The Guide to Home Audio Recording

And keep in mind that Google is your friend! :)

List of required items:

An external sound card. (For example: M-Audio Fast Track USB)
A DAW (Digital Audio Workstation. For example: Logic, Pro Tools, FL Studio etc)
Your instrument, as well as any cables required.


Other useful items:
Monitors/speakers, headphones (closed)
A pop-shield (for vocals)

Learning your DAW, getting used to using VST instruments and effects is the key to producing a good product.

Good luck.

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[ATNicolini]

I'm becoming crazy to record my acoustic guitar with FAST TRACK USB; I guess I need a DI Box, right?

[Blixish]

@ATNicolini Huh? You can't DI an acoustic - it doesn't have a jack output. oO

A good mic and a Fast Track USB works fine to be honest. Get a good condenser mic, and you should be okay.

[ATNicolini]

@Blixish My acoustic has a jack output (sgt ibanez 130e). When I plug into the fast track (old model) I get a lot of noise and the signal is very very low. I do not know why :-(

[Blixish]

@ATNicolini Then it's a semi-acoustic - and it should still be recorded with a microphone setup. (For the sake of quality.)

[ATNicolini]

@Blixish So, I have to use the plug XLR and guitar one, right?

[Blixish]

@ATNicolini I would use XLR only, and a good mic.

[MarauderGrind]

@Blixish thanks for the response! what can u do to edit vocals apart from add reverb and adjust volumes? cause thats all i do lool i dont know what else to do , for them to sound more profesional

[Blixish]

@MarauderGrind The recording quality will pretty much be the same (if you can get Audacity to work with your external sound card). The mix however, will not.

[MarauderGrind]

@Blixish hey blix, if i use audacity will it be different quallity than if i use fl stuido? or its the same.. sorry for stupid questions xD

[dabest70]

@wafflewoffle my drummer has a huge 11pc kit (thats not including cymbals) just 5 toms, 2 floor toms,2 kicks, 2 snares, and we used an audix fusion 7pc drum mic set, into a behringer 32 channel mixer and from mixer to a Presonus Inspire that runs firewire into the computer. recorded using Reaper as our Daw and we tracked all instruments and that worked great! you could use 3 mics and a smaller mixer and some kind of m-audio with usb if you dont have firewire. if u have firewire presonus 4 sure