2011/11/22

Microphone an Upright Piano - - - - - - - - - - for "Garage Band" and "Logic"

Testing the equipment to get sound recorded for "Bethena" and "Dill Pickles" Practice

1) Two Condenser Mic w/ new batteries are on 2 separate stands.
2) One covers the right side high notes + the left on the low ones.
3) XLR into "ONYX Black Jack 2X2 USB" user interface.
4) Plug in headphones, can hear Audio + Light Display moving.
5) Open "Garage Band" Application.
6) New Track "Real Instrument"
7) Untangle headset wire around chair!
8) Press Record!
9) Set Phantom Power to "Off" since they already have power.
10) "Stereo" setting
11) Hi-Z
12) USB + Power light are both light green.
13) Record a test with volume down on the computer

SET SYSTEM Preferences
General Preferences let you add a click, but do I need to create a click track first so it's not on the final recording?  Need to experiment first to see what happens.

Audio/MIDI

Here is where you set the interface to interfere with your creativity


I don't want automatic loops.  Should I click these?  I don't know.


These just allow you choose number of track, kind of silly really.