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technical help desired
technical help desired
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yogi
16 posts
Jun 08, 2010
9:57 AM
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Hello all. Maybe someone has the knowledge i lack.
I have a portable 8 track thing that i use to practice and play back. Works well enough for me. However i have hit a technical wall.
Once i have recorded something on to the machine it plays back fine through speakers. However, i recently for the first time tried to put a track onto my pc from the machine.
I put a lead from the machine into the pc mic input. I use windows so opened up the sound recorder thing from the accessories folder in the programs list on the start menu.
The track recorded to the pc ok but only plays back in mono. My speakers play stereo fine for everything else on my pc and the track plays stereo well enough from the 8 track machine direct to speakers.
Am i missing a trick here.
In addition, the next thing i want to be able to do is record a track and then put it on my computer and then send it in emails. Is that possible?
If anybody can see a floor in my attempts i am happy to be made to look stupid if it can be pointed out.
Many thanks in advance.
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Buddha
1983 posts
Jun 08, 2010
10:25 AM
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use line-in on your PC and make sure it's a stereo plug.
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isaacullah
999 posts
Jun 08, 2010
10:34 AM
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Yeah, if you use the "external micrtophone" jack on your computer, it's likely to be mono. So even if you give it a stereo signal with a stereo TRS jack, it will come through in mono. Your computer may or may not have a stereo line in jack (as Buddha suggests you use), and if it does, you should use it. If not, you have to buy a USB audio interface if you want to get a stereo signal in (search google or amazon, and you will find several low cost and several high cost ones).
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nacoran
2038 posts
Jun 08, 2010
11:42 AM
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We always have problems with the mix not sounding right when we get it to the PC. I think our sound guy sends each track out to the PC separate and mixes it down on the PC. It's an older mixer.
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waltertore
632 posts
Jun 08, 2010
12:29 PM
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yogi: I guess the first question is - how good do you want your recordings to sound? We all have a different take on this, so it helps to find a recording you really like the sound of and go from there.
Here is my take on home recordings. To get a decent sounding recording takes good equipment and the knowledge to use it. Most youtube videos are hard to listen to. the sonic quality is so bad because they are using the cheap camera mics. How people comment on great tone and such via these videos is beyond me. My ears just hear compressed to death, badly mixed noise. I rarely can listen through a whole video for this reason.
I have been teaching myself to make recordings for the past 7 years. I started with a mini disc to the computer with hopes a simple set up would do it. But as I progressed I found that to get a decent recording sound takes good mics, knowledge as to how to use them, good preamps, good plugins, good recording software, and the skill to bring all this together. If one isn't willing to put in some serious time with the recording process, they will always sound disapointing(at least to my ears).
Personally I like to hear good music sounding good. Good music sounding bad has driven me to learning how to make decent recordings. I was always disapointed in my recordings that were done on handheld cameras, jam boxes, and other cheap gear.
Learning to make decent sounding recordings is like learning another instrument. It takes decades to get really good. There are no shortcuts. Time, time, and more time........ that will get you there. I am still a beginner with recording but loving the process of discovery. My recordings are finally sounding decent to my ears. Walter
PS: I have purchased some high end preamps and mics off guys that thought just buying them would instantly make their recordings sound great. They got frustrated and sold them for next to nothing. Basically the same thing you often see with people trying to learn instruments.
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Last Edited by on Jun 08, 2010 1:19 PM
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