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Does anyone know anything about home audio recording? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm a guitarist/singer and I'm looking to record some acoustic stuff. I have a condenser mic, but I would need an audio interface. I'm not looking for a fancy setup, just bare bones really. Any recommendations for an open source audio workshop? What's my cheapest quality option for an audio interface?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do this for a living if you get stuck and want to DM. I'd recco just getting a Focusrite Scarlett usb interface with enough inputs. Are you DIing your guitar (plugging it in) or recording it with a mic? There are plenty of free recording options. You on PC? If mac I'd just start with Garage Band. PC you could maybe just start with Audacity. Ardour is open source but I don't have experience with it. Reaper has infinite demo mode. There's a free pro tools but that might be a bit of a steep learning curve. If you want to add electronic elements it might be worth starting with one of the intro versions of Ableton.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I'm not sure yet. I might record acoustic and then vocals separately or I might do both at the same time. I don't know I'm just going to fuck around