I havent had to do a demo in a very long time (10+ years) but have recently decided to start DJ'ing again after an 8 year break and, well things have moved on and it needs to be on CD now, dont know what was wrong with tapes personally
Setup is a couple of turntables with 2 CDJ's into a 4 channel mixer, out into a Denon D90 and then, well this is where I need your
My studio is out in the garage (so as not to annoy the neighbours 'too' much - I like to 'hear' the music (blame 10 years with some BIG sound sytems)) and the desktop is tucked away in the bedroom.
I do have an old laptop.... Compaq Armada M700, P3 650mhz, 392MB Ram, 5.58GB of which 3.74GB is available as free space running W2K SP4. Im looking at a max of an hour for a demo (be these for CD or something I can upload) and had thought (as my CDJ's arent the latest and greatest and cant read MP3) of recording these as .WAV using Acid Wav / Ace of Wav, so at least I know they can be heard in your every day player, hi-fi, car radio etc.
Now the questions!
1) I can see a headphone and what appears to be microphone sockets on the front. Can I use the Mic as Line In? (or will I need a USB soundcard?)
2) 3 1/2 gig is in my mind, plenty big enough to capture the raw recording before I bring it indoors, does anyone agree? (will be moving files around on either external hard drives / USB sticks....or recording direct onto them)
3) is the lappie up to the job, I am on a tight budget, until I can get out gigging and put some more money into this! (it will only be for the physical recording) manipulation will be on the desktop
Have I missed anything?
Or indeed can anyone recommend any free resources/apps that will help master the track, remove snap, crackles and pops etc?
Not looking for 100% studio quality but dont want it sound too.....cheap!!
Thanks
