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Please help me produce my music show using my Dell Optiplex 755 multimedia desk top.
I want to be able to plug my CD player,Cassette Deck and Turntable into the computer and have it all act as a radio station where I can introduce songs...play them...and have everything end up in an editing program for final easy finishing. I currently use 'Audacity' for my editing, but it doesn't handle more then one sound source at a time, so if i'm talking into the mic. I can't simultaneously play a song along with it. This makes it very hard to produce my 30 minute show because it takes about 3 hours to get it the way I want. Can anyone help me?...Thank you.
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11 years ago
Is the limit Audacity, or your sound hardware? If you want to do the mix in software, you need a separate D-to-A for each incoming sound channel. Multichannel input hardware certainly exists, but costs more than the standard PC soundcards. I beleive Audacity ***does** support some of those; check its documentation. If not, the commercial DAW packages certainly do, including the basic subset versions; again, check their specs to find out what they're likely to interface happily with.
Or you could do the mix in a traditional analog mixer, using Audacity simply as a recording deck. But then you don't get to go back and edit individual tracks independently.
Answer 11 years ago
Hi and thank you for the reply. Although I know how to turn a computer on and surf the 'net, I am definitely not computer savvy. I used to be in radio years ago but back then editing and finishing were done using large reel to reel tapes and razor blades. Unfortunately I didn't understand some of what you posted. For instance 'D-to-A' means what? Along with DAW? I know i'm close to achieving what I want to do but I think i need layman's terms. Thanks for the help.
Answer 11 years ago
Answer 11 years ago
Awesome! Just awesome. Thank you so much for that tutorial. I learned more about audacity in that 9+ minutes then i ever did using it myself.
Answer 11 years ago
D-to-A: Digital to Analog. Specifically in this case, sound capture hardware.
DAW: Digital Audio Workstation. The computer-based sound editing systems of which Audacity is a basic version.
Great reference for folks getting started in this area: http://www.marktaw.com/recording/HomeStudio/BuildaHomeStudiononaBudget/OverviewWhatDoyouNeed.html
11 years ago
Sams 3 works well.