I was torn between figuring out the Audacity program for multi-track recording, learning some of the features of my Casio WK-500 and actually recording something for a demo. Last night’s output fell somewhere in the middle.
As I attempted to plug things in, I became thankful that I have collected connectors from Radio Shack over the years (keeping them in business, I’m sure). My headphones’ male was too small for my keyboard’s female [insert joke here] and the opposite was true for plugging my Shure SM58 microphone into my laptop.
I used only the metronome on my keyboard and recorded an acoustic guitar track for Christie on audacity to play along and practice parts for bass, keyboard, etc. It took me a bit to figure out the settings in Audacity, and on the laptop, that would actually pick up the input from the microphone. The sound is OK for now. My feeling is that I will need to get an audio interface in the not-too-distant future.
-Dolby Gillis
In response to invisible ink portion of the blog, or at least the part about notes that I missed,keeping careful notes of lyrics and chords,and getting even little ideas on tape somehow,will preserve your sanity.can’t tell you how frustrating it is to return to a song and forget what particular funky ass chord you played.oh, and RadioShack called:you need to give them your new home phone number.
Did you try lemon juice?
Good point. I come upon many of my lyrics in the half-daze between sleeping & waking (might explain some of their content). Keeping my phone or iPod touch under my pillow allows me to jot them down if I can wake enough & still remember the idea.