Finally bought a USB interface (my old Zoom MRS1044 recorder died & I had no choice.)

Phantasmagoria

Phantasmagoria

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Finally bought a USB interface (my old Zoom MRS1044 recorder died & I had no choice.)

Yeah, the Zoom won't boot up. I get a "sys file error' message & some funky noises from the hard drive ...so I'm giving the comp recording thing a go..

It's a Behringer UMC202HD (2 inputs) spec'd identical to the Scarlett 2i2 (but $70 vs $200+ for the Scarlett here..)

Hooked it up yesterday...downloaded Reaper (also got a free d/l ticket for a DAW called 'Tracktion 7' bundled with the interface) but I had to wait for Behringer support to send me the d/l link, so I got Reaper meanwhile. I'm going to see which one is easier to get things done with lol..

My 1st recording attempt (DI'd from my AMT Stonehead's cab sim output) with Reaper:



Nothing fancy..just messing around sloppily while I fiddled with levels etc..but it does seem crystal clear and way beyond what my loop pedal/handheld recorder & old Zoom MRS1044 standalone recorder were capable of. Nice and smooth not harsh/grainy like the Zooms pre's tended to be..

While I was able to record this single track pretty quick, I'm totally at sea about proceeding further lol..need to figure out how to lay down drum tracks, use the fx, pan stuff, edit , etc...

But yeah..I'm glad I finally took the plunge..it's a lot less intimidating than I thought it would be. :bigthumb:
 
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Re: Finally bought a USB interface (my old Zoom MRS1044 recorder died & I had no choi

Cool beans!
 
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Re: Finally bought a USB interface (my old Zoom MRS1044 recorder died & I had no choi

sounds good to me - figure out how to engage the metronome, then double up the rhythms and pan each hard L and R. should sound huge with that tone.

free drums: http://www.powerdrumkit.com/
 
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PGore, that is awesome man, your licks are razor sharp and precise.Very Articulate , no sloppy playing -real articulate No wasted effort! You must practice a lot, you keep getting even better.
 
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Re: Finally bought a USB interface (my old Zoom MRS1044 recorder died & I had no choi

haha don't know about that...it was just me farting around and sounded like it :laugh2:

Anyways...Thanks dudes!

@ Dankstar, yeah I will give double-tracking & panning a go & thanks for the link to that free drum software! Sounds pretty sweet.. I've only ever used basic drum machines or my loop pedal's onboard drums, but I will see if I can wrap my brain around that and get something there to work :laugh2:
 
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Re: Finally bought a USB interface (my old Zoom MRS1044 recorder died & I had no choi

Glad you got an interface. Tone's already sound better. In all honesty though I would go get a couple free cab simulators and use those inside the DAW.
 
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Re: Finally bought a USB interface (my old Zoom MRS1044 recorder died & I had no choi

Phantasmagoria said:
haha don't know about that...it was just me farting around and sounded like it :laugh2:

Anyways...Thanks dudes!

@ Dankstar, yeah I will give double-tracking & panning a go & thanks for the link to that free drum software! Sounds pretty sweet.. I've only ever used basic drum machines or my loop pedal's onboard drums, but I will see if I can wrap my brain around that and get something there to work :laugh2:
Click to expand...

Also, if you can write some riffs to a click that's simple, I could put (virtual/VST) drums to it, as long as the structure is also simple (4/4, same tempo through song, etc.).
 
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Re: Finally bought a USB interface (my old Zoom MRS1044 recorder died & I had no choi

Sweet..thanks! Yeah, I could give that a go...have'nt messed much with it the last couple of days tbh. I did get the click to work but could'nt change the tempo..
 
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Re: Finally bought a USB interface (my old Zoom MRS1044 recorder died & I had no choi

Phantasmagoria said:
Sweet..thanks! Yeah, I could give that a go...have'nt messed much with it the last couple of days tbh. I did get the click to work but could'nt change the tempo..
Click to expand...

In Reaper? Just double click under BPM at put in the value you want.
 
Re: Finally bought a USB interface (my old Zoom MRS1044 recorder died & I had no choi

Re: Finally bought a USB interface (my old Zoom MRS1044 recorder died & I had no choi

Hey, thanks for that..:D

Unfortunately I have'nt actually touched things for a while since I got my new amp (..been messing around with that all day long haha) I'll maybe try and record something with it soon though..
 
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