Any musicians here that record on their PC?

[Gothic Sponge]

I'm a guitarist that worked with boards and rack gear for years. Now i'm diving into the world of PC recording. I have much to learn. Any recommendations?

[Trajan]

1. Yeah ....

First: have you already obtained a Digital Recording Application ? ... Cubase ? .. Cakewalk ? ... DP ? ... PRO-Tools ? ...

Any hardware interfaces ? ...

Tube Mic-Preamps ? ...

A decent set of mics ? ..

[TrogL]

2. I've been having good luck with Real Player paid version

There's a record function. I've been using it dump all by reel-to-reel tapes and LP's to disk.

I'm going to be recording live on Thursday and I'm seriously contemplating lugging my PC with me rather than using tape.

[FreakinDJ]

3. Try looking here

This is the outfit I get all my gear from

http://www.pssl.com/bsearchresults.tpl?command=search&db=search/maindb.txt&wostr_Categorydata=RERE&int_Ordertype=num&int_Ordersort=1&int_Ordersdir=as&uid=2004053113533986&max=10

BTW: try the 1-800 number. They are flexable on the prices

[mitchum]

4. I've tried, but I'm a slave to analog...

I have cakewalk and a very good soundcard and have started to use them several times...but I always find myself saying, "What in the hell am I doing? I have amps, mikes, a kit and a multi-track in the other room"

Maybe one day :)

[tigereye]

5. my so does and gets really interesting results

not sure what he uses. Very trancey and dancey stuff. I think he has a variety of different programs. I have only ever recorded on boards in studios myself, but the PC way seems more egalitarian and cheaper.

[guitar man]

6. Quite a bit

I am still using ADATS to lay down and store tracks, but am dumping the tracks into a computer I built specifically as a DAW (digital audio workstation)for editing and mixing.

I have tried several different softwares, but my favorite is Cool Edit Pro, ahich is now called Adobe Audition since Adobe bought them out. It is the most user-friendly software I have found so far.

For audio work, you want either an Athlon or Pentium 4 processor. the Celerons and Durons really don't cut it because of the number crunching involved. 256 megs of RAM is marginal, 512 up is better an you want a 7200 rpm. or better hard drive.

The quality of the A/D convertors is important. Soundblaster cards and the like are consumer grade and really don't have the quality of convertors that audiophile or professional grade cards do. I am using the convertors in the ADATS, so all I needed was an ADAT "lightpipe" card to take them in as digital signal.

Anyway, I was able to do away with all my rack processing gear etc. and do it all "in the box".

good luck!