| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Recording Equipment | |
| Lord Jimbo -- 04/07/2005, 10:55:16 -- #12559 | |
| Im almost sure that there is a topic about this subject already but I cant find it so Im gonna post anyway. What Im wondering is what type of setup's people have for home recording. Im looking to invest alot of money myself pretty soon in order to develop my own quality recording space and I need any advice I can get! Anyway help regarding hard and soft ware would be great Thanks Lads Slan Lord Jimbo | |
| sid -- 04/07/2005, 11:51:49 -- #12560 | |
| Laptop or desktop PC with plenty of RAM and HD, running XP and SONAR 4. MIDI/audio control surface (eg Tascam US428). Decent microphone eg AKG C1000S. Power amp and speakers for playback (or use your hi-fi system). Piano with midi out. That should keep you out of mischief for a while - well, it's worked for me. sid | |
| alhaynes -- 04/08/2005, 09:23:33 -- #12592 | |
| Mac Powerbook (with external Firewire drive for backups) running Panther, Logic, some software instruments, Yamaha P250. This is all you need for one-man one-part-at-a-time recording. I don't use an external control surface. For "real piano" recording I add an M-Audio USB mic preamp. Mics are Shure SM58 - ok but not great. Al | |
| docz -- 04/22/2005, 07:27:54 -- #13105 | |
| P4 3ghz extreme edition, 1 gig ram, Terratec Producer soundcard, Sonar 4 PE, windows XP pro. I've got a Roland VS-880vXpanded as a master recorder. Yamaha P-250 as a controller, a couple of synths, some soft-synths aswell. Gibson LP GoldTop for guitar. And I use a Large diaphragm mic for vocals. Doc-Z PS. Hey, long time no see folks! Great to be back... | |
| Dr. Whack -- 04/22/2005, 09:39:43 -- #13115 | |
| Anyone using Cubase? I have a bunch of PC stuff laying around so I cold put a Cubase studio together pretty easily. But .....I'm leaning toward getting a Mac G4 or G5 dedicated to recording only...runnning DP or ProTools... I'm told, Cubase is the coolest out there for PC, but I don't have any experience with any recording software... I would appreciate any words of wisdom too:) | |
| LarryC -- 04/22/2005, 12:17:26 -- #13127 | |
| Roland (Boss) and Yamaha make some very cool digital 8 and 10 track recorders if you don't want to mess with computers and software and go for an all-in-one-box. Here's one... http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=rec/search/detail/base_pid/240527V/ | |
| garyinthailand -- 04/22/2005, 13:41:39 -- #13132 | |
| Many, many options. You didn't say what you want to record or how much money "alot" is. ( I used to sell $100,000 tape recorders) I was reminded of the remark of a friend of mine in the pro audio industry, that his company stays in business after the demise of the big studios because thousands of semi-talented people buy gear to compensate for lack of skill. Buy some good gear, and make a good space to record, but also invest in some training and associate with experienced engineers who know how to go about getting results while preserving inspiration (that's what it's about). The classic recordings we drool over were made without half of what you might buy today with your pocket change. No doubt, you can build a studio that beats Abbey Road when they made "Sergeant Pepper's", but so what? As the lady said, it ain't the meat its' the motion | |
| 7 -- 04/22/2005, 14:11:36 -- #13133 | |
| Whacky, In the Cubase/Cakewalk wars, Cakewalk scores more user friendly and Cubase more tech head. A huge disadvantage to Cubase is the dongles, every plug-in requires another dongle and I have seen computers with a string of dongles over a foot long connected to the printer port. My advice: If you can afford ProTools, go that route. That's what the pros use and your tracks will be compatible with any pro studio's set up. | |
| Dr. Whack -- 04/22/2005, 14:37:36 -- #13137 | |
| Yeah, my initial thought is to join the rest of the world and build a ProTools set up....although I'm told that's kinda like using Microsoft products - just because...there are things to use...like MOTU's Digital Performer - which I'm told can "save as" and read Pro Tools files and is much cheaper and hanles midi much better....hmmm....then later I was told that Cubase is just as good as the mac big boys - and since I already have a bucnh of PC stuf---??? oy - my head hurts. I mainly want it for my son. He's singing, playing guitar & piano and writing tunes. I want to encourage him to go that route over the gig-slamming route I took:) | |
| LarryC -- 04/22/2005, 17:32:34 -- #13143 | |
| <<I want to encourage him to go that route over the gig-slamming route I took:) >> Why not encourage both?? | |
| Dr. Whack -- 04/22/2005, 18:12:39 -- #13146 | |
| Burn out:) I've spent so many years playing other people's stuff, I've forgotten all about me - why did I get into this in the first place? Not just to make money...(although that part was good:) | |
| alhaynes -- 04/22/2005, 22:24:14 -- #13155 | |
| Dr. Whack, all the new Macs include Garageband, which has a zero learning curve, and is gradually inheriting the features and power of Logic. Your son might like to try it. | |
| Dr. Whack -- 04/23/2005, 10:37:54 -- #13162 | |
| Thanks...I know goes to a website called garageband.com - are they related somehow? | |
| alhaynes -- 04/24/2005, 21:04:23 -- #13195 | |
| Not directly - garageband.com is sponsored by microsoft! But I bet a lot of garageband people use (Apple's) Garageband. There are a lot of Mac music sites - see Google. | |
| Abassey Enoch -- 04/25/2005, 09:37:17 -- #13204 | |
| Dear Jazz Brother, Please, I am a jazz piano player in Ghana and need thebook called "The Thesareaus of scales and patterns".Please can you get me a copy of this precious book.I checked the contents and it was just what I wanted.I do not have the money to by this one because of our hardship conditions.My address is: Abassey Enoch c/o Mr.A.A.Abassey Public Works Department P.O.Box 1907 Ghana/Kumasi. My e-mail address is also "Churchjazz@yahoo.com" I will be much grateful if you get it to me.May God Bless you for this.Thank you for your kindness. | |
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