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| RobertRollie |
| quote: | Originally posted by batemanscott
Actually robert if you look you'll note that I'm not talking about what you *can* do with software (and It's disappointing that you would be editing out mistakes) I am talking about recording directly to a cd.
Most people that connect to a pc do so with a cheap, ty, unshielded 3.5mm to 2 rca cable that doesn't maintain 75 ohms nor have separate networks for the various frequencies, then they use cheap soundcards etc and generally end up with pretty crappy sounding recordings.
Imagine just hitting "record" and achieving an exact recording. Sound Easy?
The reasoning behind such extreme recording range with these programs is beyond me. The vinyl doesn't put it out, the needle doesn't put it out, the cd can't record it, the cd player , amp and speakers in even alot of high quality systems can't reproduce it anyway so why would you?
Even if your recording at 192khz and you have a studio grade system to play it back on, your ear can't hear it. Golden rule mate...
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Im sorry but I beg to differ. Most turntables output an analougue signal and as such it can be sampled at up to whatever the program/device supports with accurate results (as long as your needles arent ed). And you'd be surprised how much difference the sampling rate can make to the sound quality when converting it to lossy formats like MP3.
As for recording directly to cd 'most people' as you put it, cannot afford expensive dedicated hardware like that, on top of that, and IMO such a thing is a complete and utter waste of money, especially in a home recording environment, when a PC can do a better job. Plus if you your mix up, you've wasted a (relatively) expensive cd.
'Most people' have a PC at home, can afford 60 bux for a decent soundcard and 5 bux for a decent lead to plug into it. But really over such a short distance the resistance hardly matters and as long as you keep it clear of your power cables you can even get by with unshielded cable. Im speaking from 5 years working as a professional sound engineer in concert production and studios, so I'm hardly out of my league here.
and keep in mind the question asked was how do you record your mixes, no one said anything about demos...maybe he just wants to listen to his music in the car? Its fine for you all to jump on the bandwagon about how disapointed you are but at the end of the day, im sure he just wanted to make a nice sounding mix. ... |
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| Huebor |
I'm in the mood to rant.
Since most people who post in this thread (and a fair few on the main forum) are DJs, aspiring DJs etc .. I stand by my rant and deem it VALID.
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| JulesPLees |
I go to DMC in prahran for demos...15 bucks an hour for a top notch setup.
Its hard recording a demo...ive been PLaying out for a year and a half and now only worked out how to do them properly. Just get your favourite newies...press record and PLay. DOnt worry if its not 100% perfect...as long as it flows you'll be right. |
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| Trance Nutter |
I tried recording a demo a couple of weeks ago onto my MD, just so I could listen back and if its any good spread around my mates. I plugged the MD into the 'TAPE' out on the back of my mixer.
When I listened back the volume was WAY too loud, everything distorted to . Next time I tried I turned every volume on my mixer to minimum; main out, gains, and only used around 20 mm of my faders. What resulted was a good volume, but I could adjust the gains, and because I was using such a small amount of fader the channels were basically 'on' or 'off', there was no build up. As you can imagine the mixes weren't smooth so it sounded crap.
Does anyone else have this prob when using MD, or did I set it up wrong?
Is it better to find an out on my stereo? |
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