help with recording acoustic instruments and vocals?

December 8th, 2009 | by admin |

okay. i have Sony Acid Pro 6 on my Dell Inspiron 6400 and i need to know what specifically i need to buy for recording mainly vocals, acoustic guitar, and other acoustic instruments (piano, xylophone, strings, etc.)
i am kind of on a limited budget, but i have been looking at package with an AKG C1000S and a Perception 200 condenser mic along with headphones, two XLR cables, and mic stands.
thats all fine and good, but here is where i get lost. audio interface? phantom power? preamps?
i would like to be able to mix guitar tracks, backup vocals, and the like. and i would prefer to spend under $1000 for at least this first basic setup.
please, i am really quite clueless about all this, so the more specific and step-by-step the answers, all the more helpful.
thank you in advance.
-daniel

Go to http://www.tweakheadz.com
Tons of great information.
The shure sm57 mic is the industry standard for a lot of vocals and instruments. I have a couple and they live up to their good reputation. (not sure about piano) Most professional condensor mics dont require internal batteries or individual AC power supplies in order to work. Instead they are designed to be powered directly from the console through phantom power supply. Phantom power works by supplying a positive DV voltage through both conductors of a balanced mic line to the condensor capsule and impedance preamp. The output signals of most mics have levels too low to drive input stage of most recording systems, so mic preamps are used to boost its signal to the appropriate levels .
A few different types of interfaces. Like, PCI, USB, and Firewire.
Basically you need this to run your software. Here are a few http://www.zzounds.com/cat–2418

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  1. 2 Responses to “help with recording acoustic instruments and vocals?”

  2. By error on Dec 26, 2009 | Reply

    Go to http://www.tweakheadz.com
    Tons of great information.
    The shure sm57 mic is the industry standard for a lot of vocals and instruments. I have a couple and they live up to their good reputation. (not sure about piano) Most professional condensor mics dont require internal batteries or individual AC power supplies in order to work. Instead they are designed to be powered directly from the console through phantom power supply. Phantom power works by supplying a positive DV voltage through both conductors of a balanced mic line to the condensor capsule and impedance preamp. The output signals of most mics have levels too low to drive input stage of most recording systems, so mic preamps are used to boost its signal to the appropriate levels .
    A few different types of interfaces. Like, PCI, USB, and Firewire.
    Basically you need this to run your software. Here are a few http://www.zzounds.com/cat–2418
    References :

  3. By hollywood71@verizon.net on Dec 26, 2009 | Reply

    you can go to samashmusic.com and get the software that you can record everything on your computer. they have complete boards that for less than a grand, you can mix, burn your things through the unit which has the option of plugging in instruments or using tracked already built in.
    References :

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