Archive for June, 2010
What’s a good, free, & easy – download sound/music recording software?
June 23rd, 2010 | 
Author: I’ve been trying to record some songs I’ve written as well as some covers & I’ve used Audacity but I don’t think that it’s that good of a program. Does anyone have a better, free, downloadable program suggestion? & if that program has music making options, that’d be wonderful. Thanks [:
You can try http://www.mp3buzz.org
You can download straight from there or you can just listen to the music from there.
No need to download any programs, just download the mp3′s directly from the website!
Check out the video and how easy it is to use
Miley Cyrus And Lil’ Jon Hit Music Studio In Santa Monica
Miley Cyrus And Lil’ Jon Hit music studio In Santa Monica
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Guns N’ Roses – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (San Diego, 88)
It’s not every day you see a recording like this surface. From what I’ve gathered there was no known source to this show in the trading circles. I searched the internet high & low and nothing pertaining to this show turned up.So… here it is !
Guns & Roses in their prime, the boys are playing a pretty tight set and Axl’s voice is strong, singing on all cylinders hitting the highs & the lows this night. At the time this show was recorded, Guns & Roses were showcasing new songs from their “G’nR Lies” album. The master cassette used for the transfer was starting to suffer from “tape oxidation” at the very beginning and at the end of the show-you’ll probably not notice that too much as very best efforts had been made in the digital restoration part of doing this production. You are really going to like this show! There is feed back coming from the speakers every now and then and no noise or hiss reduction was used in this production. Some bass eq to balance was added to this recording, and the reason for that is the taper doesn’t recall where he was standing when he recorded this show, he recalls he was extremely stoned on marijuana and mentioned that it was loud as in that Montezuma Hall at SDSU. This is evident in the recording itself, the band is almost overpowering the taper’s recording
equipment.
The Band: Guns N’ Roses
Venue: Montezuma Hall, SDSU
Location: San Diego, California USA
Date: February 8, 1988
Lineage: Master cassette, cdr, flac, wmv, youtube
Title: Chrystal Meth City
The Taper: The Mad Taper
recording equipment: Sony Cassette recorder,
model unknown
Engineering & mastering: John Atyim
Artwork by: Eric
Label: Let It Rip Productions
Set list:
(79: 53)
1. It’s So Easy
2. Move To The City
3. Mr. Brownstone
4. Out To Get me
5. Sweet Child ‘O Mine
6. I Used To Love Her
7. My Michelle
8. Rocket Queen
9. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
10. Welcome To The Jungle
11. Night Train
12. Patience
13. Paradise City
14. Mama Kin
playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5964D00A40BC0C41&playnext=1
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Home Recording Studio
Here is my home/portable recording studio. It consist of my Apple MacBook, Behringer Studio Monitors B2030A, iControl for Garageband, Roland SPDS Electronic Drum Sampler Controller, M-Audio Axiom 25-Key Keyboard Controller, M-Audio Sustain Pedal, Audio Technica AT2020 Condenser Microphone, Audio Technica Studio Headphones, Presonuse Firewire Interface, and Iomega 500GB External Hard Drive/Hub.
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How to make Home Made Butter
Make home made butter in 10 minutes flat, with a Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer.
Full instructions are on Instructables.com
http://www.instructables.com/id/How_To_Make_Butter_1/
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What do I need for a home music studio? Software, Equipment, etc.?
Looking for what I need to record music at home. I am buildng a studio, but am not sure of what software and other equipment I need to do the actual recording and editing. Please let me know of what all I need to record and create music. Thanks in advance.
i recommend getting an audio interface to connect mics/instruments to your computer. the interface will include the software you need to record and edit. choosing an interface will be based upon how many inputs you want. if you are wanting to record a full band, you will need inputs for all of the instruments and mics. you can also record each instrument individually and mix them together, in that case you wouldn’t need a lot of inputs. these interfaces will run from under a hundred to a few thousand. it depends on the number of inputs and the brand.
once you’ve got that then all you need is a mic. do some research on what mic will fit your situation as you start recording. i like the Rode NT1a which runs about $240. also you can go with the shure sm 57 or sm 58 to get started. i believe those are each around a hundred. the mic is the most important piece of gear you will have in a studio because it captures the sound. if you buy a cheap mic, you will get a cheap sound.
from there you would be pretty much set for basic recording. you can add on from there. studio monitors should probably be your next investment as well as adding a few other mics and maybe some plug-ins for mixing.
check guitarcenter.com sweetwater.com and musiciansfriend.com they will typically offer studio packages which will include a variety of things to get yourself started.
at some point you may also need some sound treating material but you can usually avoid a lot of this with creativity and research on room acoustics.
good luck
WHAT IS THE BEST MUSIC RECORDING SOFTWARE?
ok well my band and myself are looking to do some home recording and we don’t have money to rent a studio so i need to know what kind of computer software for windows will let me recored single instruments and let me put them together with other instruments. thank you for your help
Protools is pretty much industry standard. As far as cost, it’s all going to depend on how many channels you want to record at a time. For rap/hip-hop an mbox2 mini would be perfect. It has a mic and an instrument input. That is all you will need if you are only recording one thing at a time. That will cost from $2-300 and comes with protools. I also saw a package deal for that as well as a mic, stand, monitors, and cable for $400 which is a killer deal. I believe that was on musiciansfriend.com. The prices will go up from there as you add channels. You may want 4 inputs, or 8. This will cost you more. But should be able to find a decent interface that comes with good software cheaper than the above prices. Those come with protools. The other Interfaces would come with different software. Not as good, but will do the job. The beefit of protools is that most studios in the country will have it. So later on down the road you can go to a professional to have it mixed or mastered without much of a hassle. I believe I’ve even seen a small interface at Best Buy that was fairly cheap, and would get you started. Don’t forget a mic. And when it comes to mics, the cheaper they are, the shittier they are. If you pay less than $100 don’t expect it to sound great.
