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cheap home recording
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:07 pm
by goosekevin
i know this has probably been asked a million times before
but im looking for something to record with at home, just to get ideas down and enhance my creativity, forcing myself to do things with ideas
i have a laptop that should be able to run recording software
what CHEAP software and interface is best for this? quality isnt a huge concern but would be nice, will only have access to guitars and bass, maybe vocals through the computer mic? so maybe some sort of drum machine software would be good?
total beginner at this stuff so please help!
thanks
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:52 pm
by Decibill
Mac or PC....?
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:05 pm
by goosekevin
pc! sorry, should have specified
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:44 am
by Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.
get a cheap interface or a used one of an older model from a reputuable company.
m-audio, motu, rme, focusrite, etc etc.
theres really a shit ton of options out there... u can get an interface for like $20 these days.
torrent that software or use audacity or something similar that is free.
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:34 pm
by bob the r0bot
1. One o' deez
2. Get that Reaper share-ware
3. find an amp modeler you like and
pirate acquire it
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:37 pm
by Achtane
bob the r0bot wrote:1. One o' deez
2. Get that Reaper share-ware
3. find an amp modeler you like and
pirate acquire it
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:28 pm
by Decibill
A lot of interfaces these days come bundled with "LE" or light versions of DAW software. For example the Lexicon Alpha comes with Cubase LE....Dig around and then we can help with narrowing things down.
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:31 pm
by backwardsvoyager
Achtane wrote:bob the r0bot wrote:1. One o' deez
2. Get that Reaper share-ware
3. find an amp modeler you like and
pirate acquire it
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:21 pm
by goosekevin
Excellent! Thanks for the responses dudes
So presonus is the way to go? Might try and pick one up used
When I gave recorded stuff with people in my band, there's always been a weird delay between hearing playing the note and hearing it back as you're recording, is that inherent with cheap recording?
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:32 pm
by bob the r0bot
That's a common problem with cheap recording, but it's not intrinsic. The Audiobox is optimized to work over USB, so it has pretty low latency off the bat, and what little there is can easy be dealt with by upgrading your audio drivers to ASIO 4 all (
http://www.asio4all.com/) and fiddling with some settings. My computer has the processing power of two GE toasters and I have absolutely no problems with latency. The Audiobox also has the option to blend between a direct signal and the signal coming from the DAW in the headphones so, if you're laying down a solo guitar track and don't need to hear anything else, you have the option of zero latency monitoring from the unit.
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:24 pm
by Decibill
The interface you choose isn't the only determining factor in the amount of latency you have. It will depend a lot on how you set up your projects. The buffer settings in the DAW will have a huge effect on this, as well as how big your projects are and the number of plugins being used. Keep your work flow clean and you should have no problem.
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:56 am
by backwardsvoyager
Decibill wrote:The interface you choose isn't the only determining factor in the amount of latency you have. It will depend a lot on how you set up your projects. The buffer settings in the DAW will have a huge effect on this, as well as how big your projects are and the number of plugins being used. Keep your work flow clean and you should have no problem.
All true. I still run a shitty line 6 interface at home but after installing the ASIO 4 all drivers and setting ableton up correctly i never had any problems.
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:15 am
by Achtane
ASIO 4 all is the best. Instant latency killer.
I'm currently running a Sega Genesis sound chip emulator and Vocaloid into Amplitube at the same time.
This is what I was born to do.
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:17 am
by Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.
Achtane wrote:Sega Genesis sound chip emulator
wish they made one for mac
Re: cheap home recording
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:38 am
by Achtane
Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D. wrote:Achtane wrote:Sega Genesis sound chip emulator
wish they made one for mac
The FMDrive dude said he's working on a Mac version, but who knows