[blindav] Re: [blinded] Audio record setup for PC -

From: "Frank" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindav@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 23:41:10 -0500
Hi J, from your message I was a little confused as to which of the two
scenarios below is true:
a. You are performing your part solo and will add it to tracks that the
other performers have recorded
b. Your ensemble is physically together in the same room and you are all
recording together
In either scenario you should avoid recording through any sound card that is
performing any other task. For example if you have System sounds, or a
screen reader playing though a particular sound card you should avoid
recording through that sound card.
In scenario A you can probably use one or two microphones and you will need
an adaptor which you can connect the microphones to which will be recognized
by your computer as a sound card, for example:
http://tinyurl.com/ntjqjt5
Once you got the hardware setup you can use something like Sound Forge,
Audacity, or Total Recorder Pro to do the recording. Putting your part
together with the recordings of the others will require some experimentation
with multiple track editing.
In scenario B, you'll need a good multi-channel audio mixer. Literally
thousands of choices are out there depending upon how many performers and
microphones you will need. You can either use a USB mixer which will be
recognized as a sound card by your computer or a 1/4 inch RCA to USB adaptor
or a sound card that has duel 1/4 (lord) line in jacks. The recording
software will be a much simpler task as you will be setting up the mix via
the hardware mixer and don't have to put together different tracks in the
software.
Frank


-----Original Message-----
From: blindav-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blindav-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of J
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 8:25 PM
To: blindav@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blindav] Audio record setup for PC - 

Hi all,

I want to record from a microphone to my PC with decent - high quality
sound. I understand I may need a new sound card or something with audio
input (auxiliary or something like that?).

It may be easier to explain, I want to record saxaphone (and other
instruments) with my PC, pull them into Audacity and mix/lay them over
tracks from other artists I am collaborating with.

I'm really new to this, so any suggestions - including other software for
this stuff are welcomed.



Kind regards,
J.




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