FOAK: Music -> Computer

Right. Let's suppose a ham-fisted **** is slowly becoming marginally
less ham-fisted at the guitar. Let's suppose he might want to record his
appalling attempts. He has a PC.

How does he get the guitar into his PC and record it? What
hardware/software does he need?

My friend would like to know.

 

http://www.reaper.fm/

With a Behringer U-CONTROL UCA202

Should do you fine.

Reaper is free and the UCA should cost around 20 quid.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, steve auvache

Your friend's a ****.

HTH.

 

I have a friend who sometimes borrows his son's Korg 4 track cassette
recorder with built in guitar effects and evryfink. Been known to lay
down a Yamaha drum machine track, then a bass track, then rhythm, and
saddest of all then try to do a Hank Marvin. He does at least have the
decency not to connect the line out to his PC's line in.


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Is that anything like a Telefunken U-47?
With leather?

 

If it's an electric guitar, use a cable which has a standard jack on
one end, and a mini-jack on the other and simply plug it into your
sound card. If you need to use a microphone, you'll need either a
small mixer (which is what I use), which will cost a bit, or one of
the microphone-to-USB devices, or a better sound card which'll take a
phono jack.

Software - lots available to download for free but costs after trial
period. The only free one I know about is Audacity.

 

I've got a brand new - unused - still in its box UCA202 you can have
for £15.

I use a Roland / Edirol UA-4FX instead now (it was free !)

 

But would it be useful to WUN?

 

The results from plugging an electric guitar straight into the mic in of a
sound card will be disappointing. The lines aren't matched so you'll lose
most of the tone and struggle with clipping etc. A better solution is to
take the output from a typical multi effects pedal into the line in. I
picked up a Podstudio thingummy from Toys'rus last year for £9.95 (reduced
from £90). In the box was an M-audio USB interface which you *can* plug a
guitar straight into and get good results (recording quality wise - not my
playing!). I think that is the way to go for WUN and I'd probably grab the
USB interface from Brownz.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, "Brownz (via

Sold! Assuming your email works...

 

Wotcha.

I have a similar friend who bears an uncanny resemblance to myself.
Here he is at the Welland Steam rally . . . .
http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/video/2008welland1952.wmv

 

Replied..... send me your snail mail address as I can stick it in the
post this arvo.

Am away to Germany first thing tomorrow and not back til Tuesday.

Cheerz - Brownz

 

This is like a UKRM sheeple thing, right?

 

Heh, I've taken to listening to Flemish radio in the office, in an
effort to improve my comprehension skills, and I was quite taken aback
to hear "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" on daytime radio.

 

Another version of that from 3 mins


Any more offerings? Murders or otherwise.

 

snip

Nice the way the bike engine comes in at the end...

 

Just a note, you'll either need an adaptor that converts from 6.5mm
guitar lead jack to RCA jack or a lead that has a 6.5 jack on one end
and an RCA on the other. I'd be inclined to go for the adaptor. I
don't know what suppliers you have near you, but it should only cost
around 3 quid.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Kevin Gleeson

Maplins shall provide.

Cheers.

 

What you really need there are a couple of blokes blowing across cider
jugs and bottles.