I have been playing for just over a year and really am enjoying myself and making what I consider some good progress.
I would like to make some basic recordings of my playing, maybe lay down a rythm and then play some lead over it etc. I don't really need anything fantastic. Sometimes my teacher sends me a series of chords and I practice soloing over them, it would be nice to play the file and record myself and the file together.
My friend has a Mac and of course he is able to do this easily using Garage Band. Is there anything similar on the PC platform that people really like to play with. I looked at GuitarTracks from Cakewalk and it seems way too complicated for what I need to do. I have a guitar port and am going to take a look at Riff Tracker and see if that does what I need but I think I read it only allows you to play like 4 bars of music at a time.
So I guess what I am looking for is something that comes close to these requirements (Im at work so excuse the formal discussion of requirements)
1) Multiple Tracks at least 4 I guess
2) Ability to import music files MP3 etc.
3) Runs on Windows XP
4) Doesn't require an engineering degree to figure out.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance for anything you can suggest.
1) Multiple Tracks at least 4 I guess
2) Ability to import music files MP3 etc.
3) Runs on Windows XP
4) Doesn't require an engineering degree to figure out.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance for anything you can suggest.
You can give Audacity a try. It does your 4 items, is simple and free. I use it regularly.
Follow my link below and there is a link to it on my home page. There is also a link to it in the freebie section of this forum
Try Acid Music.
Thanks for the tips guys. I'll check em both out!
excuse the ignorance but how do i actually connect the guitar to my computer... :oops:
Is there a lead or external soundcard or adapter i need?
stop...i have found a genius...stop...
You need some kind of adapter.
I just bought an M-Audio Fast Track myself.
It plugs into your USB port.
The elcheapo way is to just play into your computer microphone but the sound quality will suffer.
If you have room there are cards you can buy also.
just plugged my amp line out into the computer and it worked fine with audacity...granted- its no 'abbey road' but it should keep me occupied for a while.
stop...i have found a genius...stop...
I've just started playing around with Audacity and it seems really good.
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Helgi Briem
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I use Audacity and my headset mic. Quality is bad but not that bothered.
