music recording software

TALON1973 · 16 Nov 2011 at 22:15

my gf daughter likes to sing and mess about with recording stuff ...... but shes lackign some major software .... and maybe a hardware

atm shes recordign stuff on a handheld camcorder ( cheap £100 ) and then transferign any video / audio to pc ... the video is fine but audio is pants tbh.

now i'm wonderign if a good webcam and music software woudl be better ? and if so whast the options ?

any help would be appreciated

dont want to go silly money , and cheaper teh better

twist3d0n3 · 17 Nov 2011 at 00:17

any bit of software that can record would be fine tbh, i'd go with audacity if it's just recording her signing (without sequencing/using synths to actually make music). you'd probably need a decent-ish soundcard, but the most important thing with making a decent recording is the microphone.

it won't be cheap really, if you truly want a quality recording, but a shure sm58 mic ( about £60), and a £30+ soundcard should get things sounding much better

Zero Pope · 17 Nov 2011 at 00:19

twist3d0n3 said:
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I was going to say pretty much that. I use an sm58 and its perfect for the job.

SourChipmunk · 17 Nov 2011 at 14:52

And don't forget this mandatory piece of software for all of today's music:

http://www.antarestech.com/products/auto-tune-efx2.shtml

dave-lew99 · 17 Nov 2011 at 16:57

Have a look for:

Behringer C-1U USB

Basic, but is soundcard and mic in one - and it's a mic more designed for recording than live use. Add a stand and you're looking at < £100 for a reasonable beginners setup.

TALON1973 · 17 Nov 2011 at 18:50

SourChipmunk said:
And don't forget this mandatory piece of software for all of today's music:

http://www.antarestech.com/products/auto-tune-efx2.shtml/

link wrong .. what is it ?

TALON1973 · 17 Nov 2011 at 18:56

twist3d0n3 said:
any bit of software that can record would be fine tbh, i'd go with audacity if it's just recording her signing (without sequencing/using synths to actually make music). you'd probably need a decent-ish soundcard, but the most important thing with making a decent recording is the microphone.

it won't be cheap really, if you truly want a quality recording, but a shure sm58 mic ( about £60), and a £30+ soundcard should get things sounding much better

sounds good .... but teh daughter uses a laptop ..... is this still usable ? as not suer if soundcard on lappy wil do teh job

dave-lew99 · 17 Nov 2011 at 19:28

My suggestion will work perfectly well with a laptop - it's USB based.

K.C. Leblanc · 17 Nov 2011 at 19:29

TALON1973 said:
sounds good .... but teh daughter uses a laptop ..... is this still usable ? as not suer if soundcard on lappy wil do teh job

You can get USB sound cards. M-Audio are quite popular, when I've used them they've worked well.

Another option is to have a look at the Zoom H2. It's a portable recorded so you can use it away from the computer.

If you're using the sound in conjunction with video to a hand clap at the start of the film, it makes it easier to match up the audio and video when editing them together. That's why they use clapper boards in films.

SourChipmunk · 18 Nov 2011 at 13:26

TALON1973 said:
link wrong .. what is it ?

Oops. Got a hash mark at the end somehow. Fixed.

http://www.antarestech.com/products/auto-tune-efx2.shtml

TALON1973 · 18 Nov 2011 at 17:54

dave-lew99 said:
Have a look for:

Behringer C-1U USB

Basic, but is soundcard and mic in one - and it's a mic more designed for recording than live use. Add a stand and you're looking at < £100 for a reasonable beginners setup.

checked on river site about that ...seems it struggle to record at a good level