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kbgtr001
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 Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 4:32 pm Post subject: Re: Recording Tools |
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| Mark wrote: | After years of using ProTools, I've been recording everything in Garage Band for quite some time now, and with great results.
However, for lessons I record all of my raw audio directly to disc using a Tascam CD-RW750 burner, a little Mackie and a pair of old Yamaha reverbs (SPX 90 and REV 500) that I bought on eBay. Then I pop the finished disc into my Mac and edit in GB. It's been my best educational work to date, although I like to think that the content has a little something to do with that. 
When it comes to recording and your tools, it's pretty subjective and just depends on what you're trying to do. All for now...
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Mark,
I posted this info about 'Audacity' in another thread,
but it is probably worth a mention here too.
For audio, there is the *free* Audacity;
Both Mac and PC compatible
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/features
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity
Audacity Downloads;
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
Audacity doesn't support midi, so if you need to convert midi files to audio,
another app is required for that purpose.
Additional 'optional' installers include;
- 'Lame' MP3 encoder which allows Audacity to *export* MP3 files.
-'VST Enabler' which allows Audacity to load VST plug-ins.
In addition to the software, an hardware 'audio interface' is also required to record your instrument.
-Kb |
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nylenny
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I recently started listening to my own recordings slowed down, using Transcribe! software. It's really interesting what you pick up when you listen to yourself at a slow speed. For example, how are your notes locking in with the drums? Are all the notes really necessary? etc. etc. Has anyone else tried this? |
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Mark
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: Re: Transcribing Your Own Recordings |
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| nylenny wrote: | | I recently started listening to my own recordings slowed down, using Transcribe! software. It's really interesting what you pick up when you listen to yourself at a slow speed. For example, how are your notes locking in with the drums? Are all the notes really necessary? etc. etc. Has anyone else tried this? |
Lenny,
Your question assumes that players are recording themselves on a regular basis, which they definitely should be doing. In a sense, I think that the process of recording itself is a matter of transcribing "on the fly," because as you listen back to each take you become more and more aware of your timing tendencies, which translates to improvement.
However, I still often find it challenging to accurately transcribe what I've recorded (especially on the rhythmic front) and I am continually going back and forth between actual speed and half speed for verification, as I would with any project. The only real advantage is having a pretty firm grip on what I did harmonically. I mean.. I should know what I played, right?
- Mark
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nylenny
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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Mark, it's interesting that you mentioned picking up on tendencies. One I've noticed is rushing with difficult technical passages. Recording myself was critical to identifying this problem. It was as if I were saying, "this is going to be hard to play up to speed, so I better push it," when in reality the correct procedure was to lay back a little.
Another interesting thing you learn from recording is what your strengths are. A few times, I've really liked something I've played and decided to use the lick/riff/idea more. |
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Mark
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: Re: Tendencies |
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| nylenny wrote: | Mark, it's interesting that you mentioned picking up on tendencies. One I've noticed is rushing with difficult technical passages. Recording myself was critical to identifying this problem. It was as if I were saying, "this is going to be hard to play up to speed, so I better push it," when in reality the correct procedure was to lay back a little.
Another interesting thing you learn from recording is what your strengths are. A few times, I've really liked something I've played and decided to use the lick/riff/idea more. |
Lenny,
Everyone has tendencies, including the great players whom we choose to transcribe. As a matter of fact, it is those tendencies that differentiate a Charlie Parker from a John Coltrane, a Robben Ford from a George Benson, an Oscar Peterson from a McCoy Tyner, and so on.
One of the reasons why I am always beating the A.R.T. (Arranging, Recording, & Transcribing) drum is that most players will never discover those tendencies in themselves or others without making a concerted effort on those critical fronts.
You're absolutely on the $$ regarding the strengths and weaknesses that we identify as "tendencies" in our own work, and once again if a player doesn't bother to make a concerted effort to record and transcribe, those traits remain a great mystery. Once you determine what you like/dislike in yourself and your influences, you take the best while discarding the rest and can effectively move to higher ground. All for now...
- Mark
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Tony
Joined: 27 Nov 2008
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Location: Milwaukie Oregon
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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I am looking for input.
There are many choices for me to make that could end up being expensive and I fear I will waste money figuring things out the hard way.
I want the ability to record my playing but I also want the ability to produce tracks to jam with. Ideally I want a PC based system that produces quality rythm tracks that I can use as background for my playing. By quality I mean something at least equivelant to some of the drum machines I have seen out there such as Dr. Rythm.
I recently purchased a DP-04 tascam mini recorder and I have a new Dell Laptop on the way. So now it's a matter of software. I have an old version of Band N the box. I don't care for the sound tracks it produces. They don't sound real. I don't want to get heavily into programming music so Cake Walk express won't do.
What software would you recommend I purchase ? |
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