recording one of your sets set onto CD????

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Posted by ne1seenmykeys on Aug-29-2002 23:44:

recording one of your sets set onto CD????

OK, so this Saturday night is going to be my first gig...it's for a friend of mine's 21st b-day and I'd like to record it. How is the best/easiest way to do that onto cd? Would I have to hook it up to a computer to do so or what? Could ANYONE tell me the cheapest/easiest way to do this? I want to do it for my litening purposes so I can critique what I have done...thanks!!!!!

Posted by DJ LIQUID on Aug-30-2002 00:53:

cheapest way would be to record it to cassette tape (bug no one uses that medium anymore )

i'd say either hook up a CD burner that way u can press it/record it live

i guess connecting a computer to the mixer would also be as easy

personally i'd go with a minidisc...then computer if need be

Posted by ne1seenmykeys on Aug-30-2002 01:07:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ LIQUID

i'd say either hook up a CD burner that way u can press it/record it live

i guess connecting a computer to the mixer would also be as easy

where on the back of the mixer would the cables go into. Also, if I plug a cd burner into the mixer, how the hell do I record it with the burner? I thought the only way I could do this is to hook it up to a computer and get some kind of software to record it while I'm spinning??? Me confused

Posted by DJ LIQUID on Aug-30-2002 01:18:

with a stand alone burner you can record it in real time

In the back of the mixer there should be a "record out" conect the rca's to this and you should be fine

with a computer you'd probably record it directly to the computer then burn it to a cd afterwords

Posted by ne1seenmykeys on Aug-30-2002 04:40:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ LIQUID
with a stand alone burner you can record it in real time

ok, now see...I see what you're saying, but what kind of stand-alone burner has a record button on it? I don't get it. There's something I'm missing here...you'll have to explain step-by-step

sorry, I know I'm being an ass and I sound like an idiot...just trying to get this to work, that's all

Posted by ExcelonGT on Aug-30-2002 05:53:

Ok..hes talking about CD recorders that are widely available in the consumer electronics market. Do not be confused with the CD-R burner drive in your computer. The CD recorder deck is exactly like a Tape deck, except it can burn CDS using either analog or digital inputs. Besides, i think these go for a couple hundred bucks and if this is a one time thing, It wont make sense for u to spend that kind of money. If u have a minidisc recorder..use that, its easiest
if not, Hook up the computer and download software that will record from the line in jack. There are some good ones people should know.

Posted by Dj Flesch on Aug-30-2002 22:16:

Being that stand-alone burners are expensive, I don't think that they would fit into the cheap category. If you already have a computer with a decent soundcard, I'd use that. Chances are you already have the software that you need to use to record your set, because most soundcards come with some type of recording software. I would highly suggest buying soundforge for $40 USD and getting the benifit of being able to record more than 2 minutes with the shareware version. I personally love soundforge and You can use it to burn cds too, though I'd recomend another program (I use nero) to burn it with tracks. Just simply hook up the RCA record or master outs to your soundcard with the help of a STEREO RCA to 1/8" TSR(headphone) jack converter that you can get for a couple bucks at radio shack. Just Make sure that you use the LINE IN slot on your soundcard and NOT the MIC IN, otherwise it will sound like shit because the frequency range on the MIC IN is very bad for recording anything other than human voices (and even then it's not that great). Another problem you may run into, make sure that youre line in volume is not muted like the default setting usually is. The little speaker in your system tray will show you this if you double click on it. Anyway, you can then edit your sound file afterwards to eliminate the dead space in the begining and end of the track that you record. You will probably also need to normalize it so that you have a decent volume on your cd. After that you can take down the times that you want to split your tracks up and track it in a good burning program.