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thanks for the info gents, oldhat, i looked at audacity, it seems a bit āinvolvedā i just donāt understand the jargon! so, do you think that buying one of the suggested mics and downloading an online audio recorder, would allow me to sit in front of my laptop with the the mic and record myself (vocals and guitar) playing and singing on one ātrackā and then play it back and play banjo back up to the recordings?
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Yep one of those USB mics will do the trick. However, you may not be happy with recording two instruments or say vocals and an instrument together as most of us that play around think itās like" Real Estate"ā¦location, location, location. I know my guitar sounds best with the mic at a certain location, and that same location does not give me the best vocals. But Iād go with the BLue Yeti Pro because it has abotu 5 or 6 different settings you can select for what you are going to use it forā¦it can be things for like āsolo voiceā, multiple voices, musical instrument, etcā¦and the AT 2020 just has 1 settingā¦āONā.
Audacity is pretty simple, hook up your mic to your pc, open audacity, click ārecordā, and you are off to the races.
Once you get you something worked out then youāll have to join us at the bottom of the forums in the ānetgrassā section and throw up some parts. We are always looking for new folks to toss in stuff! Itās typically Myself, Mike, Larry, and Ozi so we need some new blood!
If you are interested in how recording all comes together, then you should venture over to Kompoz and see how tracks work.
A lot of it is ājargonā, itās really not that bad and I can offer up advise on recording, but I think Mike and Larry possess a lot more knowledge and are pretty much smarter than I am!
Oldhat