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Topic: Multitrack recording
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cosmo
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posted 12-25-2000 01:45 PM
I want to record my own music on my computer by using "multitrack recording". I need to record myself playing guitar (for example) on one track, and then record again on another track while at the same time listening to the first track. You know, like they do in "real" musicstudios.
Will a "Soundblaster Live! Platinum" do that for me? I've read it has "full duplex". Is that what I'm talking about: being able to record and playback different tracks at the same time?
What software is good (and easy) to use for my purpose? |
Prism
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posted 12-25-2000 02:01 PM
It'll work fine if it's full duplex. I have a Sound Blaster PCI128 and I can do that. (I don't really need to, because I have a multitrack mixer/recorder by Tascam) ...But I tried doing a little multitracking on my PC once using Sound Forge and it works fine. Just remember, you wanna record each part seperately and keep them seperate until it's time to snychronize them and mix down to two tracks. Otherwise, if you mess up, there'll be no fixing it.
Here's what to do:
When recording, make sure the only recording input selected is the source you're recording from (most likely aux/line/mic) ... Then you can play back one WAV while playing another part. If you wanna do some real kick-butt guitar stuff, there's a nifty thing you can do that's called double tracking.
What you do is, record yourself playing one part of a song, pan it to the left channel, then record yourself playing the same part again and pan it to the right. Now you've got a really cool stereo effect. Also make sure you record with plenty of space at the beginning of each take so you'll have time to get ready to start playing & recording the next part. If you got anymore questions, I'd love to help out. Music & Audio is my thing! Isaiah ------------------
Isaiah, "Sound Guy" Eyre
www.iEyre.com |
cosmo
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posted 12-25-2000 05:48 PM
Thank yoou very much Isaiah! I also have a SBPCI128, but I didn't know it could do this. Know I just have to sit down and figure out how to do this within the prog....
Thanks again! |
cosmo
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posted 12-26-2000 01:25 PM
How many track will my computer be able to handle simultaniously? How many tracks can be played back while recording a new one?
My Computer: P3 500MHz, 128RAM, Soundblaster PCI128, 7200rpm disks. |
Prism
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posted 12-26-2000 03:01 PM
You can record a maximum of 2 tracks at the same time. (Seeing as you also have only 2 channels of input, otherwise known as stereo.  )
Your computer should be able to play back more than 2 tracks at once, but there aren't many software applications which seem to allow that kind of thing. There should be some way of mixing down to 2 tracks if you need to. I have an older program called Sound Impression, and it has 16 tracks and it lets you mix down to 2 tracks. The hard part is matching up all the WAVs to go together. There are probably some better programs for doing this...but I wouldn't know what they're called. I wanna say GoldWave, but I'm not sure.Isaiah ------------------
Isaiah, "Sound Guy" Eyre
www.iEyre.com | |
