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| Mainvein |
Ok, can someone explain how I do this? It must be said i know sweet fa about computers and stuff, so could someone please explain it in laymans terms? What sort of connection do i need? What sort of program do i need to record it? Tell me as if you were speaking to a 3 year old, that's about where my computer knowledge is at.
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| matt_a |
Ok
Get an Audio Cable (Red and Black/White) plug it into the Master output (plug) in the rear (back) or you mixer (thing with little knobs and sliders) get the other end (buy an Audio cable with a 3.5mm jack on the other end to the Red/Black. A 3.5mm is a normal earphone jack . . the small one) plug that earphone jack into the Line In in your Sound Card (thing that does sound) in the rear (back) of your computer.
Download a program called 'Messer', try from www.download.com install it then play stuff through your mixer (eg turntables) and the sound should be running through your computer (make sure the master volume is up on the mixer, and that the Line In is not on Mute on your computer, check this by double clicking the little speaker symbol on the bottom right hand corner of this screen)
After you have done this, open messer, hit record, select what name you want to save it as and where, click save, then mix away.
I hope this is simple enough. |
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| one.tjc |
i would follow paragraph one of matt_a's instructions [you need to plug the cable from the mixer into the "line in" hole on the back of your sound card by the way (as stated previously!)]
then, id use sound forge [cough cough] to record in and normalise
make sure when you're recording that its not clipping [on the mixer it will have all your levels, keep them out of the red]
then its as simple as normalising/mastering and burning to cd:) |
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| RobSolaris |
| quote: | Originally posted by one.tjc
make sure when you're recording that its not clipping [on the mixer it will have all your levels, keep them out of the red]
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"make sure when you're recording that its not clipping" - soundforge
mixer:
make sure your mixer is on ZERO DB! (0 dB)
when doing transitions make sure it does not go over 0dB
a little over is ok but do not keep it on red. |
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| one.tjc |
| quote: | Originally posted by RobSolaris
mixer:
make sure your mixer is on ZERO DB! (0 dB)
when doing transitions make sure it does not go over 0dB
a little over is ok but do not keep it on red. |
yup thats it, having it slightly below 0dB gives headroom for song changes, however this headroom is usually built into the mixer and when you normalise it usually wont make a difference, all just pedantic perfectionism:crazy: |
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