REcord & Publish Audio CD with PA80 !!

[aniljoy]

Hi dear all. I have some songs in PA80 with 16 tracks, after that I would like to publish as audio CD. for that I transfer all tracks through audio out (only L/right slot) to the Pc, and recorded in Audition software. I copied all tracks one by one.

All songs I have in floppy drive, so I try to import MIDI (songs) from this floppy to Audition software, but it will get all 16 tracks together as one MIDI track in Audition.

I used audio out from PA80 mono cable and insert in to computer's backside normal mic's (microphone) jack. Is it the way for professional recording? what are the external equipment require for this purpose....

Can u please give a good advice for this trouble. It will more appreciable..

Thank you
Anil Joy

[adimatis]

Well, this is a way to get your audio output signal recorded into the PC, but is not the "professional" way.

For that you need some good converters for analog-digital, good audiocard, good software, and above all, good knowledge about what you're doing.

You just go ahead, eventually you'll learn more and more, and at one point you'll get good results, I am sure!

Goodluck!

[BasariStudios]

Anil, this is a really big topic to talk about, the way you doing it is the right
way but just for home use, to play around. First of all even if you have the
right equpiement you cant do it since you are beginner i this and secondly
the equipement is pretty much like buying 10 PA80s or more. I am not trying
to discourage you, you might be a great musician but Performing music and
being a Recording engineer are 2 different worlds. Both need a lot of knowledge
and experience while engineering also needs a lot of expensive equipement.
I would recomend you to create the MIDI files on PA80 and then the rest of
the job leave it to professional if you actually planing to do something with
that music but if its a CD that you wanna share with your friends and familly
then its ok...recording the MONO out for a PRO CD hmmm...i wish it was like that.

[danwizuk]

Hello Anil,

I totally agree with Nedim and Adimatis that your method is far far from what the 'pros' would do . The quality of the recording, as you can attest, would be mediocre at best even after clean-up. The first lesson is to dispense with the inbuilt 1/8" inputs (mic, phone, line) of your computer soundcard if you want an above average recording. You need:

(1) A good computer and soundcard
(2) An audio interface or a mixer-audio interface combo
(3) A good recording software or sequencer

You appear to have (1) and (3) and so what you will need is (2). You can purchase this at any of the music shops and the salespeople will be more than willing to walk you through quite a few. And note, while this method will vastly improve the quality of your recording, you might still need pro help to churn out your finished product.

Finally, a good internet source that I will recommend as a good starting point for understanding home recording is:

http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm

Cheers .

Daniel

[BasariStudios]

But what you need the most is knowledge about recording and mixing,
you can have all that equipement but without knowledg it wont do nohting
for you. And as i said above in the other post, we cant help you with that,
this field requires very long time for experience.

[adimatis]

look, just to be supportive, I can assure you that you WILL eventually get good results, and by trial and error you'll learn your way to a decent recording.

of course the pros are doing it better, but that doesn't mean anything when it comes about YOU willing to try YOUR abilities with it. just give yourself some time to improve.

and yes, after all, you can start just as you explained in the first post. i did the same several years ago.

[aniljoy]

THANKS FOR ALL COMMENTS AND ADVICE ....WILL BE KEEP IN TOUCH

[paulmpianist]

how much can you spend on audio interface? Actually I think the PA80 sound is great sometimes. It has a good mix ...sometimes. I always wish I could get that sound that comes from the PA80 speakers to come out the 15 inch speakers I that I amplify with a powered mixer.
For audio interface for your computer I would recommend something like this

http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/pr ... =426911450

you can get them for 350 on ebay.

I have Q10 aardvark. They went out of business, but my sound card is GREAT. I guess it doesn't work with vista. but I run it on an XP computer.

If you use those mini jacks on your computer.... maybe you will get lucky and it will sound great. You have to play your recording back on a few different pieces of equipment. In the car, stereo boom box, IPOD, and if you like the sound then you did good. I wouldn't scratch out any method of getting the results. If you have a cool song it should be cool even if the recording is weak. It should be great if the recording is better.

here's a simple song. I covered up the keys with pictures because its so simple to play I didn't want it ripped off right away. Actually it didn't do as well I thought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4qUL4MJ0Mk

I really think it could be produced much better. The difference in a mediocre production and a great one, is a lot of factors. I'm often too impatient. I have a lot of music that could do very well, but it is produced like a rough draft, not a carefully crafted masterpiece.

here's another one that got almost 20k views since November, but only because I put it against the NYC marathon. If you hear where the synthesizers kick in ... it sounds kind of cool, kind of like drama building, but it is really terrible music production. Distortion and everything.
If I did it right it could be great.

[paulmpianist]

oops here's the link to the music that I put on as an audio backdrop to NYC marathon


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3s5F2wyAWM

[aniljoy]

Hi thanks
how we can connect PA 80 to MAc G5 2.4 Power G5? I have installed a software for mac Logic pro.