What the best multitrack recording equipment?
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Alesis Adat recorders have been the best ones in my experience. You dont loose the tracks if the unit malfunctions because they are backed up on removable hard drives. Even people that I have worked with who have powermac G5's in their studios have these interfaced to them because of reliability and their extreme usefulness for tracking live shows to be mixed/edited in a studio.\n\n“Adats are a bizillionjillionkathousand (plus infinity) times better then anything else. Including: long walks on the beach, puppies, kittens, good wine, making out with a good looking woman, and kicking your arch nemesis in the face.\n\nThey have more gravitational pull/heat outsource, pretty colors, and poems written about them then the sun does. They can cure cancer, give everyone a job, and elect an efficient congress. Like electricity, they posses powers of magic that are beyond our control and understanding. \n\nYears from now we'll have reality TV shows and documentaries about Adats, the people that use them, and how much they are better then everything else in this world (see first paragraph). Japan already has several animated series about specially trained people that are licensed by the government to use Adats for the powers of good.\n\nOne day... Many thousands of billions of years in the future, long after our civilizations have turned to dust, and the dust has turned into smaller dust, and then that dust has turned into microscopic dust, Aliens will find our Adats and know that we were totally awesome- they'll will create their own Adats and the cycle of outstanding multitrack recorders that are a Kazillion times better then any thing else we have ever known (see first paragraph) will continue.”
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Difficult to write all the steps down here, but you can have a look at the following for some guidance (currently under development...) http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/DIY/how_to.htm This is certainly 'do-able', if you have the patience....\nYou will need a cassette player (!), PC with a stereo input to soundcard, conversion software and CD writer.\nNote: if you are using a laptop, you may need a USB external soundcard (mine has only a mono mic input – not good enough!) – you can get cheap, simple but effective ones (from Hong Kong) via ebay…\nYou could get someone to do it for you, there are plenty to choose from out on the web, this type of job is perfect for a 'virtual' studio.\nThe software is probably the thing you really want to know about.. you will find loads out there. Personally I use Magix Audio Cleaning Lab – primarily produced for lifting vinyl, but will take any analogue signal. It has loads of features including cleaning filters, effects and editing… it’s cheap too and even comes with a stereo cable – try ebay. There are loads more, some even free downloads (audacity avaiable from download.com)– listen to folks who have used the software then have a go….\nOh yeah, and Magix has automatic track recognition based on silence between tracks and auto-stop recording so you can go out for the day and it will stop at the end of your tape – really useful!! You will use up loads of hard-drive space, so don’t try this if you are pushed for space…You may need to purge the huge files every so often (10MB per minute WAV files, 1MB per minute MP3). You could save some space recording directly into MP3 at the sacrifice of a little sound quality
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One that will burn both + and - discs, at 16X speed, and has a good reputation for reliability.  You might want to consider one that will handle dual-layer discs as well.  Below is a link to a web page that has numerous ones to look at.
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Seriously, just buy something!\n\nIf you are serious about mixing you should consider there are two kinds of software.  One is designed for real time live mixing, the others are more designed to produce something like a mix CD.  My favorite is the one in the link.  It's awesome, very powerful, allows full beat mixing, and makes a great quality sound.  It's very easy to use.\n\nThey offer a free trial of their software and if you like it is less than $50 to buy.
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Yes.  Several companies make multi-track recorders.  The cheapest way to go is a four track cassette for about $100.  A little more expensive would be a small, digital multi track unit.  Record your instruments into the recorder - one track at a time - until you have the music done the way you want it to sound, then run wires from the outputs on the recorder to the inputs of your computer's sound card.  Once you have it downloaded into your computer's music program, it is a simple matter to activate your cd burner and build your own cd.
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You can record everything that you can hear. Read below how :
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If you are trying to stay on a tight budget and need a good all around mic, look into Rode NT3. This mic can be picked up for about $100. It sounds great on acoustics. I usually mic the guitar about 8-10 inches away pointed at the 12th fret. \n\nIf you want to go up a level, check out the Apex 460. I ran a frequency response test on this mic compared to the famous Neumann U87 and they were nearly identical. This mic sounds amazing on acoustic, vocals, drum overheads, horns, etc. It retails at about $240.\n\nFor tips on recording, visit http://www.fixmystudio.com
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I've won auctions on Ebay for studio hours at a recording studio for about thirteen bucks an hour. There are plenty of people who'll do it out of their home cheap as well.  I also have a little Boss digital multitracker which is really cool for good quality recordings.  These cost only two hundred or so nowadays. Good luck!
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Anytime you make a stereo recording, it's a two track mix; one track for left, one track for right. In professional recording studios, the "two track" was the name for the reel to reel recorder (usually using 1/2 inch tape) that was used to receive the audio output of the mixing console. The "24 track" would be used to record the drums, bass, keys, and vocals.