What is a good digital recording device for playing piano?
that is in the $100-$200 range.. My best friend is a pianist and he needs a better recording device so he can record songs and put them on a cd. I’m thinking of getting him one for his 19th birthday. =)
If he could use a keyboard set up to sound like a piano, it would be possible to download or buy some reasonable recording software either cheaply or for free, and all that would be needed on top is the cables to connect it to the computer. Or you can buy studio time relatively cheaply instead, and in that case it would be easy to record the actual piano live.
What equipment, software, etc. do I need for music studio?
Looking for what I need to record music at home. I am buildng a studio, but am not sure of what software and other equipment I need to do the actual recording and editing. Please let me know of what all I need to record and create music. Thanks in advance.
it really depends on what you want to record. if you just want to record vocals you can get away with downloading a copy of audacity and buying a USB mic. that is about as simple as it can be to get started.
for more advanced recording you can get an interface. the interface is responsible for connecting instruments and microphones to your computer. the interface also will contain software for recording and mixing. some may also come with virtual instruments in order to create music, or you may have to buy that seperatly. when choosing an interface you will need to look at how much multi-tracking you plan on doing. multi-tracking meaning recording multiple tracks at the same time. for instance if you want to record a band with a vocalist, bassist, guitarist and keyboard all together you would want enough inputs to be able to do that. 4 would be the minimum in this case. however, on the same project you could use an interface with only 1 input and you could record everything individually and then mix them together. it all depends on you and what you plan on recording. when it comes to tracking drums, i want no less than 4 inputs alone for drums, i’d actually like more around 8 but could make 4 work. if you plan on recording drums i don’t suggest using one mic in the middle of the room unless that mic is a Blue Bottle or some other high end mic.
another thing to think about when looking at interfaces is the software that comes with it. the Mbox series comes with protools which is pretty much industry standard for recording. you also will pay another hundred or two for an interface that comes with protools. at the end of the day, all of the recording software will be pretty much the same with a few different bells and whistles here and there.
once that is decided you need mics. again this will depend on what you want to record. i don’t suggest going and getting crappy mics to save money because at the end of the day it will produce crappy sound. a good collection of mics will boost the sound of your recordings. for guitars and such i would recommend an SM 57. it’s a standard mic at almost all if not all studios. it’s really versatile in a studio and having a few of them for drums and guitars is good. they’re also fairly cheap in the grand scheme of mics at around $100. for vocals on the cheap end i’d get an SM 58 which has been a staple in studios and live shows for a long time, again around $100. I personally recommend everyone the Rode NT1a. I’ve heard it on a variety of applications and it has never let me down. it sells for around $240. for drums you may look into getting a drum mic package deal from guitarcenter.com. i really like the yamaha sub-kick on the kick drum, it retails around $5-600 i think. the mic captures the sound, so don’t be cheap here.
you can find on sweetwater.com guitarcenter.com or musiciansfriend.com and find studio package deals. some include just an interface and mic, some include that plus monitors and mixers, some include computers as well. you can find some good deals to get everything you need to get started in one purchase. it may be something to check out.
those are the basics, you can always add more and more to get bigger and better sound.
Recording Studio at home?
Okay. So i’m a musician. I wanted to add a couple guitar/vocal covers. I am running off a MacBook Pro 5. So please let me know of things i may need to start building a small studio. possibly to post things on youtube. I want crisp sound as well.
The basics needed for a home studio are:
1) A mic&mic stand, and mic cable to record vocals and instruments with
2) Maybe a midi keyboard for synthesizer sounds
3) An audio interface to connect the mic(s) to your
4) Computer. Either a laptop or a desktop.
5) Software to capture (record) and mix the sound
6) Good speakers and or headphones to listen to you masterpieces
There is a wide range of quality of all of the above. Microphones can cost less than $100 to $15,000 for a professional tube mic. (A Shure SM58 is a good inexpensive vocal mic. And the Audio-Technica AT4040 is really good @ $300) The same price range is true with the interfaces, which converts the sound of the mic to digital information which gets recorded onto your hard drive. To get started, Digidesign, the makers of Pro Tools, offers a few choices like the Mbox (it comes with an interface and the software) and the M-Audio software (which is pro tools software that can use most manufacturers interfaces). There are many others that can be found on retailer’s websites, like sweetwater.com or musicians friend. Audacity is free recording and editing software. An extra might be a mixing board to use in between the mic and the interface, so you can adjust the sound of the mic a bit before recording it. Add extra mics/cables if you are going to record more than one instrument/voice at the same time.