rough recordings

Mikey Wax · Post by **Mikey Wax** » Monday Jun 30, 2008

Looking for some freebie program to install on my laptop to do some rough practice recordings. I understand that the sound won't be great using a single mic in the room somewhere. I just want something that will capture some stuff that's being worked on so it can be burnt to a CD for us to have so we remember the songs, and for lyric/vocal melody writing purposes.

Also any suggestions on how to handle this would be helpful.

Thanks.

firewalker0702 · Post by **firewalker0702** » Monday Jun 30, 2008

i got an easy fix for you just come up to our place and record

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Monday Jun 30, 2008

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Post by **Ron** » Monday Jun 30, 2008

If you have a mic that will plug into the 1/8" mic input on your laptop, you can also use the standard windows wave recorder.
Audacity is nicer though.

Mikey Wax · Post by **Mikey Wax** » Monday Jun 30, 2008

Thanks guys. I thought that wave recorded only let you do 60 second clips.

Post by **Ron** » Tuesday Jul 01, 2008

Mikey Wax wrote:Thanks guys. I thought that wave recorded only let you do 60 second clips.

You can make it record longer clips, but you have to trick it.
You're much better off downloading Audacity.

Killjingle · Post by **Killjingle** » Tuesday Jul 01, 2008

I agree; Ive used Audacity. No learning curve at all.