Home Recording Help

[Forbes]

Hi guys,

I want to start recording at home onto my computer, i want to be able to record guitar, bass, vocals and program drums, as well as sticking some samples in and some keyboard stuff. I'm pretty much totally new at this apart from messing about for a short while on someone elses Cubase, and using my guitarport into my computer.

What do i need? How much to spend? and Where to get it all from?

I'm hoping to do a one man punk band thing, like Bomb the music industry or Atom and his package, putting backing tracks through a PA and playing live guitar and live vocals over the top.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVBUkVCzvsk

That sorta thing, but with a hell of a lot less geekyness lol.

I guess i just got fed up of relying on other people to make music with.:banghead:

Cheers in advance guys.

 

[Rich_T]

Re: Home Recording Help

I use an M-Box, which comes with a stripped down pro tools, a stripped down reason (good for drum programming) and some other stuff. I think ableton live might be included there too, which is a useful sequencer for live use. That package goes for about £250 I think.

You can plug either staight into the MBox and use some modelling software, or mic up your guitar amp with something like an SM57, which is what I do. I can get you the full version of Reason if you wanted that too. I think I have some good software synthesisers if you wanted them.

 

[Forbes]

Re: Home Recording Help

Yeah Mic the amp is what i want, i can use an sm57 fine for vocals too can't i? How stripped down is it? There's a whole bunch of stuff i'll probably never touch on it anyway, as long as nothing major missing. This Mbox sounds interesting i'll look into it.

 

[Rich_T]

Re: Home Recording Help

It does everything I want it to do, i've recorded the whole band into it, sounds pretty decent. I recorded the vocals with a 57 last time we recorded, sounded much better than I had expected.

 

[these_go211]

Re: Home Recording Help

a big second on the mbox protools le idea. i used that setup for a few years when i was first getting started out. it's a great value for what you're getting: hardware, protools software, and it always comes with a bunch of other software goodies like full programs and plug-ins. for the really budget conscious there is now a mini mbox which is cheaper than the standard one.

i'd say the only downside in going this route is that it ties you completely to protools. like, you can't use the mobox to interface with other software programs. maybe there are hacks but protools is very proprietary. but it probably isn't a big deal in your situation.

 

[MesaDCLP]

Re: Home Recording Help

http://www.academicsuperstore.com/market/marketdisp.html?PartNo=753345&sourcecode=s10142&promocode=se01Z2

Less than $350 for 2 track hardware and Sonar 5.

... and ... Oops!

This will definately get you started, because it includes the hardware and software. The hardware is created by Edirol/Roland, and should work with any sofware that you use if you decide Sonar isn't good enough. IMHO, Sonar is great.