[Trombone-l] recording

[Stuart Collidge]

Hi Ashton,

The options presented so far have all been universally great.  Digital 
recorders are very high quality units and give you the flexibility of great 
portability.  If you are looking at recording straight into your computer, 
however, you will need the following things.

Microphone (Shure vocal mic will do fine, but a music store can advise you 
on what else at what price.  I have had success using drum mics, as they 
generally deal with high sound pressure levels and colour the tone nicely) + 
lead and stand
Quality sound card (even with a mic, you will need a good sound card.  There 
are plenty of good external cards available, which allow you to take them to 
another computer to work.  Basically you're after something that will remove 
any latency problems, which is the time lag between playing into the mic and 
the computer recording that sound)
Recording software (there are thousands of good programs around, but you're 
best of to find out what software they use at the high school that you'll be 
at, because then you can port work from home to school)
CD/DVD Burner, USB memory stick.
These are the essentials.  After this, you can look at studio monitors or a 
high quality set of studio cans (headphones), sound proofing your room, etc.

Speak to a music store that stocks this stuff.  The guys there usually know 
what they're talking about.

Cheers,
Stu

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ashton" <trombonekid5000 at yahoo.com>
To: <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 3:46 AM
Subject: [Trombone-l] recording


> I'm in 8th grade and am going to need to make a lot of
> audition recordings in the coming years. I have a mac
> which I belive is good for recording, but don't have
> any any equipment such as a mike. I'm looking into
> purchasing  recording equipment as it could save me a
> lot of money for college.  What do you need to record
> and what would be good for recording trombone?
> Ashton
>
>
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