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If it's not too late to pop in on the recording tip, I do heart Garageband. There are a few things it's missing, but nothing that can't be worked around. And it's dead simple, especially on a Mac. If you just want to get your stuff out and up there, it's fantastic. And it has a lot of built-in effects and simulators that are shockingly good.

I'm seriously green with envy over you guys and your Macs, but alas, I have a pc, so Garageband is out for me. Audacity looks pretty cool for where I'm at right now.

Gotta get some info on the mic thing though...Aen...?

Well doing audio synching with videos is something that I haven't dealt with, and aen makes tons of videos so he probably is one of the best people to ask.

SilliusSodus wrote:I'm seriously green with envy over you guys and your Macs, but alas, I have a pc, so Garageband is out for me. Audacity looks pretty cool for where I'm at right now.

Gotta get some info on the mic thing though...Aen...?

Huh... I thought Apple would be making Garageband for PC by now. That's a bummer.

Regarding mics, are you a tone purist, or are you o.k. with digital? Because mic'ing is cool, but can present a whole batch of new problems and introduce all sorts of other variables to deal with. If you don't hate on digital, going straight in is ssssssssuper easy. Although if you use a lot of feedback, that can be more problematic when going direct in...

jrmy wrote:Regarding mics, are you a tone purist, or are you o.k. with digital? Because mic'ing is cool, but can present a whole batch of new problems and introduce all sorts of other variables to deal with. If you don't hate on digital, going straight in is ssssssssuper easy. Although if you use a lot of feedback, that can be more problematic when going direct in...

My thought was to simply run everything through my amp (a Peavey KB 100 with 3 inputs) and then place the microphone close to the amp to record with it. Somehow, I guess through the USB port, the mic would transfer what it is picking up to the program running on the computer (in my case, perhaps Audacity).

But...

...that just sounds too easy to be true though...

Is this how it works? I mean, recording with these computer programs?

**Edit**

I just bought the Snowflake. Now I just need to download Audacity I guess.

Still...is it really that easy???

Yeah, it's usually pretty simple. Just plug the mic into the USB, open audacity, check levels, and hit record. If you want to make mp3s I think you need to download something called LAME.

http://www.reaper.fm/
Free (for 30 days) and fairly full-featured. $60 after the trial period if you're not using it for commercial purposes, I think.

Also, http://www.multitrackstudio.com/index.php
It's not as robust as Reaper, but it does have an interesting interface.

And finally, http://www.ardour.org/ if you're on LInux or OSX.
It's free and open-source.