computer recording

darkness · Post by **darkness** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:11 pm

well I just started recording.

i use a soundblaster live with Nuendo mixing software. works a treat. I just ripped a backing track to wav file then added it as audio to the Nuendo project. then I just record another channel of me on guitar and wallah, me playing the song.

and yes I learned how bad my timing is.

Post by Bg » Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:58 pm

its a bit of a shock at first when you realise how crap your timing is - doesn't take much practice to pull it into line though

Richy11 · Post by **Richy11** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:27 pm

Yeah timing and figuring out how to run more than line into the machine. And not blowing up your computer speakers on playback, cause you've got the bass to loud.

darkness · Post by **darkness** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:52 pm

bluesgeek wrote:its a bit of a shock at first when you realise how crap your timing is - doesn't take much practice to pull it into line though

yeah and I'm realising how good a POD would be right now

Post by Bg » Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:18 pm

mine might be for sale shortly....

...been looking for a POD XT

darkness · Post by **darkness** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:59 pm

bluesgeek wrote:mine might be for sale shortly....

...been looking for a POD XT

hehe yeah I've been rather interested in them lately.

will be all dependent on price and what money I have available

VillageIdiot · Post by **VillageIdiot** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 1:49 am

Yeah, I would highly recommend an amp modeller for computer recording.

Get the V Amp 2 by Behringer if you want something a bit cheaper- or the POD if you have a bit more cash. My V Amp 2 sounds just fine for my purposes.

Champers · Post by **Champers** » Sat May 22, 2004 3:27 pm

yeah got an amp modeller in my muli fx pedal.

ok brought a computer (athlon 64 3200) and got soundblaster live 5.1 soundcard with a live drive at the front to plug everything into. had heaps of trouble setting it up cause the soundcard didnt support xp and my dual power supply was causing conflicts so had to remove that.
i got cubasis vst in the software bundle but that of course dosnt work on xp so gotta download something else. was thinking cubase sx anybody had any troubles with that or could recomend anything better?

Gelato · Post by **Gelato** » Sat May 22, 2004 11:47 pm

Champers wrote:....was thinking cubase sx anybody had any troubles with that or could recomend anything better?

I'd certainly recommend Cubase SX, it's a great recording program

Post by Bg » Sun May 23, 2004 12:14 am

SX is good - cakewalk is easier to use if a first time user, but cubase is definitely better

Especially if you have racks of synths

darkness · Post by **darkness** » Wed May 26, 2004 12:22 pm

bluesgeek wrote:SX is good - cakewalk is easier to use if a first time user, but cubase is definitely better Especially if you have racks of synths

I've been using Nuendo, and thats pretty easy.

Richy11 · Post by **Richy11** » Wed May 26, 2004 11:05 pm

darkness wrote:
bluesgeek wrote:SX is good - cakewalk is easier to use if a first time user, but cubase is definitely better Especially if you have racks of synths
I've been using Nuendo, and thats pretty easy.

What about Reason, have any of you guys tried that?

Post by Bg » Thu May 27, 2004 12:22 am

I used to mess around with Reason a couple of years or so ago, but got a bit bored with it. Cubase is much more flexible, especially if you have outboard gear and plugins.

Gelato · Post by **Gelato** » Thu May 27, 2004 9:51 am

Richy11 wrote: What about Reason, have any of you guys tried that?

I've used Reason a fair bit to create some trance tracks (but of course I would never admit to that on a guitar message board...

). I also do all my drum loops for guitar based music in Reason because they are so easy to do and sound "real".

Richy11 · Post by **Richy11** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:08 pm

Gelato wrote:
Richy11 wrote: What about Reason, have any of you guys tried that?
I've used Reason a fair bit to create some trance tracks (but of course I would never admit to that on a guitar message board... ). I also do all my drum loops for guitar based music in Reason because they are so easy to do and sound "real".

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