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Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 14387
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 - 9:41 pm: | 
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We want to make audio recordings on our 1.9 GHz G5 iMac. If possible, we'd do it on my wife's 1999 G3 Powerbook, but it probably doesn't have enough horsepower.
What hardware and software do we need? This is to make a demo recording of her singing. We would like to record the piano, too. She has a mic with a 1/4" plug.
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Eponymous
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Username: Eponymous
Post Number: 188
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 - 9:52 pm: |
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Tom,
A G3 should have way more than enough horsepower to record audio. (Heck, an old Quadra should.) I think macintouch.com had a thread on microphones not too long ago. I'd start there. |
tom
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Username: Tom
Post Number: 4967
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 - 10:36 pm: |
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Take a look at Sounds Studio, www.felttip.com. I've used this for editing and it's really nice. Also look at http://audacity.sourceforge.net.
I've heard that you can do this kind of thing with Garage Band, too. |
Monster©
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 3292
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 - 11:27 pm: |
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Garageband will work, I'm partial to Sound Studio (maybe because I've had it longer than GarageBand)
The Griffin iMic is very useful
and yes, the Powerbook should work fine.
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Alleygater
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Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 2090
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 10:24 am: |
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Buy a converter at radio shack that converts 1/4" to stereo mini (the size tha fits into your ipod). If either of your macs has a sound in jack, you are in business, just plug it in and you can start recording. Use any shareware audio editing application (tom offered two good suggestions above), hit record, sing, hit stop, save. Done.
If either of your macs don't have audio in, buy the iMic that Monster suggested. It's very cheap and simple to use.
On the mac this is extremely easy to do, and all you really need to concern yourself with is a high quality microphone, and trying to sing in a room that has good room tone (sounds good). Try eliminate as much extraneous noise in the room (like the computer itself -- I know people who move the computer into another room for instance) because a high quality mic will pick up all that bad noise. |
Glock 17
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Username: Glock17
Post Number: 1002
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 4:53 pm: |
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Mac Audio Hijack. HAHAHA! |
Andrew N de la Torre
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Username: Delatorre
Post Number: 471
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 9:22 pm: |
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Have used Griffin iMic to convert LP's into MP3's. Even comes with fairly good software |
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