BR1GHT PR1MATE wrote:
uhhh yeah, there are very few circumstances in which buying things will make you better at music
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kineticturtle wrote:
BR1GHT PR1MATE wrote:uhhh yeah, there are very few circumstances in which buying things will make you better at music
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Liverpool, UK
4mat wrote:
I see your hat, and raise you....
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Brazil
TraceKaiser wrote:
Thanks Subway
I love it, but obviously there are times when it just doesn't live up to what I need. Maybe if I bought some actual compressors and gates and shit instead of just using software ones for decent recording then I could get it to sound nice. But... Meh, haha.The pressure's on ._.
Dude, your music is nice enough and to me it sounds nice either way. Don't worry that much with this stuff for a while and concentrate on the music itself.
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PULSELOOPER wrote:
If you guys have problems to get your music to the people, imagine here in South America.
This. The thing here gets awful a lot.
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BR1GHT PR1MATE wrote:
ant1 wrote:no
uhhh yeah, there are very few circumstances in which buying things will make you better at music
I meant that instead of using software and its built in effects to record, if I actually had some hardware then I could make similar quality recordings on my tape recorder.
Nothing about my music, haha.
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calmdownkidder wrote:
I see your hat, and raise you....
Dam you I still want one of those. 
REPRINT!!! REPRINT!!!
ONTOPIC: There really isn't anything wrong with using software to get your effects in the final recording. Unless it's a major effect that you want to be using live, don't worry about it just now. I personally prefer hardware just because HEY IT'S RIGHT THERE, but it doesn't actually make that much of a difference for recording. Plus, if you really wanted to, you could do some amazing (and by amazing I mean OH GOD NO.) setup where you run in to computer effects and then out to tape recorder. 
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Ontario, Canada
Forget about hardware effects, drop $100 or so on a decent condensor mic, it'll be the best recording purchase you ever made, then just record into some free software, Reaper or something.
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Whitley Bay, England
I'm using GarageBand currently, seems pretty nice.
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Ontario, Canada
Yeah, which software you use isn't too big of a deal, as long as it isn't Audacity or something, the mic is what's going to make the biggest difference
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For live venues, change your name to "FREE BEER."
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J. Arthur Keenes wrote:
Forget about hardware effects, drop $100 or so on a decent condensor mic, it'll be the best recording purchase you ever made, then just record into some free software, Reaper or something.
THIS THIS THIS all the way.
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Baltimore, MD
Adding to the mic post, on the dynamic side, you can't go wrong with a Shure SM58. It's a great workhorse.
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Whitley Bay, England
I think my school has a couple of them. Once we get the sole Mac at school up and running for recording in the studio.. 
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Make lots and lots of music. Appreciate your audience. Make lots of friends. Make friends with the people who listen to your music.
Edit: Go about this process like you're going to die tommorow. Think of the whole process on the simplest level. Not for fame, just for the experience. Ok i'm being dramatic now.
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