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I have to agree with Sportivo. Audacity is quick and easy to use, and is also completely free :D\n\nhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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Can be done what you need ...1- song.....2- 16 band equalizer...3 8 or 16 track recording equipment ( i prefer teac reel to reel)  first set all eq controls to the bottom of the scale then move the first position to the top of scale start the recorder volume to channel one.  and let the song play thru. repeat for all sixteen tracks you want to record moving up one spot on the eq and the reel to reel at the same time just remember to put the prev recorded controls to zero after... anyquestions e-mail me at this addy @ yahoo.com... it takes some time but it can be done have done it for a talent show and yes it is a pain in the butt.
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Sony Vegas \n\nEven though this is a film-editing software, you can use it to record your songs.\n\nYou can record each instrument on a separate track and them put them together.\n\nYou can put audio effects like echoes, or you can transpose what you have recorded, or you can stretch the time of the audio.\n\nThough it takes a while to get used to, it's so worth even if you haven't mastered it! There are just so many features to play around with!\n\nIm fact, I use this software to do just that!\n\nBut here's a tip: Try to record each instrument in the same speed. (I think that's common sense, but anyway...)
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You can check out some of the websites, like musiciansfriend.com, americanmusical.com, or music123.com. They have the latest on recording equipment, even for home studios and hobbyists. Good luck.
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The best audio software, hands down, is Adobe Audition (formerly Cool Edit Pro).  This really is the industry standard for audio production, both in music recording studios and in the radio broadcast field. Some of the features include:\n\n-Create multitrack mixes with unlimited stereo tracks. \n \n-Multichannel encoder to produce high-quality 5.1 surround sound \n\n-Record up to 80 live inputs simultaneously in a multitrack session. \n\n-Supported audio CD burning. \n\n-Remove audio flaws with easy-to-use effects. \n\n-Can import from and export to a wide range of formats, including MP3, WAV, WMA Professional, AIFF, SND, Ogg Vorbis, AVI, WMV, and DV. \n\n-Comes with more than 50 high quality digital signal processing tools and effects suitable for everything from audio restoration to mixing and mastering. \n\n-Accepts third-party DX and VST plugins. \n\n-Projects may be linked between Audition, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Adobe After Effects. \n\nI've been using Adobe Audition for about 5 years in the radio production field, and it saves lives.  Not even 15 years ago, commercials were being produced by slicing tape and recording to carts.  Now, you can cut a spot in less than 20 minutes, with CD-quality output.  It REALLY can do everything!\nhttp://www.adobe.com/products/audition/main.html
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You will need a cassette player (!), PC with a stereo input to soundcard, conversion software, CD writer. Yep that’s about it, oh yeah and a lot of time…..\nNote: if you are using a laptop, you may need a USB external soundcard (mine has only a mono mic input – not good enough!) – you can get cheap, simple but effective ones (from Hong Kong) via ebay…\nYou could get someone to do it for you, friends of mine at: www.cassette2cd.co.uk for one. There are plenty to choose from out on the web, this type of job is perfect for a 'virtual' studio.\nThe software is probably the thing you really want to know about.. you will find loads out there. Personally I use Magix Audio Cleaning Lab – primarily for lifting vinyl, but will take any analogue signal. It has loads of features including cleaning filters, effects and editing… it’s cheap too and even comes with a stereo cable – try ebay. There are loads more, some even free downloads – listen to folks who have used the software then have a go….\nOh yeah, and Magix has automatic track recognition based on silence between tracks and auto-stop recording so you can go out for the day and it will stop at the end of your tape – really useful!! You will use up loads of hard-drive space, so don’t try this if you are pushed for space…You may need to purge the huge files every so often (10MB per minute WAV files, 1MB per minute MP3). You could save some space recording directly into MP3 at the sacrifice of a little sound quality.\nOne last thing, track recognintion works great for CDs in WAV format (for playing in a standard CD player), I don't think it applies to MP3s though as each MP3 file would need to be separated into individual tracks - This is how Magix software treats it anyhow.\nHope this helps
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Currently I am running a few programs on my MacPowerBook and Ableton Live 5 in conjuntion with ACID, Reason 2.5 (I want to get 3.0), and LogicPro 7 provide me with a huge base of high-end products that have allowed me to record my guitars for the record my band released and worked great to provide solid production, mixing, and sound quality.  I am partial to Ableton perhaps more than any of the other programs...oh, and so many bands use LogicPro, Reason (Aphex Twin-from the UK), Ableton (John Scofield-US Jazz Guitarist played with Miles Davis and Chemical Brothers and also Thievery Corporation from Washington, DC).  In the end though any of our opinions aren't going to be the final deciding factor for you...you have to try them and hear the differences and go with what is going to serve the music.
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Audacity is free and will do more than garage band on many tasks. It's interface isn't as purty but do you want make music or not?\n\nSonar has relitive inexpensive versions. I'm not a big fan of Cubase but alot of people use it. Both can be found for under $100 in some music stores. \n\nYou'll need the hardware to bring the sound in as well. Depends on what instrament(s) you are talking about. Most soundcards don't have good quality inputs. You may want to get a break out box as well. If you can't afford both grab Audacity and spend the money on the hardware.