Hi all
Need some help getting over my confusion. I've been toying with the idea of being able to record my playing and some research on the web and this very sub forum has given me the basic understanding of what I might need. Now I've seen a few posts where people have advised the Focusrite products over the Behringer ones. I'm not totally sure why but as it's multiple people I guess there most be a good reason for it.
Now I'm coming to this from the direction of someone who just really wants to have the ability to record a guitar through cable rather than a miked amp. I just want to be able to generally mess about, have a bit of fun, laying down a guitar part(s) over other backing tracks and be able to add effects through the DAW. I'm really thinking just to keep a record of my progress as a player and possibly be able to share things with others at some point and just being a bit creative. I'm most certainly not looking to build a private studio or become a songwriter or anything like that.
So with that in mind, coupled with the fact that the Behringer is a third of the price of the Focusrite and pretty much in 'beer money' territory would it be a huge mistake to go the cheap route? I appreciate that you probably 'get what you pay for' but given the modest requirements I have is that a problem?
If it helps I'm pretty computer literate, have a reasonable PC (ex gaming rig) that the DAW will run on so I'm hoping that part of the equation will not present too many problems.
Thanks
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Would be useful if you could keep this updated with your progress, I have recorded direct into cubase via my thr amp with reasonable success but for some reason my cubase access has finished. I'm interested in a simple microphone way to record so I can record my daughter singing plus acoustic playing etc.
My intention is mainly for guitar and not vocals as nobody ever wants to hear me sing. Not even me. I'm sure the process is similar however.
I've got Steinberg UR22 if you're interested. Good interface and low latency drivers. Have a UR44 now so it's surplus.
Behringer used to have a reputation for their kit to break fairly often, don't know if that is still true though.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
However we shall see when I start going from theory to practice.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
So far I have managed to make a noise on the guitar. Capture it to the computer then add some effects to make it sound more guitar like. So the basics are working
Now if only the initial noise had been better. Lol
You might already know about this, but I find the Kenny Gioia videos very helpful, which are at the link below:
https://www.reaper.fm/videos.php
I originally chose it because it's Class Compliant and works out-of-the-box with Linux, which means it'll likely work with pretty much anything you plug it into.