I have sound proof my garage and obtain a pc for home recording and microphones  what do I do now?
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If you're serious about recording, you should purchase a Mackie Onyx 1220 mixer (Digital 12-channel - other models come with even more channels) which lists for about $300 at musiciansfriend.com (discount musical supply store) and the corresponding Mackie Onyx Firewire card which lists for about $400 at musiciansfriend.com  This digital combination will allow you to record and mix straight to your PC for editing and gives a studio sound so pure and clean that even experts have a hard time distinguishing it from a professional studio.  The Mackie Onyx w/Firewire is currently state-of-the-art for home-studio production and will allow you to produce your own professionally sounding CDs through your PC.  Of course, you'll need a CD burner on your PC and no less than Windows XP.  If you're on a limited budget, I would recommend a Tascam 8 to 16-channel analog (cassette) recorder/mixer.  It's very easy to operate and really comes in handy for recording your "creations" if you're a simple singer/songwriter, etc.  It is limited, however, in that you cannot record to CD.  You usually can find a used Tascam on ebay for $125 or less.  If you're doing vocals, you abviously will need some good microphones.  For single voices, I highly recommend the Shure SM-58 unidirectional mic which is standard hardware for most pros.  If you want to record multiple voices and/or instruments through one mic, I recommend the Behringer B-1 condenser mic for quality and price.  You'll need mic stands, and you'll need a sturdy,  high-quality one for a condenser mic like the B-1.  If you're going to run all of your instruments and mics directly into your mixer, you really don't need to soundproof your studio.  Soundproofing is necessary, however, if you're going to use a condenser mic (they're very sensitive) or are worried about disturbing other people.  If you want a beat, you'll need to do one of three things:  Find yourself a drummer, buy a drum machine, or buy a guitar-effects processor like the Digitech RP-100 which includes a built-in drum machine.  For the latter equipment, I recommend musiciansfriend.com, americanmusical.com, or ebay.com for lowest prices.  You'll pay a little extra at local music stores because of their overhead.  You usually can,  however, get good "sound" advice from the folks at your local music store.  You'll also need to invest in some cables.  It really pays to invest in some quality cables too.  Make sure you use low-impedence XLR cables for your vocal mics.  For instruments, I highly recommend Lifelines by Pro Co Sound.  They come with a lifetime guarantee and literally will give you perfect sound for decades - also usually available at musiciansfriend.com  I hope this has helped.
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Use the sound recorder in your accessories folder and burn the result to CD.
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just record it with you microphone
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You need a microphone, an internet connection, etc. I agree that you should visit the about.com site listed above.
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I bought a wonderful webcam with motion detector and infrared from Webcams4u which can be found on Ebay, or on the internet. Their prices are great and I think I paid £10.00 for mine, it also has a built in microphone
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you will need to plug a mic into the back of your PC or get a usb mic. most web cams come with inbuilt mic. go to the help option in audacity to read the tutorials.
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Hi,\n\nI was told that this is a pretty good voice recording software, it's free :)\n\nAny microphone will do fine, just make sure you buy the right one. Or even better you can buy a headset, a headset is a headphone and mic in one :)Brands that I recommend are:\nPlantronics,Logitech,Creative.
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If you can find a cheap microphone, probably at radioshack or some such store, that is all you need to buy.\n\nOther than that, to record onto your computer you can use the program audacity ( http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ ) It is completely free and totally user friendly.\n\nOf course, you could always use a Walkman :)
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HOLD THE PHONE!!!\n\nBefore you buy the mixer, check this out.  It's all you need to make killer recordings with you PC.\n\nhttp://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Line-6-TonePort-UX1-USB-RecordingModeling-Interface?sku=249700\n\nyou are welcome\n\nWhat the guy below me said is all true but I wouldn't make a huge initial investment like he suggests.  Check out the Toneport and build from there.
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get a sharware Audio recorder such as audioMP3 recorder.\n\nYou can try looking for sharewares;\nhttp://www.tucows.com\nhttp://download.com
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a microphone\nand maybe a driver (disk)\nbut probably not
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use total sound recorder.....while recording make sure that you dont play any other sound....this software captures any output that goesd throughthe sound card and saves it
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check out Audio Cleaning Lab by Magix\n\nwww.magix.com
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First you should figure out if you actually need a mixer; most modern audio interfaces (even the affordable ones) come with several inputs for instrument-, line- and microphone-signals, MIDI I/O and one or two headphone outputs. If you don't have lots of outboard equipment or instruments, it really makes more sense to just invest in a good quality audio interface with the number of inputs you think you need today and in the near future. Get a good quality microphone too, if you plan to record vocals/acoustical instruments. If you want "hands on" mixing, get one of the many nice fader-boxes out on the market these days.\n\nCheers,\n\nArne S.
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I've won auctions on Ebay for studio hours at a recording studio for about thirteen bucks an hour. There are plenty of people who'll do it out of their home cheap as well.  I also have a little Boss digital multitracker which is really cool for good quality recordings.  These cost only two hundred or so nowadays. Good luck!
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I have a VERY small business.  I do freelance work as a voice over artist (this entails recording my voice for use in commercials and phone messaging, store announcements etc).  All it took me was purchasing my computer, my microphone, my mixer board and some editing software.  That's it...maybe $1500 tops...but it's not regular business yet (but that's okay with me, I'm a stay at home mom besides)
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there are three holes on back of your pc\nplug your speaker cable on top ( green) hole\nplug in your mic cable at bottom(pink) hole\nthen you open\nsound recorder (under assessories..entertainment..)\nthen you can hear your voice from speaker