I have been playing and recording some things whit a usb headphones that came whit a mic, and whit that I eliminate the noise that you get by puting a mic on the line in of your pc.
The thing is that the mic is not good at all, and all the recording sounds stiff. So, I like the idea of recording to a usb port, and I came across whit this product:
First you have to define what sound is acceptable to you. I suggest you search the net and find a home recording sound you like (you may not like the music but I am talking about sound here). Find out what they use and go for it. The range of quality is near infinite as is the range/costs of recording gear. Walter ---------- walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year. " life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
laurent2015, that would be awesome, but I am not willing to spend that kind of cash because I am not that good to make that investment on sounding realy good.
waltertore, aceptable for me is a more "live" sound, but no to much. I know that if is fidelity what I am looking for I need to spend a lot of money.
I want to record stuff on my home whit a litle more of definition, so I am thinking on buying a basic shure (o behringer) dynamic mic to miking the amp, and something to put the mic in the pc whitout that noise that comes whit the line in. Because of that this product seems interesting to me, for the simplicity and the price, not for the High Definition sound.
rogonzab: A good live sound can vary from person to person and can range from a home video camera recording of a show to Roy Buchanan's Livestock Album............ We all have different levels of what is ok and not with sound. What one tells you is a great set up for live sound may sound terrible to you. You can waste a lot of money going by what people say. Go by what you hear. The ears don't lie. That is why I say find an example of what you like and investigate what gear was used.
The art of recording is just that and I approach it like I do playing an instrument- my benchmark is very high. Adding a good mic to a cheap preamp will still sound bad. A great mic, great preamp, cheap soundcard, you still have crap. Plus learning to use decent gear is no easier than mastering an instrument. It amazes with all this technology getting so cheap with sharp visual stuff (cameras/tvs, etc) you would think they address the sound side. Instead 99% of what I hear on this site sounds terrible to my ears from a sonic perspective. I think the art of capturing sound has yet to be cracked by a simple device that takes no learning where the camera stuff is just that. Walter ---------- walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year. " life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
If you are producing a sound you like, why not just record it with a Zoom H2n, for less than $200. You also can't get more portable than that. ----------
BeeardHarmonica: I would not spend a grand on that. The guts of it are real cheap. But then again to anothers ears this may be the coolest thing out there. Let your ears guide you with sound. They don't lie. Walter
PS: I mean no disrespect but most people recording themselves here take on recording is like most people thinking Bob Dylan a great harp player- it is very basic, not a real interest, and ignorance on the subject is the norm. Find a recording you like and investigate the process, gear, like you would disect how to learn a little walter song/tone/pharasing/etc. Recording is simply another instrument that is dependent on the quality of the instrument and the skill of the person using it. There is no way to cut corners on becoming a great musician or recording engineer(despite all this internet instruction that will make you think yo can but all you end up being is a paint by the numbers player/engineer). Seek out great engineers, hang with them, learn. The same goes if you want to become a great musician. Find great musicians and hang with them. That will get you there someday with having your home recorded music(and the music you play) sound just like you want. ---------- walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year. " life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
@Rogonzab: you were not planning to by a stuff like the Line6, that's ok, but you'll inevitably come to manage your sound. If the device you thought about is 20 dollars and Line6 60 dollars, you remain in the range of the acceptable, isn't it, but what the Pocket Pod would bring to you is more than three times worth, IMO. Now if you already found "your" sound, then I pipe down.
