Anybody do any home recording?
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Anybody do any home recording?
I used to do a bit a few years ago on tape, but gave up when my recorder ceased to work and I ran out of space at home to do it. But now I'm looking into getting a digital portastudio - has anybody got any experience with these? I want to use it to record a few songs with my lad, make some home-done CDs, etc.
I'm looking at the Boss BR-800 8-track digital recording studio for about £350 at the moment as I'm not intending to make a career out of it! The 12 and 16 track versions seem to be about £750-1000.
I'm looking at the Boss BR-800 8-track digital recording studio for about £350 at the moment as I'm not intending to make a career out of it! The 12 and 16 track versions seem to be about £750-1000.
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That's what I thought - you get a hell of a lot for your money, these days. I toyed with the idea of a PC-based system, but I can't use the house computer, I don't want to buy a laptop and STILL have to buy a recording interface and software, and the fact that I can take it anywhere just about seals the deal.
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used to have really good results with this unit when we used to record as a band, can be had quite cheap too. you will need a decent-ish laptop / pc though.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hercules-16-12...item2a0d53d199
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hercules-16-12...item2a0d53d199
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Good box actually.
I'm currently trialling a BOSS BR600 - used it last night for a band practice. Surprisingly good results.
USB implementation is a bit rubbish though - but coming from BOSS/Roland, that's not to much of a shock!!
Easy to use, FX, drum patterns etc.
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I'm currently trialling a BOSS BR600 - used it last night for a band practice. Surprisingly good results.
USB implementation is a bit rubbish though - but coming from BOSS/Roland, that's not to much of a shock!!
Easy to use, FX, drum patterns etc.
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Good box actually.
I'm currently trialling a BOSS BR600 - used it last night for a band practice. Surprisingly good results.
USB implementation is a bit rubbish though - but coming from BOSS/Roland, that's not to much of a shock!!
Easy to use, FX, drum patterns etc.
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I'm currently trialling a BOSS BR600 - used it last night for a band practice. Surprisingly good results.
USB implementation is a bit rubbish though - but coming from BOSS/Roland, that's not to much of a shock!!
Easy to use, FX, drum patterns etc.
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Chucked a load of stuff into Logic this morning. Tbh, didn't get as far as multi-track, as the recordings I did last night were only stereo.
Will have a play tomorrow (got some backing vocals to chop up and stick in a sampler for my live set!)
However, under USB, you should have a folder with all the files ready to copy/paste over to your PC DAW....... in theory.... we'll see later on!
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Chucked a load of stuff into Logic this morning. Tbh, didn't get as far as multi-track, as the recordings I did last night were only stereo.
Will have a play tomorrow (got some backing vocals to chop up and stick in a sampler for my live set!)
However, under USB, you should have a folder with all the files ready to copy/paste over to your PC DAW....... in theory.... we'll see later on!
Dan
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Bought one.
(Or, as they say in General, brought one )
Been reading through the manual and nearly had a dicky fit because there appeared to be no facility for bouncing or collapsing several tracks to a single track. On a small recorder this is essential and the unit nearly got catapulted straight back to the supplier!
A minute's search on Google, however, sorted it out. It's not clear in the manual, but that function's been moved to a different mode, so all's well in the Po camp.
(Or, as they say in General, brought one )
Been reading through the manual and nearly had a dicky fit because there appeared to be no facility for bouncing or collapsing several tracks to a single track. On a small recorder this is essential and the unit nearly got catapulted straight back to the supplier!
A minute's search on Google, however, sorted it out. It's not clear in the manual, but that function's been moved to a different mode, so all's well in the Po camp.
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I go away for 4 years, (sort of) come back and we are still on the unnecessar'y apostroph'y? (but teh (did that to annoy Tel) ambiance is different.)Bubba - That looks like a serious piece of kit just to play with. You sure you aren't trying to make Junior into the rockstar you always dreamed you would be?
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Here you go - the first thing I've recorded on the new device.
It's a bit of an obscure song, the original being recorded in 1978 by the Only Ones. My 12-year-old lad's playing the drums on it.
http://fastfreefilehosting.com/file/...08-06-wav.html
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BIt late now but if you've any spare PCI slots in your computer you can fill them with low latency stereo soundcards, each one adds 2 input channels (it works) in software such as adobe audition so potentially an 8 track for as little as £50 or if you've only the two slots and £300ish a couple of M-Audio Delta 1010 LT's would be nice
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BIt late now but if you've any spare PCI slots in your computer you can fill them with low latency stereo soundcards, each one adds 2 input channels (it works) in software such as adobe audition so potentially an 8 track for as little as £50 or if you've only the two slots and £300ish a couple of M-Audio Delta 1010 LT's would be nice
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don't need a fast pc for home recording, £50 or less ad mag special would be more than enough, you'd be amazed at what people almost/actually give away, friend of mine got a dual core liquid cooled monster £15 from the man at his local tip! just need hard drive space and lots of low latency inputs hence the multiple soundcard thing, just a thought anyway, the boss things are easy to use and give good results so have many fans have fun
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