Comments on: A Beginner’s Guide To Producing Home Music Recordings With Audacity

By: Joshua Yeung

Joshua Yeung — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:50:17 +0000

This is so easy to use and commonly use in cross platform. Nice for newbie like me.

By: Vijaynand Mishra

Vijaynand Mishra — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 10:15:39 +0000

Sound Engineer Tool

By: Angela Alcorn

Angela Alcorn — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:10:25 +0000

For vocals especially, you really need to hear the microphone to make sure it’s a good one. There are some brands which are generally considered okay by many singers, so if you really had to you could take a chance on a cheap one in that brand. But your best bet is to go into a music store and try some out, then pick what you can afford from the good ones. Otherwise you’ll just end up with something awful.

By: lance burn

lance burn — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:49:15 +0000

can anyone explain a cheap way to get started like cheapest mics or what ever else i would need to record guitar and vocals.

By: Angela Alcorn

Angela Alcorn — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:03:29 +0000

That might be a good idea. Thanks!!

By: Angela Alcorn

Angela Alcorn — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 07:33:43 +0000

I’ll pass this idea along to the iPad fans writing here and see if anyone wants to write about it. Thanks!

By: Chris Lloyd

Chris Lloyd — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:46:10 +0000

Thanks Angela – interesting article – currently getting to know and use IK multimedia Voice live for an Ipad – be interested in some tips :)

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:19:13 +0000

We need a downloadable MakeUseOf Guide of Audacity.

By: Kyem Ghosh

Kyem Ghosh — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:06:25 +0000

well I am using nuendo for my music production… I used Audacity wen I was js a beginner and even I use Audacity for small recordings. I know about the microphones and other equipments like sound cards, monitors etc and I choose the best within my budget… I’m using nuendo for a couple of time, and I do good with it. But I think there are much more better things to do with it… There might be many tips and tricks too… Thats all what I want to learn…..

By: Angela Alcorn

Angela Alcorn — Sat, 26 May 2012 15:57:15 +0000

That’s very true too. :)

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 26 May 2012 15:50:42 +0000

It might even make the end result worse because of the sheer amount of features advanced DAWs have if you don’t know how they work.

By: Angela Alcorn

Angela Alcorn — Sat, 26 May 2012 15:48:23 +0000

I think you’re right. Until you’re very, very good it won’t make a huge difference.

By: Angela Alcorn

Angela Alcorn — Sat, 26 May 2012 15:47:12 +0000

I’ll pass on the idea to the other writers and see if anyone is keen to write that. Thanks!

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:41:20 +0000

A lot of people will actually say stuff like that, that “this and that is obviously the best DAW”, but anyone who has actual music production experience (*raises hand*) knows that this is just not true. Having Logic of Pro Tools will not make you a better musician/producer. You will just have spent a ton of money on software. If you don’t know microphone and recording technique, don’t have good microphones, don’t know about filters and proper equalizing and don’t know how to properly place different tracks (just to name a few things), your tracks are going to sound horrible whether you create them in Audacity or Pro Tools. They will sound almost identical.

Yes, Pro Tools and Logic are really good, but if you’re used to something like FL Studio or REAPER, you have no reason to get other software. It’s just as good and a lot less expensive. Saves money so you can get actual studio hardware.

By: Kyem Ghosh

Kyem Ghosh — Fri, 25 May 2012 01:41:27 +0000

I’ll be expecting some good tutorial or trics for steinberg nuendo/cubase or apple logic pro in future…. These are obviously the best DAWs. Please write something on them