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Topic: How to Record A CD |
Dennis Atkins
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Posted 22 Dec 2003 10:01 am |
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While watching the Grand Ole Opry a couple of weeks ago with the tribute to the Louvin Brothers, I had a wild idea. I have two brothers who play guitar and sing, or used to some years ago, and I thought how nice it might be to try to record a CD with them. The problem is that one brother lives in Minnesota, and the other lives in South Carolina, and I live in Colorado.
What would be a practical method to record all of us, as money and time is another problem, onto a CD? This is not going to be a commercial venture, but one that will go to family and friends, sort of a legacy for us to pass along.
Each of us will chose 5 of our favorite songs, not an easy task, and work out arrangements, and such, and then record.
Any suggestions will be helpful.
Thanks, Dennis
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Tom Olson
From:
Spokane, WA
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Posted 22 Dec 2003 10:26 am
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I'm not an expert on recording by any means. From what little I know about recording technology, one option is for each of you to record your own tracks in succession -- i.e. one of you record his tracks first, then send the tracks to the second one, who will add his tracks, then send the first and second tracks to the third one who will then add his tracks.
This could be done several ways. One way is to purchase one recorder, then ship the recorder along with the tracks for each of you to use in recording his own tracks.
Or, you could each purchase a recorder, such as for example a computer-based recording program w/ I/O hardware, then just send the tracks from one of you to the next. I'm thinking you could even send the tracks as a file on the internet, although it might be quite a large file.
Anyway, I think it's do-able, and there are many ways to go about doing it. |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 22 Dec 2003 2:37 pm
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Whatchyou wanna do is record the track(s), using your favorite audio recording software and soundcard. You'll create what are called .wav files.
Then, using the likes of Adaptec Easy CD Creator or Nero Burning Rom you use one of the "burner" programs to burn the .wav file to the music CD as a music track. Remember, don't burn the .wav file directly to the CDRom else you end up with a data disk that won't play. You gotta make sure you use the part of the "burner" program that burns the .wav file to the CDROM as a music track. The exact difference between a "music track" and a .wav file escapes me at the moment, and I don't want to use the wrong nomenclature. For those with Win98 there is a neat audio editor available at http://www.digidesign.com/. It's free and it works with .wav files. Have fun.
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Ben Slaughter
From:
Madera, California
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Posted 22 Dec 2003 2:48 pm
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Don't burn the .wav file as a "music trac" until you are done editing and recording. Recording these .wav files as a "music trac" enables the CD to be read in standard CD players.
If you and your brothers are passing these files back and fourth across the country, but have burned them on CDs for trasport, leave them as data type files.
There is fairly inexpensive recording software available. Cakewalk I believe is pretty common. The tricky part is figuring out your hardware.
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Zum D10, NV400, POD, G&L Guitars, etc, etc. |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 22 Dec 2003 3:29 pm
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The only way the method decribed will work is if everybody has similar project studio rigs at home and everybody knows how to work them.
I would use the project as an excuse to get together someplace. I would have somebody else do the tech work even if its just a little portastudio rig.
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Les Pierce
From:
Shreveport, LA
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Posted 22 Dec 2003 8:40 pm
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If everybody has a computer, then have everybody go to http://fasoft.com and download n-track Studio. The demo version is fully functional, except effects on the first track only, but it will work fine for what you want.
n-Track packs the whole project into one file, that you can send around on a CD. Each person unpacks it, adds to it, and packs it back up.
It worked great on my Pentium III 400 for years. (It only bogged down when I tried to use too many effects on individual tracks, instead of sending them to an aux input), so you don't really need a high powered, latest and greatest to use it.
Check it out,
Les
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Glenn Austin
From:
Montreal, Canada
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Posted 23 Dec 2003 9:28 am
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| Hi Dennis, I noticed that you have a personal web site. By using your personal web space, you could upload and download and share your tracks with your brothers from there. If everybody has a computer, a soundcard and an internet hookup, you would be in business very easily. Everybody would need an FTP software to upload and download. This can be had for free. I work like this all the time in my studio, and the fun thing about it is that you can send a track around the world in minutes for free. If you are interested in knowing more, drop me an email. |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 23 Dec 2003 8:10 pm
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Les, thanks for the info on n-track-studio. Just bought a copy online today for the ridiculously low price of $7. Gonna save me a lot of time. Prior to n-track I had to record the whole side of the tape in DARTPRO32 and then cut the tracks out one at a time. Major time savings here. Thanks again.
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