixing skills.


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Re: Home Recording [Re: Blastrid]
    #5334413 - 02/24/06 09:30 AM (18 years, 1 month ago)

My advice is to set up a console studio, and not a computer one. It'll help you a lot if you are trying to get into producing at all.

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Re: Home Recording [Re: Blastrid]
    #5335146 - 02/24/06 02:54 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

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Blastrid said:
yeah you need a decent sound card. look into the Audigy series, or if you're serious with $$ look at EMU or M-Audio.





I've been looking at the x-fi series sound cards.  From what I've read they are a big upgrade from the audigy series.  Looks like the Shure SM58 goes for around $100, that's not bad :smile:.


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Re: Home Recording [Re: pshawny]
    #5335177 - 02/24/06 03:03 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

tascam has a pretty decent midi interface/sound card.

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Re: Home Recording [Re: mycoprog]
    #5335329 - 02/24/06 03:43 PM (18 years, 1 month ago)

have any of you tried out the new line6 thingy? its like m-audio, but seems better, atleast in the advertisement... its supposed to come with some rather good software too


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