what do u need to start recording?

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:37 pm

saiyasam wrote:i'm poor. anything free? i tried using "windows recorder" but only allows me to record for 1 minute.

cool edit is free, and i would get a radio shack mic at the very least

taylordb · Unread post by **taylordb** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:39 pm

saiyasam wrote:i'm poor. anything free? i tried using "windows recorder" but only allows me to record for 1 minute.

Here is a way I figured out to make "windows sound recorder" record for more than 1 minute:

1. Open up "windows sound recorder"
2. Record something, anything, for a short while.
3. Stop the recording.
4. Rewind the recording to the beginning.
5. Now, use the following drop down menu:
Effects>Decrease Speed (you will notice that each time you click on "Decrease Speed" the length of the recording increases....just do it as many times as you need to get the length you require).
6. Now, just record over the original and wala, your'e done!

Hope this helps.

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:57 pm

taylordb wrote:
saiyasam wrote:i'm poor. anything free? i tried using "windows recorder" but only allows me to record for 1 minute.
Here is a way I figured out to make "windows sound recorder" record for more than 1 minute:

1. Open up "windows sound recorder"
2. Record something, anything, for a short while.
3. Stop the recording.
4. Rewind the recording to the beginning.
5. Now, use the following drop down menu:
Effects>Decrease Speed (you will notice that each time you click on "Decrease Speed" the length of the recording increases....just do it as many times as you need to get the length you require).
6. Now, just record over the original and wala, your'e done!

Hope this helps.

Id just get cool edit pro, its much less of a pain in the ass and will sound a lot better

dmbguitar718 · Unread post by **dmbguitar718** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:07 pm

jsgksu wrote:
taylordb wrote:
saiyasam wrote:i'm poor. anything free? i tried using "windows recorder" but only allows me to record for 1 minute.
Here is a way I figured out to make "windows sound recorder" record for more than 1 minute:

1. Open up "windows sound recorder"
2. Record something, anything, for a short while.
3. Stop the recording.
4. Rewind the recording to the beginning.
5. Now, use the following drop down menu:
Effects>Decrease Speed (you will notice that each time you click on "Decrease Speed" the length of the recording increases....just do it as many times as you need to get the length you require).
6. Now, just record over the original and wala, your'e done!

Hope this helps.
Id just get cool edit pro, its much less of a pain in the ass and will sound a lot better

Cool Edit won't sound any better than Sound Recorder. It just depends on what you are recording with.

taylordb · Unread post by **taylordb** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:45 pm

I'm not saying it is better or worse than Cool Edit Pro....just letting him know how to record longer on windows sound recorder.

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:45 pm

dmbguitar718 wrote:
jsgksu wrote:
taylordb wrote:
saiyasam wrote:i'm poor. anything free? i tried using "windows recorder" but only allows me to record for 1 minute.
Here is a way I figured out to make "windows sound recorder" record for more than 1 minute:

1. Open up "windows sound recorder"
2. Record something, anything, for a short while.
3. Stop the recording.
4. Rewind the recording to the beginning.
5. Now, use the following drop down menu:
Effects>Decrease Speed (you will notice that each time you click on "Decrease Speed" the length of the recording increases....just do it as many times as you need to get the length you require).
6. Now, just record over the original and wala, your'e done!

Hope this helps.
Id just get cool edit pro, its much less of a pain in the ass and will sound a lot better
Cool Edit won't sound any better than Sound Recorder. It just depends on what you are recording with.

I beg to differ, I recorded stuff on the sound recorder and it was hissy and terrible, same day someone told me about cool edit pro, I downloaded it and it sounded great. Thats my experience, maybe yours was different or maybe it happened for differenet reasons. But I would think a free, ghetto windows program and a $150+ program would sound different.

Buck23 · Unread post by **Buck23** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:52 pm

for FREE NON PIRATED recording, I know of at least two people (Blue Waters and myself) who use a program called mtstudio. just google it. you get all the effects that you could want (echo, reverb, compressor, eq, and many others) and recording of up to three tracks. then get the FREE mkw audio compression tool to turn those wav files into mp3. I record in my computer mic, and while suboptimal, is a huge help as far as getting some recordings down and posting to get feedback. my total setup cost me $9.00. fear me. I think that until you are ready to lay down tracks fo a demo or something, a computer mic is fine. get CEP if you're ok with pirating, mtstudio if youre not or you dont have kazaa or it's too much a pain in the ass.

saiyasam · Unread post by **saiyasam** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:36 pm

cool. thanks for the windows sound recorder tip. i'll check out cool edit pro! and mtsudio.

wayward_blue · Unread post by **wayward_blue** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 2:36 pm

jsgksu wrote:Wayward_Blue, I feel sorry for you if you spent $150 on cool edit. As for the original question, you can just use a free (pirated) version of cool edit and a regular computer mic that a comp comes with. I record my stuff like that, it cost me nothing and it sounds fine unless youre going for serious pro recording

no, My friend gave me Cool Edit but I was just giving him suggestions incase he doesn't want to go the pirated route (some people are honest when it comes to stuff like that but not me :lol:

) but as for the computer mic it works but not that well.

sunglassesatnight · Unread post by **sunglassesatnight** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:54 pm

If I want to run a condenser mic into my soundcard, what do I do? I've got one coming and want to know what I need to have before I can start.

sunglassesatnight · Unread post by **sunglassesatnight** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:40 am

Anyone?

wayward_blue · Unread post by **wayward_blue** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 8:35 am

get a mic cable with XLR (insert into the mic) on one end and 1/4" TRS on one end and then get an adaptor for the 1/4" TRS to make it 1/8" and that should allow it to plug right into your soundcard

chosta · Unread post by **chosta** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 9:07 am

the real question is do they make 1/8" to USB adapters?

wayward_blue · Unread post by **wayward_blue** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:28 pm

my sound card takes the 1/8" input I don't need to use the USB. the 1/8" is the standard size input for a computer mic (the actual crappy ones made for computers) so it should work for all. But maybe I'm wrong it works for me though

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:20 pm

slimerdmb24 wrote:If I want to run a condenser mic into my soundcard, what do I do? I've got one coming and want to know what I need to have before I can start.

depends if it need phantom power

if it does you will need to buy a mixer with it then hook that up to the soundcard

the mixer makes it easy cause you can hook more than one thing up to the computer then

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