Subject:New User Needs Help/make friends

Posted by: BobbyD

Date:5/3/2000 10:07:00 PM

Hello Folks;

My name s Bob and I'm brand new in the computer software
recording game. I'm a blues/rock musician who has been
playing guitar for 23 years. I have used tradional 4 track
Reel-to reels, cassettes and most recently owned a Roland
VS-1680 hard disk recorder. I have since sold the unit and
recently purchased a DELL 1 GHZ computer with a 21 monitor
and want to get into computer recording. The first peice
of softwae that I purchased is the ACID Music 2.0. I just
went through the demo and don't have a flying "f**K" what
I'm doing. What I want to do is record a backing guitar
and vocal track over a loop. Do I need an external sound
module for my guitar?. Can I plug my guitar (brian Moore C-
90 witha 13pin midi pickup)directly into the sounbblaster
live card that came with the DELL. I have no idea where to
start. Are there any other musicians into the same thing
that can help me out. All response appreciated.

Rock the Blues!!

Subject:Re: New User Needs Help/make friends

Reply by: wpeters1

Date:5/5/2000 12:37:00 PM

Hey Bob,

I'm not sure how much help I can offer - but first, you're on the
right track. Acid is really easy to use once you get the hang of
it...

For starters, you'll need to import some recorded stuff into your PC.
This can be accomplished a number of ways. The most desirable is
probably the most expensive - but it makes sense: Record the stuff at
a studio and have the tracks imaged to audio CD. You can import the
tracks right from the CD-ROM in your PC like any audio disk.

For the more realistic option - using your sound card: You may be
able to take the instrument directly, however I would caution you on
this... Your best bet is to recrod the tracks yourself somehow, and
then "import" the sound into your PC. This can be done as simply as
recording playback through your PC's microphone (arggg the quality) or
by using the line-in on your card from an audio source and recording.

There's always other options, like using other hardware/software
products that specialize in capturing external audio. ACID will read
.wav files, the common PC audio file type. Be sure to record at the
highest quality possible - and remember, when recording you are
limited to the amount of memory or time you can record. Increase PC
memory = increase length of recording sample...

Hopefully I have helped in some way. Feel free to email me:

rich@pgxonline.com if you'd like more insight on using ACID!!!


Robert Danuff wrote:
>>Hello Folks;
>>
>>My name s Bob and I'm brand new in the computer software
>>recording game. I'm a blues/rock musician who has been
>>playing guitar for 23 years. I have used tradional 4 track
>>Reel-to reels, cassettes and most recently owned a Roland
>>VS-1680 hard disk recorder. I have since sold the unit and
>>recently purchased a DELL 1 GHZ computer with a 21 monitor
>>and want to get into computer recording. The first peice
>>of softwae that I purchased is the ACID Music 2.0. I just
>>went through the demo and don't have a flying "f**K" what
>>I'm doing. What I want to do is record a backing guitar
>>and vocal track over a loop. Do I need an external sound
>>module for my guitar?. Can I plug my guitar (brian Moore C-
>>90 witha 13pin midi pickup)directly into the sounbblaster
>>live card that came with the DELL. I have no idea where to
>>start. Are there any other musicians into the same thing
>>that can help me out. All response appreciated.
>>
>>Rock the Blues!!

Subject:Re: New User Needs Help/make friends

Reply by: Slickster

Date:5/13/2000 1:10:00 AM

Hi Bob,
Acid Is awesome, I just recorded some vocals on one of my tunes came
out great. And you can sync to time code, BUT ONLY WITH ACID PRO,
unfortunately, just think of Acid as the recorder, mixer, Efx
processor(s), etc, it does it all. I will say that it does take time
to create EVERYTHING using Acid, but its great if you dont play like
me. So jusy hang in there, its so simple youll be creating hitz be4
you know it. Oh And to record the vocals, I found out how on here in
the support section, its easy, but you do need to use headphones so as
not to feedback thru puter mic, and you will need to turn off puter
speaks. And I wouls imagine that recording a instrument track would
be much easier, no feedback problems, As always watch your levewls and
recird as hot as possible without distorting. I use to be Pro engineer
10 yrs ago, those skills always come in handy
good luck

Slick

Rich Peterson wrote:
>>
>>Hey Bob,
>>
>>I'm not sure how much help I can offer - but first, you're on the
>>right track. Acid is really easy to use once you get the hang of
>>it...
>>
>>For starters, you'll need to import some recorded stuff into your
PC.
>> This can be accomplished a number of ways. The most desirable is
>>probably the most expensive - but it makes sense: Record the stuff
at
>>a studio and have the tracks imaged to audio CD. You can import the
>>tracks right from the CD-ROM in your PC like any audio disk.
>>
>>For the more realistic option - using your sound card: You may be
>>able to take the instrument directly, however I would caution you on
>>this... Your best bet is to recrod the tracks yourself somehow, and
>>then "import" the sound into your PC. This can be done as simply as
>>recording playback through your PC's microphone (arggg the quality)
or
>>by using the line-in on your card from an audio source and
recording.
>>
>>There's always other options, like using other hardware/software
>>products that specialize in capturing external audio. ACID will
read
>>.wav files, the common PC audio file type. Be sure to record at the
>>highest quality possible - and remember, when recording you are
>>limited to the amount of memory or time you can record. Increase PC
>>memory = increase length of recording sample...
>>
>>Hopefully I have helped in some way. Feel free to email me:
>>
>>rich@pgxonline.com if you'd like more insight on using ACID!!!
>>
>>
>>Robert Danuff wrote:
>>>>Hello Folks;
>>>>
>>>>My name s Bob and I'm brand new in the computer software
>>>>recording game. I'm a blues/rock musician who has been
>>>>playing guitar for 23 years. I have used tradional 4 track
>>>>Reel-to reels, cassettes and most recently owned a Roland
>>>>VS-1680 hard disk recorder. I have since sold the unit and
>>>>recently purchased a DELL 1 GHZ computer with a 21 monitor
>>>>and want to get into computer recording. The first peice
>>>>of softwae that I purchased is the ACID Music 2.0. I just
>>>>went through the demo and don't have a flying "f**K" what
>>>>I'm doing. What I want to do is record a backing guitar
>>>>and vocal track over a loop. Do I need an external sound
>>>>module for my guitar?. Can I plug my guitar (brian Moore C-
>>>>90 witha 13pin midi pickup)directly into the sounbblaster
>>>>live card that came with the DELL. I have no idea where to
>>>>start. Are there any other musicians into the same thing
>>>>that can help me out. All response appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>Rock the Blues!!