[musictlk] A Novice Looking for Advice

[Sean Whalen]

Steve,

Thanks for the thoughts. I am definitely wanting to lay down separate
tracks. I want to play my multiple guitar parts, and then use MIDI to add
some drums and horns to the mix. It sounds like maybe Sonar is going to be
my best bet.

Take care,

Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:17 AM
To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [musictlk] A Novice Looking for Advice

Some of the answer depends upon how comfortable you feel with computers and
whether you already own a 
computer with a screen reader.  For what you want to do, you should be able
to get by cheaper.  I don't know why 
you would need a digital audio work station.  I am not even certain for what
you are looking to do that you really need 
MIDI, could you explain how you see that?  The approach depends some on
whether you are mostly going to want to 
get a live performance recorded such that you can distribute it, or whether
you see yourself wanting to lay down 
separate tracks, edit each track, and then combine them into a recording.
If you want to lay down separate tracks, 
you will need something that can handle that, and Dancing Dots should be
able to help you out with that for less 
money than $3,000 I would think, but there will be a learning curve.  

I am not a musician, or maybe it is more accurate to say I am a would-be
musician, but I have done some work with 
sound editing on the Windows platform with Gold wave, Sound Forge, and Adobe
Audition, and I've had a little 
experience with an older version of CakeWalk from Dancing Dots.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson


On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:38:40 -0600, Sean Whalen wrote:

>Good evening,

>I am a musician, and am interested in doing some recording at home to get
>some rough demos of songs I eventually plan to put on a studio produced
>record. I play guitar, sing, and use a Yamaha ES8 for drums, keys, and
other
>instruments.

>I am wondering if there might be anybody on this list who knows about
>accessible home studio solutions who would be willing to help point me in
>the right direction. I have read about Sonar and Logic, and have heard that
>ProTools is going to have, or already has, some level of accessibility. I
>have spoken with people at Dancing Dots, and had a Digital Audio
Workstation
>and Sonar recommended to me. Being that I am only interested in recording
to
>get down songs and ideas and share them with others, I wonder if the $3000
I
>would need to drop on a set up like that is necessary. I want to be able to
>mic in vocals and an acoustic guitar, run an electric guitar line in, and
>use the Yamaha as a MIDI interface. I am just interested in learning about
>the different levels of functionality I might achieve at different price
>points, with a view toward usability by a blind user.

>Any assistance any of you could provide me would be greatly appreciated.

>Many thanks,

>Sean

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