Home Recording ?

Tommy R. Butler · Post by **Tommy R. Butler** » 15 Mar 2006 9:10 pm

OK here it goes. I am thinking of jumping on the home recording wagon. I was wondering if I should buy one of the band in the boxs that Billy Cooper sells and a recorder or... something like the boss recorder with the built in cd burner that can do the rythm tracks. All this is new to me. I want something thats easy to use but is quality eqipment. I have always just went in the studio and someone else did all the work. Just need a push in the right direction.

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 16 Mar 2006 2:05 am

One thing to bear in mind is that when you start recording onto hard disks, whether it's inside your computer or a stand-alone unit, you can easily loop and copy your own tracks. You can record one measure in C, one in F, and one in G, then reassemble them any way you want - CCFF CCCC GGGG CGFC for example. I find it more fun to make my own backing tracks these days, though I still use a drum machine.

Bob Martin · Post by **Bob Martin** » 16 Mar 2006 5:00 am

Hi Tommy, a lot of it depends on what you want to do in your studio. If you just want to make good average backing tracks you could get by with a computer and Band In A Box and your computer.

If you want to make high quality songs for other flks to listen to you might want to invest a little more money and got with a stand alone digital recorder like boss.

That being said you can do both with either format but if you want to try to get high quality demos out of Band In A Box you might want to add a couple of other programs like an external sound module of some sort either hardware or even software.

If you go with a stand alone recorder like boss you will have to work a little harder to make your rhythm tracks but boss's machine is very capable of making high quality backing tracks with bass and drums and then you would need to supply the rest of the band.

I live here in town Tommy and if you ever want to stop by and see my little setup and get some ideas your more than welcome just send me an email and we'll get together some day.

Bob

Dave Zielinski · Post by **Dave Zielinski** » 16 Mar 2006 9:13 am

I got into this a few years ago...

Obviously you already have a computer, or at least access to one.

Heres what I used:

My home PC which I already had
24bit sound card ($150)
12 channel Yamaha mixing board ($200)
N-Track studio recording software ($60)

This allows for mixing up to 176 tracks. If you get a sound card with multiple inputs you can do multirack recording.

mics and cables.

N-track is VERY easy to use and has lots of great effects.

it think their site is www.ntrack.com

My band uses this setup to record stuff. I have a couple mp3 or some swing stuff on our site. www.706union.com

no steel on there yet, but later this week.

Have fun!