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Amazing_Grace:
--- Quote from: Cael K. on April 26, 2014, 05:24:07 am ---... A little late to the party, but I hear that the Behringer XM8500 is pretty good for the price. Use a foam cap to guard against clicks and pops, they cost like 2 bucks.
You'll need a cable to attach that to your computer though. Think an XLR to USB cable would be what you'd look for.
Also, if you play the music at full listening volume through your headphones, you might not be able to hear yourself too well. If you can't hear yourself sing, you might go off-key and not know it. So don't play through the headphones too loud.
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Great, thanks! I'll be on the lookout for that next time I go shopping. :P
I'll keep that in mind. Thank you!
--- Quote from: chihayacutie on April 27, 2014, 03:01:06 am ---(When I say "you" I'm referring to Amazing_Grace)
(Sort of) seconding this. I've had some experience recording with Audacity in the past and overall it's pretty good, except sometimes when you fit the music to the vocals, there's a delay between the two, so the timing is off. I can't prove to you that it's not my singing that's off (I usually do the thing where I have my headphones on but I can hear myself singing/recording) but I've done the same thing with vocals that are not mine (like professional acapellas and the like) and it does the same thing. So I'm pretty sure it's the program itself that does it. It's not a huge issue, it's just annoying and takes a little editing to fix. Overall, it's not a bad software to start off with. If you're really interested in doing covers consecutively though, you may want to invest in Adobe Audition. (unless you want to go the piracy route...)
Funny how you said that though, because I was actually thinking of doing covers again too. I used to do them when I was like 13 but now that I'm more confident and know that I can actually sing, I'm probably going to go a more or less professional route.
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I'll definitely keep that in mind. :D I'm trying to stay away from spending too much money since I'm still trying to save, save, and save some more for the half-a-million things I want. :P I'll work with Audacity and see how I like it, and if it turns out I'm too lazy and easily irritated to work with it, I'll invest in Adobe Audition. Thanks for all the advice, you guys are awesome. XD
You should get back into it. When I was young, there's no way I ever would have tried, but I've had coaching and professional lessons and years of experience now, so I'm going to try it. ;D I wanna hear you sing. :D
chihayacutie:
--- Quote from: Amazing_Grace on April 27, 2014, 05:33:11 pm ---
You should get back into it. When I was young, there's no way I ever would have tried, but I've had coaching and professional lessons and years of experience now, so I'm going to try it. ;D I wanna hear you sing. :D
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dsfgjhkl thank you! I'd like to hear you too. ^^
Amazing_Grace:
--- Quote from: chihayacutie on April 27, 2014, 09:17:30 pm ---dsfgjhkl thank you! I'd like to hear you too. ^^
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You're welcome. :D
Actually, I've recorded myself a couple times, but it wasn't professional, I couldn't sing, and it's all a Capella. XD
So.
One day.
Virgofall:
Edit: Keeping the textwall for relevance, but a thunderstorm knocked out my laptop charger (as well as a few other electronics, turns out most of this apartment isn't grounded so surge protectors auto-fail - my PS3 is safe and sound though thank god), so I went ahead and replaced the computer outright for that + some other reasons, so I shouldn't need to get a new one anytime soon... I hope.
(verbose and sometimes unclear text wall ahead)
As of late, I've been thinking about trying to build a desktop computer.
My current and only computer is a laptop, and for most of the things I do, it works well enough, but could be better. However, "most of the things I do" - or would like to do if the specs allowed, as the case may be - tend to be resource-intensive (namely gaming, art/graphics work, and video/audio editing). I can do most of these tasks well enough, but, I know I've had to drop at least one game that I had interest in playing because, for the needs, I simply couldn't operate it well. For the heavier tasks that I CAN do/run at an "acceptable" level, the laptop runs pretty loud and hot. I've been doing my best to take care of it, but between the fact that I almost never move my laptop outside of recording (in that portability is not a massive issue), a lot of my preferred hobbies strain my computer's resources, and the system tends to be prone to BSODing semi-regularly, I think it's time to look into something new. (I've had this laptop since mid-2009, a Sony Vaio.)
One thing that I'm trying to do is to figure out, as a complete newbie, the sorts of things I need to look out for/need/worry about when I delve into this matter. I have gotten some advice from my older brother, who has had plenty of experience with computer building, but while I have a lot of information when going PAST the surface, I don't have quite the basic understanding with this topic specifically. Namely, I have a lot of information that would serve me well if I understood what, exactly, I was looking for in the context of building a computer.
I know my needs - besides the above points, I would also like to have a system on the quieter/cooler end - and what parts I'd need to worry about to an extent, but I have a difficult time understanding everything I NEED to have when building a computer and why. I can have all the best pieces in the world, but without the basic understanding of what role each of them plays, and what items are luxury compared to necessity, I have nothing.
So, when building a computer, what are the basic components (needed to have a running system at all) when compared to luxury components (which allow you to do certain things, but could be done away with with minimal issue)? What are things you need to be watchful for when looking at these components?
altuixde:
Virgofall - I think I may know what was going on with your previous computer (besides being too slow for newer games). Dust. Have you ever opened it up and cleaned it out with a can of compressed air? I have a laptop that I bought in 2009, and twelve months ago the fan was running so loud that I finally did something about it. After cleaning out the dust it was so much quieter. I've read that laptops are more sensitive to dust than desktops because the internal parts are much closer together.
In other news...
Adobe released a digital ruler and stylus for iPad. They're definitely cheaper than buying a Cintiq, but I don't even have an iPad. Macworld wrote a glowing review of the Ink and Slide (that's what the stylus and ruler are called) and noted only one significant drawback: the precision of the stylus is sometimes a little iffy; but the reviewer stated that she did not know whether it was a hardware or software problem. I wonder whether these will be available to try out in the Apple store or other stores. Now if only Apple sold an iPad with a screen at least as big as a sheet of paper.
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