siday
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Hi everyone,
I want to record my band playing live, using my PC. My question is, how can I record the drums, bass and guitar (I will put vocals down later) onto different tracks within my Cakewalk software? How do I end up with the instruments on different tracks when recording them simultaenously? Surely if I record them all at once they will end up on a pair of tracks (L & R)
Am I being thick?
Help much appreciated, if there's any hardware/software I need
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Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:38 am |
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conquistadore
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Hello siday, welcome to the ACF!
If you want to record multiple tracks you would need a sound interface (a sound card) that would let you miltiple sources on your software - Cakewalk Pro.
You would have to invest in a sound card that would let you record this many sources simultaneously. So you would need a minimum of 2 or 3 inputs for the drums (considering you mic the kit with two or three mics, if you plan to mic it with more mics you would need more inputs), 1 input for the guitar and another input for the bass. So thats a total of four inputs.
There are a lot of sound cards available to chose from depending on your budget.
What you would end up doing is connecting the sound interface to your computer and then connecting your mics/instruments to the interface. Then in Cakewalk you would assign each of these inputs from your interface to specific tracks, arm each track and hit 'record'.
Or another option, if you dont have the budget invest in a sound interface with this many inputs, would be to buy a cheaper interface with just one or two inputs and use a mic or two to record your band. Yes, this wouldnt leave you with the freedom to manipulate each sound later, but its an option. Or you could also record each member separately. |
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Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:42 am |
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wailingalleycat
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or of course submix it first in an outboard mixer
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amitbarde
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All of the above options or you could go for something like the Project Mix I/O or some low budget digital mixer and have it hooked up to your sound card via USB/Firewire/ADAT and then record onto a software like ProTools. But this is a expensive option. You'd rather go for a sound card which will provide you with atleast 7 - 8 analogue inputs.
I guess there isn't much else you can do.
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Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:08 pm |
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siday
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Thanks peeps, you've been much help. Think I might buy the M-Audio Audiophile 2496 PCI sound card..............any thoughts? |
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Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:38 pm |
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amitbarde
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Well from my experience with the card......it's a serious pain in the @$$.......it's decent and all that but too many problems with the drivers...m - audio drivers seem to be terrible....so if possible try and find something better than that.....you'd be better off spending a little more and getting a good sound card than spending every other day trying to fix the m - audio card!....... |
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Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:46 pm |
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conquistadore
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Another thing is that you wouldnt be able to connect mics as the 2496 does not have preamps. Even I'd suggest looking out for something else. How far can your budget stretch? |
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Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:26 pm |
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wailingalleycat
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Originally posted by amitbarde
Well from my experience with the card......it's a serious pain in the @$$.......it's decent and all that but too many problems with the drivers...m - audio drivers seem to be terrible....so if possible try and find something better than that.....you'd be better off spending a little more and getting a good sound card than spending every other day trying to fix the m - audio card!.......
you must have had some bad experiences amit, ive used a few different M-audio cards, i run the 2496 in my Pc and its happy when its the only card being used.
M-audio are legendary for having some of the most rock solid drivers out there for the PC
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