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Post by abrahamisburning on Jul 3, 2004 9:19:48 GMT
hey ive been writing for years. i had an old 4 track by tascam and hated it. i just recently got the tascam pocketstudio, and loving it. its so great to finally record an acoustic track and be able to hear the chord changes. its also great to finally post MP3's of my material on forums, and not just lyrics. im still figuring all the little possibilities dealing with the eq's and effects (i was roadie/sound guy for a major band) so it wont be too long. the few songs i did, i posted on my site under the albums section. the vocals arent up to par yet (i just learned about the need for an adapter that will bring an sm57 mic up to the right level. (when i used the headset mic, it was a good volume, but it picked up some of the volume coming out of the headphones, and id rather a clean vocal track) visit: abrahamisburning.tripod.comsongs are in the albums section lyrics are in the lyrics section (duh) new lyrics are in the board, under songs scott
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Post by mcarp555 on Jul 3, 2004 9:51:02 GMT
Scott, welcome to the PS5UG! I'm looking forward to hearing your material. Impressive site. I invite you to check out the work done other PS5 users as well. You might want to consider getting a free Soundclick site as a sort of 'mirror' site for your songs. They have fast streaming, which is a big help for those of us with dialup connections.
Anyway, any questions, help, etc. check the archives or ask.
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Post by mattl on Jul 3, 2004 14:03:25 GMT
welcome scot! listening now, nice!
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Post by sgulley on Jul 3, 2004 19:17:53 GMT
Hey Scott, welcom aboard. Listen to your songs and read your lyrics. Like your talent and music writing skills.
A couple of things I would point out both apply to vocal tracks: 1) When you are mixing to your final MP3 turn down your volume-level depending on your headpones (I usually set mine around 3-4), and bring your Master-level most of the way to the top until there is no noticable distoration when recording. Get the signal as loud as possible without effecting your sound. If it distorts then bring your slider down a little, and try again. 2) Compress your vocals as much as possible while recording so that it brings down your Red-light activity, and sends a more consistent signal into the PS5. If you don't have a way to compress the signal then you will have to be sensitive to over-modulation (clipping) which makes that crackling=poping sound.
Good work. Enjoyed it. Stan
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Post by sgulley on Jul 3, 2004 19:23:34 GMT
P.S. I forgot to mention that the PS5 headset mic is very sensitive. I was always red-lighting with the headset so I switched to a real mic. Your 57 will probably fix most of this problem.
Stan
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Post by mattl on Jul 4, 2004 2:53:14 GMT
stan is your tagline about me? im really self centered.. if its not just say so.. (wheres the deadpan emoticon?)
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Post by abrahamisburning on Jul 4, 2004 8:41:15 GMT
yeah, i figured that. i tried running a mic into the board, but it was low impedence. when i recorded today with high impedence regular mic (usually comes with karaoke players) i got a much stronger signal, so ill keep working on it.
the more i work with all the different eq's and mics, the better the overall sound.
right now when i play the cd in my car, i have to turn it all the way up, so im working on that.
im also getting one of those 150 dollar mixers that will allow me to plug a guitar and microphone into one channel, so i can record both at the same time. this will also allow me to adjust the vocal being inputed, so i can edit before and in the final mix.
glad you liked the style. as long as people here what im going for, thats good. these are works in progress.
scott
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Post by mcarp555 on Jul 4, 2004 9:03:16 GMT
Scott, you can plug a guitar and a microphone into the PS5 without a mixer and record both at the same time.
1. Plug the guitar into input A, the mic into input B.
2. Press and hold both input buttons.
3. Press either track 1 or track 3 while holding down the input buttons. 1 & 2 (or 3 & 4) should begin to blink.
4. Release the input buttons.
5. At the same time, press 1 & 2 (or 3 & 4). They should begin to blink again.
6. Now when you start to record, input A will record to track 1 (or 3), and input B will record to track 2 (or 4).
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Post by Kaiz on Jul 7, 2004 12:11:31 GMT
Can you record to tracks at the same time (guitar and vocal) if you only got the hedset mic? ? I tried but I can't make it work!!
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Post by mattl on Jul 7, 2004 13:16:33 GMT
yes you arm both tracks at once.. hold down both input buttons and select track 1/2 or 3/4. make sure both tracks are armed (flashing ) and test your inputs you shoudl see meter response on the armed tracks..
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Post by mcarp555 on Jul 7, 2004 13:33:04 GMT
Also make sure the switch on the right side is set to 'Built-in'. When the headset mic is plugged in, it overrides the built-in mic.
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