Beginner question about home recording

6stringmaniac

Hi,
I read the stickies on home recording for beginners but I still have a few questions.
-Can I record drums, bass,guitar and vocals seperately and then put them all together?
-What is the Difference between cubase and cubase le?
-I know firewire is a way of connecting an audio interface to your computer, but how does it connect? I dont have a firewire port
-Do you need a Mic fir each individual drum or will on mic do for toms of the toms?
Thanks

PaulBrewer

6stringmaniac wrote: »

Hi,
I read the stickies on home recording for beginners but I still have a few questions.
-Can I record drums, bass,guitar and vocals seperately and then put them all together?
-What is the Difference between cubase and cubase le?
-I know firewire is a way of connecting an audio interface to your computer, but how does it connect? I dont have a firewire port
-Do you need a Mic fir each individual drum or will on mic do for toms of the toms?
Thanks

-Can I record drums, bass,guitar and vocals seperately and then put them all together?
You can indeed. There's a fellow called Paul McCartney often does exactly that with his albums

-What is the Difference between cubase and cubase le?
Cubase LE is a cut down version of Cubase
Go to http://www.steinberg.net/24_1.html to check the differences.

-I know firewire is a way of connecting an audio interface to your computer, but how does it connect? I dont have a firewire port
If it's a desktop you can add a firewire port, it's a card you plug in to your machine.
Firewire can move more information through it than USB ( a wider bandwidth) so depending on what you want to do can be more versatile than USB.

-Do you need a Mic fir each individual drum or will on mic do for toms of the toms?
Some people use a mic (or more!) per drum - however good results can be had from a stereo pair and a kick mic - it's whatever works.

dav nagle

6stringmaniac wrote: »

Hi,
I read the stickies on home recording for beginners but I still have a few questions.
-Can I record drums, bass,guitar and vocals seperately and then put them all together?
-What is the Difference between cubase and cubase le?
-I know firewire is a way of connecting an audio interface to your computer, but how does it connect? I dont have a firewire port
-Do you need a Mic fir each individual drum or will on mic do for toms of the toms?
Thanks

1. Yes, each instrument can record onto a separate track one at a time, then you can mix the levels and FX to your taste.
2. (usually less expensive version of the program that is missing some key features)
3. You can buy firewire internal cards that can be place inside your computers PCI slot.
4. A microphone for each can work very well as opposed to one microphone for both toms.

6stringmaniac

Do i need to buy another piece of hardware to put all of the seperate instrument recordings together or can I do it with only an audio interface, a computer and a DAW

6stringedEDIT: Also I am using a laptop so i cant install an internal card

dav nagle

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