Recording Equipment Suggestions

[Lord of Delusions]

Step one of my master plan (insert maniacal laughter) has been completed. My sis-in-law has finally moved out and now I have my own room to do as I wish! My God, do I have alot of crap! I emptied out my bedroom closet, laundry room cabinets, and bathroom closet and filled up the entire room!

Step two is getting some kind of recording equipment. I would like to go midi, but my budget won't allow it just yet. Does anyone have experience with some of the 4 track machines out there, and if so, what is your opinion of them? I just want something simple to lay down some guitar tracks on. :Spin:

Step three: World Domination! Anyone with a thermonuclear device for sale or trade, please pm me!

 

[Jeff Milne]

maybe some kind of hard drive recorder

 

[ROTLD]

If you're just looking for something to lay down guitar tracks I wouldn't even bother with MIDI, that is unless you're familiar with it and comfortable using it. As far as 4 tracks, I have an old Yamaha MT120 that I ran into the ground. That thing lasted forever, actually it still works.

Now I'm using Pro Tools software through a Digi002 rack linked up to my PC. This thing is endless in what it can do. Here's a link if you want to check out some of their stuff - http://www.digidesign.com/

 

[cycosuicide]

Dude, there is a ton of shit out there. It all depends on your budget, what you wanna do besides lay down guitar tracks.....blah blah.

There are 4 track cassette recorders (from Tascam), there are 4-track digital recorders from lotsa different vendors. And you can buy software to record into your computer.

My suggestion is to go to sites like www.harmony-central.com, and educate yourself on what the different formats have to offer.

I personally record my guitar ideas on my tiny MP3 player and then upload into my computer and save it there. For recording multiple tracks I switch between Pro-tools Free and my 8-trk harddrive recorder. The only reason I don't use Pro-Tools too often is becuz my computer sucks donkey schlong so playback is sometimes jacked up and not to mention that Pro-Tools Free will occassionally crash my puter. Oh well.

Good luck. Again, educate yourself on the different formats to see what works best for you.

 

[Snausages]

For my money, my PC and Cakewalk Guitar Tracks 2.0 (even comes with a drum simulator, and it's rather good too!) and my Digitech GNX2. The cabinet emulators in the Digitech are very good, my recordings (after a bit of trial and error) come out soundinglike I was in a studio. CWGT2 was only $40 at Best Buy, and that was 2 years ago. Good luck in you musical quests...

 

[Lord of Delusions]

Thanks for the info! I was actually thinking about the 4 track tape as my recorder of choice, but I like the MP3 player idea. Kinda the best of both worlds. I need something I can haul around with me. Thanks again!

 

[ROTLD]

I personally record my guitar ideas on my tiny MP3 player and then upload into my computer and save it there.

What type of mp3 player do you use? I've been meaning to pick one of those up.

 

[Snausages]

Thanks for the info! I was actually thinking about the 4 track tape as my recorder of choice, but I like the MP3 player idea. Kinda the best of both worlds. I need something I can haul around with me. Thanks again!

A 4 track is best for transportability, but for the really good recordings I still recomend recording into your computer, you can layer as much as you wanna without losing sound quality.

 

[Snausages]

You don't have to worry about a virus being uploaded into your stand alone multitrack like with your computer if it's connected to the net, though.

Absolutely, I got a virus that turned all my music into Bee Gees backing tracks. I had a killer version of "Stayin Alive"...

 

[Lord of Delusions]

Absolutely, I got a virus that turned all my music into Bee Gees backing tracks. I had a killer version of "Stayin Alive"...

Jeez, I should be so lucky. The virus I got made all my desktop icons look like the Spice Girls' severed heads!