Free recording resources

Beecher

For people who dont have cubase or pro tools or any proper recording tools and want to contribute to the projects these programs should allow anybody with just a guitar, a computer and a cable to do so:

Kristal Audio Engine

16 audio tracks
32 Bit floating point audio engine
44.1 to 192 kHz sample rate
3-band parametric EQ &
2 VST insert slots per channel
3 VST master effect slots
ASIO low latency audio driver support
4 KRISTAL PlugIn slots

GuitarFX Demo

Turns computer into an effects processor

Fretted Synth Amp Simulators

Free Amp Sims

Audacity

The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor/Recorder.

Guitar Suite

SimulAnalog guitar suite is a set of vst plugin that simulates some of the most common guitar amplifiers and analog processors. Its most important feature is the extremely high precision of the simulation, which is almost indistinguishable from the original sound. Boss DS-1 (Distortion stompbox) - Boss SD-1 (Super Overdrive stompbox) - Tube Screamer (Overdrive stompbox) - Oberheim PS-1 (Phaser stompbox) - Univox Univibe (Modulations stompbox) - Fender Twin 1969 (Guitar amplifier) - Marshall JCM900 Dual Reverb (Guitar amplifier).

If thats what I had ages ago its very very good (im gonna test it now)
Edit: It is savage!

Dektop Tuner/Metronome

4Front Vsti's

Very high quality free vsti's

ferdi

some handy links there

Doctor J

And as a reading resource, SOS

John

Cheers beecher! Great set of links there, some of us don't have the cash for nice software.

Beecher

John2 wrote:

Cheers beecher! Great set of links there, some of us don't have the cash for nice software.

No probs, im still looking for a savage freeware vst marshall amp sim I had ages ago (if I can find it on an old backup CD ill host it myself).

Edit: Got it, posted in first post.

Edit: Just installed Kristal and Guitar Suite, quite impressed,Check It, just a simple riff recorded straight into the soundcard played first clean, second with the JCM900 vst, third with the Univibe, and fourth with the phaser! (Yes I know have the JCM gain and vol too high )

Doctor J

For anyone looking for a freeware PC based drum machine...

Rustar

I don't want to waste anyone's time....and if you go here, you will spend HOURS....but this is a great place to hang if you're a recordist.

http://studio-central.com/phpbb/

Rustar

Hmmm....as this place fills up, and once we have defined mods, would anyone be interested in stickying this thread?

The Boarder Man

Man this is all exactly the kinda stuff I've been looking. Thanks a mil to you all. Also, I hearby add my support for this to be a sticky.

condra

KVR- Tons of FREE VST plugins:
http://www.kvraudio.com/

Band Name Maker- generates random names for bands and songs etc- well worth a look:
http://www.bandnamemaker.com/d/generate/

Natural Voices- Type in your sentence then it renders it to speech. Fun and great for wierd samples:
http://www.naturalvoices.att.com/demos/

Watchfilms.com- ancient royalty free ads and clips, great for sampling.
http://www.watchfilms.com/

Tweaks Guide- Huge online guide to recording:
http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm

Noise Sculpture- FREE PDF BOOK!- all about synthesis.
http://www.noisesculpture.com/

Beecher

Low latency universal ASIO driver, handy for those who's soundcards dont have one natively! Now no one has any excuse not to get involved!

Steoob

ok so im thinkin about doin sortof a makeshift thing with recording and i was wondering what do i need to get from and instrument to a comupter... i want 1/4"inputs obviously and what do i get to plug about 5 drum mics into? do i need a whole mixer thingmabob to do that?

thanks

Beecher

Steoob wrote:

ok so im thinkin about doin sortof a makeshift thing with recording and i was wondering what do i need to get from and instrument to a comupter... i want 1/4"inputs obviously and what do i get to plug about 5 drum mics into? do i need a whole mixer thingmabob to do that?

thanks

Ideally for myself I would like to use a Hosa Snake into a Multitrack Soundcard into a multitrack sequencer. The above method would let you record each mic into a seperate track in the seqeuncer, which I find is a must when it comes to drums. There are other methods but cost wise I think this is the best (depending on your mics you can get a very pro result from this)

Mr. CooL ICE

If i was gonna get some PC recording hardware without changing my soundcard, would this do?

Beecher

LordChessington wrote:

If i was gonna get some PC recording hardware without changing my soundcard, would this do?

That will only connect to a vinyl record player, the purpose being to rip vinyl to mp3 or cd. If its an instrument you are trying to record through USB you could do worse than this, or if you have a bit more money this is supposed to be savage!

Bear in mind theres a limited bandwidth through USB, which may or may not be a problem, depending on what you plan doing (probable not). If you have a firewire connection you could always get this! Also be on the lookout for cheap M-Boxes, now that the M-Box 2 is out the originals have dropped in price dramatically and is a cheap route into a pro tools system.

440Hz

For great prices check out Turnkey.

Also for anyone not living in Dublin there are a few places in Cork and Limerick that are reasonable price wise eg Arc Enterprise (mac store) in Cork

DSLC

Another alternative is to switch to a GNU/Linux operating system which is customized for audio/music production, such as DeMuDi/ANGULA.

DeMuDi is a Debian GNU/Linux distribution customized for audio/sound production. It's kernel has been customized for low-latency audio, and it comes with lots of excellent free audio software pre-installed => list here.

It has more software than I think I could ever use, and I reckon I've saved myself a few thousand euro since I switched to GNU/Linux. Plus, installing DeMuDi really isn't much more difficult (..if at all) than installing Windows - it's quite straightforward really.

Sound & MIDI software for Linux is also an excellent resource.

I might start a thread on Free Audio Software some time.

Gibs

Here is a handy issue of pcmusician that has a review of many freeware and/or shareware recording resources and has links to where to find them:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul04/articles/pcmusician.htm

rahim

Great stuff. Thanks.