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| Author: | Rick Lee [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Pro Tools or any (good) recording methods. |
Well, since my friend moved, I am now unable to use his studio to record any type of music. All I have is my laptop and my guitar. Is there any decent way to record and mix music on my computer or any known ways to get pro tools for free? I'm trying to record music by this weekend. 
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| Author: | sheerheartattack [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pro Tools or any (good) recording methods. |
You can get Pro Tools for free - you just won't be able to use it without the relevant Pro Tools hardware. The easiest solution, although not really the best, is to get a Mac and use Garage Band. I'm not sure what equipment you have, you may have to buy an interface anyway - and if you want to use Pro Tools, you might as well get a Pro Tools interface and you'll be able to use Pro Tools with it. At that point, you might as well purchase a legit copy of Pro Tools anyway. |
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| Author: | Rick Lee [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pro Tools or any (good) recording methods. |
My sister has a Mac with Garage band on it, but i'm pretty new to the whole set up. So you can run pro tools on garage band? And what kind of cable would I need to hook up my guitar to my computer? Firewire? When it comes to recording, I am a complete noob. |
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| Author: | sheerheartattack [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pro Tools or any (good) recording methods. |
Sorry - I thought you were somewhat familiar with the process and I was in class so my ability to respond was limited. Let's see...Pro Tools isn't just a piece of software. It's a system of both software and hardware. To use Pro Tools, you need the hardware to run the software. The hardware consists of an interface - typically a peripheral, but sometimes it's just a sound card. Instead of dealing with all that, you could just use an alternate piece of software called Garage Band. This will allow you to use whatever interface you so desire, including your computer's microphone jack. As for your guitar, it can only carry a signal over instrument cable. You can plug it directly into your computer's microphone jack with a 1/4" to 1/8" cable, or you could plug that cable from your amplifier into your microphone jack. However, both of these options are going to sound pretty shitty - I'm not sure what kind of quality you want. Ideally, you'd use a microphone connected to an interface through an XLR cable, and you would mic up your amplifier. Such an interface would likely connect to your computer through either FireWire or USB. |
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| Author: | GoldenRhino [ Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pro Tools or any (good) recording methods. |
Sheer, how do you do drums in Garageband? I know you can drop loops in (dumb) and you can use the keyboard. But how do you actually create your own precise drumbeats into a track? I know Mare likes to do it in GP5, but is there an effective way to do this in GB? |
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| Author: | Spike [ Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pro Tools or any (good) recording methods. |
Also note: If you're recording direct from your amp (like if it has a Line Out) it's going to sound different in the software. I'd describe it as "artificial". This is because alot of your tone comes from the type of speaker in your amp and how the sound waves travel though the air. You can use whats called a DI or Direct Input Box, which simulates the effect a speaker cabinet has on your tone, or you can do what I do and mic the amp. Micing it correctly can take some practice. How you position the mic in relation to the speaker plays a big part in what kind of result you're going to get. Another common problem is that the way you hear your tone when you're standing up above your amp, is different from what the mic is hearing at the same level. So you have to adjust the amp for what the mic is hearing, and not what you're hearing. That said i'm by no means a recording expert, Sheer is likely the most knowledgeable on the subject and also probably has the most experience. edit: when you say "I only have my laptop and my guitar" does that mean you don't have an amp of any kind? I was assuming you still had something to play through. |
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| Author: | Rick Lee [ Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pro Tools or any (good) recording methods. |
Ah, this is all very useful advice  And I do have an amp, I just didn't know if I could record with it. When I recorded in a studio, someone just told me what to play and I did. I know he used pro tools and the quality was amazing. I just don't want to buy all of that extra stuff for random small projects i'm working on. I just want decent quality. |
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| Author: | sheerheartattack [ Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pro Tools or any (good) recording methods. |
[quote="GoldenRhino"]Sheer, how do you do drums in Garageband? I know you can drop loops in (dumb) and you can use the keyboard. But how do you actually create your own precise drumbeats into a track? I know Mare likes to do it in GP5, but is there an effective way to do this in GB?[/quote] You just need to sequence the drums in MIDI and import them into Garage Band. There are a million and one ways to create a MIDI drum sequence - Guitar Pro is one of them. You can export the drum sequence as a MIDI file and import it into Garage Band. You can also do it directly in Garage Band, but I'm not sure how well that works (my best guess is "not very"). |
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| Author: | squirrelfiend [ Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Pro Tools or any (good) recording methods. |
[quote="sheerheartattack"]You can also do it directly in Garage Band, but I'm not sure how well that works (my best guess is "not very").[/quote] It's not all too difficult to do it directly in Garage Band, though I would say using GP is definitely faster, and what I preferred to do when I worked with GB (though I work with more sophisticated software lately). If you set up a loop, use the musical typing to lay down one drum at a time, and then quantize accordingly, you can get a beat down pretty quickly and then just copy/paste as you see fit. |
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