recording?
Oct. 14th, 2007 10:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioDear LazyWeb,
What is the conventional wisdom these days for casual, computer-assisted accoustic recording? If I want to record myself singing against some computer-generated (or at least -rendered) tracks (MIDI, maybe), and I'm looking for basic demo quality, not studio quality, what should I be using (software and hardware)? I have a PC (XP) and an iBook (X.4) available; both have unremarkable sound cards. I have no mic or headphones; I assume I need the latter to avoid feedback from speakers. I assume the headphones don't much matter if they get sound to my ears and the mic matters somewhat. What should I be buying (hardware) and. ideally, downloading (software)?
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Date: 2007-10-15 12:12 pm (UTC)she’s got an iBook G4 800; it’s got enough grunt to do audio recording. the Griffiin iMic (http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/) is the typical cheap USB audio interface that people buy; despite the name, it does not include a microphone.
GarageBand seems a sensible choice for software; it’s quite likely already installed on the iBook.
-steve