Recording Your Own Music : Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:07 pm  

Well I basically want to record my own songs and wondered If anyone has achieved really good results from recording their own stuff at home?

I will be using vocals, piano and guitar and wondered what the best way of doing in terms of hardware and any software needed.

Thanks

[Sadfish]

Re: Recording Your Own Music : Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:45 pm  

Good quality kit is the main thing you need.I have one of these http://www.dv247.com/news/Blue%20Edirol ... fer/131763 albeit the Edirol version, which is exactly the same look only not blue lol. It's fab but discontinued, you can still pick them up of ebay etc pretty handyish. Anyway, technically, its fab, great pre amps, and xlr and line inputs all in one box. Very nice. will plug into USB. alternatively, a friend has one of these http://www.gak.co.uk/en/line6-pod-studio-ux2/18736 I can't vouch for it totally but he's a music teacher and he swears by it. You need a good mic, or two preferably, you can get a couple of shure SM58s they're great all round mics, and for £150 (£95 each) you should be able to get 2, be warned though if you are shopping on ebay there are some dodgy ones for sale. For software you can use REAPER for free, I use Cubase, if you are good for money then go with Pro Tools. Other than a few XLRs you are then recording to a VERY good standard and all for around £400. I've also got some SE2200s I use for Acoustic instruments and vocals. Other than that I use an Alesis Multimix 16 track for drums and a nice dead studio room. Thats pretty much everything I used to record This Video is Hosted on Youtube : Users should see the AUP for allowable uses

Good quality kit is the main thing you need.I have one of these http://www.dv247.com/news/Blue%20Edirol ... fer/131763 albeit the Edirol version, which is exactly the same look only not blue lol. It's fab but discontinued, you can still pick them up of ebay etc pretty handyish. Anyway, technically, its fab, great pre amps, and xlr and line inputs all in one box. Very nice. will plug into USB. alternatively, a friend has one of these http://www.gak.co.uk/en/line6-pod-studio-ux2/18736 I can't vouch for it totally but he's a music teacher and he swears by it. You need a good mic, or two preferably, you can get a couple of shure SM58s they're great all round mics, and for £150 (£95 each) you should be able to get 2, be warned though if you are shopping on ebay there are some dodgy ones for sale. For software you can use REAPER for free, I use Cubase, if you are good for money then go with Pro Tools. Other than a few XLRs you are then recording to a VERY good standard and all for around £400. I've also got some SE2200s I use for Acoustic instruments and vocals. Other than that I use an Alesis Multimix 16 track for drums and a nice dead studio room. Thats pretty much everything I used to record This Video is Hosted on Youtube : Users should see the AUP for allowable uses

Re: Recording Your Own Music : Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:39 pm  

We recorded our ep on location and at home using a digital home studio and a SM57. You can listen to it at www.susiejones.net We're open and honest enough to say we rushed it, and would probably, had we not been bound by time, taken more care. The key is to be hyper critical with yourself. It isn't enough to be "ok." Listen, tweak, retry. Give it a day and try again. A producer friend of ours recorded a great album on a porch in America. Catherine Craig "Porch Songs." In my eyes one of the best produced albums ever. The right gear helps, your desire to record the best you can will make it great.

We recorded our ep on location and at home using a digital home studio and a SM57. You can listen to it at www.susiejones.net We're open and honest enough to say we rushed it, and would probably, had we not been bound by time, taken more care. The key is to be hyper critical with yourself. It isn't enough to be "ok." Listen, tweak, retry. Give it a day and try again. A producer friend of ours recorded a great album on a porch in America. Catherine Craig "Porch Songs." In my eyes one of the best produced albums ever. The right gear helps, your desire to record the best you can will make it great.

Re: Recording Your Own Music : Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:47 pm  

I'll add my 2 penneth..
Quite a lot of audio cards come bundled with DAW software
albeit a lite/cutdown version.
Ableton Lite would be a good option I recon.
Personally I would recomend Ableton as software anyway
flexible, easy to use, not endless menu's etc as many others use.
I wouldnt touch Pro tools with a barge pole tbh, I suspect it
will probably be a thing of the past soon and I dont know anyone that uses it
any more.
U could get away with one mic, probably not an sm58 as its frequency response is too limited for serious vocal or delicate work, that said, it would come in handy for its ability to work with loud sound sources.
Feel free to PM me if you want a more in depth chat about what might or might not work for u. What kind of material are you looking to record?

Re: Recording Your Own Music : Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:10 am  

Cheers guys,

Im planning on simply using guitar, piano and vocals.

I have plenty of time to carry out more research though but your advice is a great starting point.

Re: Recording Your Own Music : Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:22 pm  

dany1979 wrote:

Cheers guys,

Im planning on simply using guitar, piano and vocals.

I have plenty of time to carry out more research though but your advice is a great starting point.

If you're recording acoustic guitar, be sure to use a microphone over the "sweet spot." If you're doing electric, mic up the amp. Don't be tempted to DI. You won't get the same quality. Good luck, be sure to post it when you're done!

Re: Recording Your Own Music : Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:40 pm  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww5ZL3QQinI here is my new collab with dutch DJ Armin van Buuren

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww5ZL3QQinI here is my new collab with dutch DJ Armin van Buuren

[Sadfish]

Re: Recording Your Own Music : Fri May 10, 2013 6:34 pm  

beax wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww5ZL3QQinI here is my new collab with dutch DJ Armin van Buuren

What bit have you done?

Re: Recording Your Own Music : Sat May 11, 2013 6:28 am  

The singing bit and the writing bit mostly

[Sadfish]

Re: Recording Your Own Music : Sat May 11, 2013 8:07 am  

So you done the singing? I noticed another of the video with singing by the same person had like 6 million hits was that you too?