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Amateur sound recording help.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Beaumont, Texas
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So me and a friend were bored one night, opened up Garageband, plugged a guitar into the optical-in of my iMac G5 via a regular cord and a little adapter, and recorded a few little things.
It was a lot of fun and we decided to record some more songs and make a little bit of an album. Not a band, just something to entertain us.
What I need to know is basic recording techniques. I'd like to have some sort of plug-in that'll let us attach 2-3 guitars and mics at the same time and be able to record seperate tracks in Garageband. I would also like to know what it would take to hook-up a Yamaha Clavinova to the iMac too. Any information or links would be helpful. Thanks.
(Last edited by johnnybmxer; Jan 16, 2006 at 02:07 AM.
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17" iMac G5 1.9GHz iSight, Mighty Mouse(wish they'd make a bluetooth version), and JBL Encounter 2.1 speakers...
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: belgium
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If you want to record everything at the same time and have it in separate tracks you would need a soundcard with multiple inputs (and probably a mixer).
If you would like to record just one instrument at a time but be able to hear all instruments at the same time (monitoring) you'll be fine with just a mixer.
You might want to check out the next page if you're interested in recording
http://www.saecollege.de/reference_material/index.html
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Beaumont, Texas
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Ok, so new question. Is there a relatively cheap, sub-$200 device that will work with a mixing board or as one where I could plug in multiple devices and record seperate tracks? I'm running an iMac so a new soundcard wouldn't work.
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17" iMac G5 1.9GHz iSight, Mighty Mouse(wish they'd make a bluetooth version), and JBL Encounter 2.1 speakers...
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Senior User
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: united states empire
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You should look into external firewire or usb2 interfaces....there's plenty at zzounds.com and the like.
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c2d 2.66ghz iMac
500gb/2gb/motu ultralite
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Portland, Oregon
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I have one of these:
http://www.tascam.com/Products/US-122.html
It works fine on my older 350 MHz G3 iMac, as well as my new G5 iMac. I had to download updated drivers from the Tascam site for my G5 to get it to work. I think they are just under $200.
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