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10-17-2014, 07:30 AM
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Help on basic recording principals
I'm hoping someone can help me understand some basic recording principals. After a bit of online research I'm a bit confused.
What I want to do is first record myself playing the guitar rhythm of a song, then go back and record a lead. I'm looking for something fairly simple and inexpensive but I don't quite understand what features I need. Do I need a two-track recorder? Two channel? Something else? 
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10-17-2014, 04:27 PM
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you may want to post what equipment you currently have as that could help us to make a more informed response.
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10-17-2014, 05:02 PM
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You need something to record on, and with.
Can I suggest picking up the Idiots Guide to Home Recording. And no, I'm not being snarky. I have the book, and it covers the basics in a fairly clear, decent fashion. However, to cover a couple of things. You can buy a studio in a box, from someone like Tascam, that you just plug a mic or guitar into it. If you have a PC, you'll need some kind of interface to plug the guitar or mic into. It can then use USB or Firewire to talk to your PC. In the PC, you'll need recording software. On the Mac, you can use GarageBand. On the PC, Audacity is free. With either the PC or SIAB, You want to multi track. You record the first track. You then record a second track while listening to the first track. They are then two seperate recordings, in the same piece of software. You can alter the sound of them, add reverb individually, change the volume or tone individually. You then create a mix of those out of the software into a single wav or MP3 file. This stuff is very easy to do simply, though it might sound complicated, which is why I suggest the book. What is very hard is making it sound any good. It's hard, and can be very expensive.
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10-17-2014, 07:35 PM
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"inexpensive" is a relative thing - what's your budget? The Zoom H2n might be a solution..
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10-18-2014, 05:41 AM
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"Can I suggest picking up the Idiots Guide to Home Recording. And no, I'm not being snarky. I have the book, and it covers the basics in a fairly clear, decent fashion."
I may do that. Right now I have no equipment and about zero knowledge on recording so it's difficult to make sense of various product specifications. I'm pretty much an intermediate guitar player. My main purpose is to try and improve and expand my playing. I figure if I record a rhythm, I can then use that to learn and create some lead work. Recoding the lead over the rhythm would be nice so I could later listen to what I sound like. If something like a Zoom H2N works, that'd be great. My budget is a few hundred bucks and if a $150 Zoom does the job, all the better.
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