TheSnowStorm Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I am avery ten year violinist and this summer after I grudurate from high school, I plan on doing some remixes and playing music from video games on the violin. The only experince I have recording myself is for playing tests at my string/orcestra class, and that's it! I never touch a mixer in my life! I fooled around with Reason with a MIDI controller, but never had a true experince mixing and editing with my violin. My budget is . . . very low. In fact, I can only buy a $20 mic! I can not however, buy mixers and other good thigns like that. I could go to by brother and ask him can I use his, but he don't trust me with his stuff (as a kid, I use to destory a lot of his things! =P) I also have a teacher who's like a friend, but he's usualy very busy during the summer, so I may be S.O.L. on using his tools and software! What tips/ideas/etc. do you have for me, for a guy in this kinda sitution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnappleMan Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Well, first you should get a job, and then you should buy a good mic, and then you should buy a good mixer with built in pre-amps, and a good soundcard to record all this into. Total of about $300 can get you all of this. There's no $20 solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
po! Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 recording violin sucks... actually recording anything acoustic (except maybe vocals) is no fun. since you only hav $20, your best bet is to use someone else's gear to record, like you mentioned. if they don't trust you, maybe they'll just set up everything and record it for you haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmony Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 You can record the violin on a $20 mic -- it won't sound great, but it shouldn't sound terrible either. IMO, the best suggestion for you is to just have fun recording (plug the mic into the line-in of whatever soundcard you have and go for it) and don't worry about sound quality right now. First of all, you can learn a lot by really having to focus on mic placement, getting the room quiet and post-processing the audio. Secondly, you can take this as an opportunity to improve your compositional skills, as opposed to your production skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnowStorm Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Thanks for the ideas, guys! I did speak with my teacher about recording and he say I don't really need a mixer if it for small time things, I could use a laptop and enclosed space (such as the bathroom or closet) and record myself. He also stated using a program call "Cool Edit Pro". Well, I am gonna to get a job and earn me some money for all this! I hope I get to do some remixing by the middle of this summer and start posting them during the Fall. ANy more tips are welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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