Heya all!

Just wanted to know how any of you go about recording guitar tunes/music! In the News section, I heard Atheon made a CD of different members performing covers for their favourite YUI songs...

Do you have all the fancy gadgets and microphones?
What computer programs do you use to link the files together?
Is it simply a webcam microphone? :what

What if we all did a collaboration, e.g. performing different parts (i.e. guitar, bass, drums, singing, etc.) of a song and linking it together using a mixer program or something? :clap

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That will be soooooo cool.
The challengingpart will be keeping the same tempo for every part.
Unless we all have a reference track or something like that.
I'm talking rubbish lol.

Not if we collaborate with a drummer... Or keep to the same tempo using a metronome! :P
We could have tons of "~YUI LOVER Version~" or something...
Plus, it's like an international variation, seeing that we all come from different parts of the world!

:good

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I use a software called PodProducer to record audio. A friend sent it to me when he wanted e to play a guitar part for him lol.

I've heard of a few nice PC packages that allow for pro-quality style recording without the 'hoo-hah' of all the crazy technical stuff involved in recording studios!!
Musician's Friend has a few good ones.
Still waiting to get back home to try out some free software to see if it's any good.

Have you checked out the First YUI-Lover Collaboration?
http://yui-lover.com/index.php?showtopic=2490

They did something like what I'm suggesting... But a whole 'CD' on different members' covers of her songs!! It's quite a piece... Check it out!
Some of the songs sound like they were recorded pretty well... I'm wondering what they were using to record... :weirdpc

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JK

Yeah I know about the CD they did. They're gonna send it to YUI soon.

Adobe Audition seems like a good software... But gotta pay.. darn it..

Checked out Adobe Audition...
Looks amazing but, at the same time, awfully complicated!

I also checked out the Lexicon Omega Desktop Recording Studio... That, coupled with Pro Track Plus apparently works well! Unfortunately, still gotta pay... :'(
The ultimate solution is to go for Cakewalk's Sonar Power Studio. It comes with a nifty piece of hardware which helps you do everything (i.e. it acts as the major input/output box). The program takes some time to get used to, but I'm interested in the fact that reviews say that even beginners can use it with ease!

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JK

i used to use sonar and cooledit. but cooledit is called adobe audition now. so im using that. i agree thats at first its quite difficult to use but after a few weeks, i got used to it so yea. quite a good program imo. straightforward when you're editting.

OOOO did you pay for Adobe Audition?
Yeah I was looking for CoolEdit and found out now it's called Adobe Audition.

NOOOO... THE $$$$$... It PAINS... :please

Zenaku...
How was your experience with Sonar?
Is it as good as I've heard?... Should I bother spending the $$$ on it? XD

Oh and... Does any of you use a mixer? XD
Is it actually useful?...
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JK

yep i bought it in hk. so it was quite cheap. i don't use sonar anymore. they have sonar 5 or 6 now i think. imo, the quality of sonar recordings are better but audition is better with multitracking and edits. either one is better than programs like cubase etc. im currently using audition and i like it cuz its easier to multitrack and edit tracks.

AHH!! Where'd you get it in HK??
I need to know a place, since I'm here for my holidays at the moment!

What's with the 'multi-tracking' thing?
Sonar seems to be able to utilise more than one track too...
I think so anyway...
Plus, it comes with the hook-up hardware, which I kinda need as I don't have any other basic equipment besides my guitar and a digitech GNX3... :S
I'll need a mic and proper headphones too... :'(

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I believe a few of them used the freeware called Audicity. I used it before to record my guitar playing with a crappy Logitech headset, haha.

I've used Garageband too because it came with my Powerbook G4 laptop. It's not professional, but it still works well.

:)

WOOHOO... Freeware...!!

But then they might not cope with the kinds of stuff I want to play around with... i.e. they are really basic and have no room for allowing me to develop more complex stuff... XD

Perks still go to Sonar because of it's hardware...
I NEED the hardware... I'm definetely not going to be going anywhere without the hardware...
But I won't be going anywhere without the software either... =O
Jeez... I'm composing lyrics with using ware and where... NOOOoooo... :please

Hmmm....
Nothing's looking to bright, [A2]
In the day or night, [E]
Tryin' to record a song, [D]
But thing's are going wrong (wrong wrong...) [A]

Why can't the forum members, [A2]
Tell me how to play it out, [E]
Is it really a big secret, [x00245, i.e. D5]
The songs they sang to the crowd... [A]

Bridge
tsunvun and natalie and [x06600 to x09900]
Zenaku have been trying to give me a way [x06600 to x09900 to E]
But there's so many programs [D5 to x00230, i.e. Dsus2]
That I could choose to take [D5 to Dsus2 to A2 to B]

Chorus...
Findin' the hardware, findin' the software, [A2]
How long's it gonna take? [E]
Should I be trying? Will I be getting there? [D... D5]
To the song I want to make... [A]

Okay... That didn't just happen... Everyone has to promise to ignore that rather silly composition... =.="
That was the first time I actually managed to put chords to something... OMG...
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JK

i got my audition in ocean terminal / gateway in tst. been awhile so they should have updated ones. all of these softwares have multitracking i would think, just that with AA, its easier. they also have this thing where if your whole band records, it can separate each instrument but doesnt work all the time. and with sonar, it has better recordings and its pretty simple to use. with just a mic and guitar, sonar is better i think cuz the output is better.

Cool!
Thx for the suggestion, Zenaku... I was leaning more towards Sonar anyway, ever since I read about a review of Adobe Audition which suggested that it wasn't as good as expected (at least for my n00b-ish mind at Digitial Audio Workstations).
I'll be recording alone, so it shouldn't be too taxing for the program... XD

I wonder what the pros use for the band recordings... Cakewalk claims that a few artists/composers use their software a lot... :S

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I use the ancient Cool Edit Pro 2.0 and have since ... 2001?, a Labtec Verse 704 (USB microphones are completely awesome and sometimes even better than admittedly cheap "real" mics). It works well for what I do. If I didn't have such a noisy laptop fan... and even though I do, peope sometimes think I have studio quality in my recordings. The secret is noise reducing correctly and recording at the right volume.

I also have an adapter for my keyboard, to adapt the stereo 1/4" input to the mic port 1/8".

I am planning to get a firewire interface along with the Macbook I'm going to get in August, though.

cool.. i'm gonna try audacity out <- freeware LOL.

i'm currently using my Creative Zen mp3 player for basic recording. noobish lol

I'm eventually planning to move to using Cakewalk Sonar 7... The program may take some time to get used to... But once the basics are down, it looks like something with a lot of potential.
Will probably hook in my guitar and vocals using the MoTu Ultralite... An amazing module that's within my budget while having some 'oomph' to it...
Drum-wise... Could use EZ-Drummer to create the beats... No way am I going to afford a drum kit or anything close to the number of microphones needed for that... XD

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