GRIMESPACE wrote:I guess I'll try this again, reordered for clarity
GRIMESPACE wrote:Reaper (
http://www.reaper.fm) is Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software. It's only $60, and has a massive (always growing) feature set. As stated earlier, if you haven't used Cakewalk in a long time, the software will probably be changed so much that you'll be starting over.
Why not start with something (Reaper) that many of us are already using and can easily help you with?SM57 has an XLR (3 pin) connector. How are you getting a 2 conductor mono plug from that? Is there an adapter at the end or is the cable wired as 3 pin to 1/4" jack? In any event, having a correct XLR cable will take care of what you need to connect to the audio adapter. I've been getting great deals on XLR cables from Monoprice (
http://www.monoprice.com) - excellent quality, heavy duty cable & connectors, and awesome pricing.
I'm pretty sure that the two must commonly used drum software packages here are EZ Drummer (
http://www.toontrack.com) and Slate Drums (google). Again - if you're new / learning, best to use something that others are, so you can get help.
OK, I will try Reaper, cause this Cakewalk program is just pissing me off big time, and I just don't have the patience to spend all day figuring out such simple things.
What I have to record with, is a standard shure sm57 which has always worked best for me, and a mic cable with the usual 3 pin female plug that connects into the mic (obviously) but it just has a regular mono 1/4 plug (guitar cable style plug) on the other end, so I bought a little 1/4 inch to 1/8 inch mono adaptor and used that plugged right into the recording input on my shitty old laptop. I got it recording and it was sounding pretty damn good actually (even without a mic-pre), but like I said it was just very technical with too many features, and I couldn't find the panning feature???... It's nothing like the simple layout of pro-audio 9.
I want something streamlined and easy to navigate, I don't need effects and all that other bullshit. I just need the ablity to record maybe 10 - 12 tracks at most, I will probably only need 3 or 4 for guitar (one rhythm far left, one far right, and any leads I will have down the center, and maybe the occasional harmony with it. And a single bass line down the middle too. I need the ability to import drum tracks... that one's very important. I could do all that with pro-audio9.
I was thinking of maybe finding and downloading pro-audio 9 again?? but it's so outdated by todays standards. It's a program made in the early 00's maybe late 90's??
Anyways, I will take your advice and get Reaper, a proper XLR mic cable, and one of those focusrite mic pre'. Thanks dude!
I should of been a little more attentive when buying that mic, I just said I wanted a shure sm57 with a cable, and that's what he gave me and I didn't even really look at it till I got it home.
If I ever get anything worthwhile recorded I will make sure to post them on this board. I will be recording with my ltd viper 1000 with the EMG 57/66 with my Mark IV, that guitar sounds and plays awesome BTW (don't give a shit that it's LTD), and I'm gonna use my Dean ML for use with the Randall's, for the more aggressive stuff...
I've got some material written and it's all in my head right now. It's just a matter of getting it recorded. I also have a riff tape with dozens of riff recorded very badly that I will have to sift through.