Anyone know how to make a cheap demo tape?
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Making a demo is very straightforward. Distribution is a little more tricky.\n\nTo record your demo, you'll need to use some fairly decent sound recording software, like Cubase, Nuendo or similar. This sort of software is very expensive, so it is best to find a friend who has it installed already. (Of course, some law-breaking musicians might use Kazaa or DC++ to download a copy and crack...)\n\nI hope I'm not teaching you to suck eggs here, but Cubase and the like use multiple tracks of audio and or MIDI. If your music is original, you'll need to record each of the instruments individually, and your vocal(s) afterwards. Each instrument/voice will be on a different track so that you can mix the finished article as you like it, and apply different effects and inserts individually. If you are using backing tracks, you won't have much opportunity to alter what you've already got, aside from a little bit of EQing.\n\nSlap on a bit of master compression and away you go. Mix it down, burn it, and your ready to distribute.\n\nDistribution is a whole different ball game. Obviously the internet is a hotbed of activity for musicians like yourself, but that is not necessarily a good thing - it just means there are thousands of people trying to achieve the same goal. You'll need to be a little more shrewd and probably more direct if you want to hit the right spots. You'll need to keep chipping away at the record labels, probably smaller ones to start with.\n\nBut first things first - get your demo recorded. If you need any more help, give me a shout.\n\nGood luck!
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You download a program called "LP Recorder" (freeware) WinXP, you plug your tape player into the line in on your computer, and you record (capture) the sounds in real time. If you don't have a reel to reel player you should be able to rent one from a sound hire company. There is no other way to do it, other than shelling out piles of green to a sound studio.\nYou can use a program called "Audacity" if you have other operating systems incl. iMac. Also freeware and also downloadable.
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you can use total recorder... http://www.totalrecorder.com/
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Check out www.svcdhelp.com. They have tons of freeware and tutorials on video conversion.
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Try cheking some of the demos at http://www.allprosoftware.com/demos.asp  or for an online one go to http://www.bracketmaker.com/
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Scrapbook them!!! What an awesome thing to have! Make sure you reposiable corner tapes though!
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Use this freeware for linux\nhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/pacpl/\n\nwindows, try one of these\nhttp://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=119\n\n\nYou can manually record from your computers audio using\n\ngoldwave\nhttp://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=download+goldwave\n\nor audacity\nhttp://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=download+audacity\n\n\nand use this video tutorial I made for capturing audio from your comp\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2717733519629310152&q=Jimmy+Ruska+audio
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Use cardboard, clay, or sugar cubs.  Cardoard would be the easiest.
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You could try recording internet radio with ripcast.\n\nDownloads.com have some mp3's but you might not find what you want.
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Don't pay recording studios, it is a waste of money.  Buy a Fostex MR 8 digital recorder and do it all yourself.  It is a hell of a lot cheaper, and sounds just about the same.  I own one and it has saved me tons of money.
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Do it yourself:\n\n\nhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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plugin the speakers output from a tape player into line in of a computer. use tools like musicmatch jukebox to record them to mp3s, u can make audio cd from those files.
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use nero and make it like a CD MOVIE or DVD Movie. Use the free trial from nero.\n\nPS i am not sure about the name of the option it could be cd movie or cd video something like that.\n\nhttp://www.nero.com
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If you have no patience for the tape player to computer thing descrbed above, you can buy a stand alone unit, I beleive Sony or Philips makes them, that has a CD recorder and tape player together which was specifically built for this purpose. They are available at Fry's, Best buy, or Circuit City. I would look for it online first though, just to make sure.
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http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=Build/TapeMeasure.html
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No, there isn't.\n\nWell, I mean in theory you could play the tape at high speed and digitize the sound. Then use some audio manipulation software to slow it down, before you burnt it to a CD. But the quality of the sound would be greatly reduced and I'm sure you'd have a hell of a time adjusting the speed of replay to get it just right.\n\nI doubt it would be worth your time to try.
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Order it on tape or CD