Hi all. It appears that I've opened a tin of worms with this one as within a couple of hours, I've received about 6 responses with loads of fantastic ideas and advice.
So it is clear to me, I did not invent audio recording for the blind! Haha. For those who responded, I'll give your advice a great deal of consideration and may well get back to yoou or the list later, responding to your opinions. One of the members asked a very basic question and I should have considered this more before wrighting to the list in the first place . He said: "Tell us what you are trying to achieve on your Macbook". It's clear that I should have explained myself better in my original message so I'll try to do this now to let you know what I'm actually looking for. Most of the responses were concerning Multy Track recording functions on a desk-top device, with Mixers and multy inputs and microphones and using expensive software like pro tools and garage band etc. This is a dream of course, but not what I'm about at this time. I wish I could get in to this, really I do, but it's way above my abilities. First let me tell you how I record an event: I have a Zoom H6 multy track digital hand held recorder. Neal Ewas considers this device to be the best recorder, at it's price, that he has ever come across, and that's saying something, coming from Neal. It has 6 quarter inch XLR microphone inputs and is shipped with two clip in microphone types. One is an X Y microphone and the other is is called something like a left side mic. Both of these microphone modules clip onto the front of the Zoom. They do a great job and I've never considered buying an additional 4 Sure microphones for the quarter inch inputs. The device is recording at 24 bit 196 KLHZ WAVe Format which has been considered by some to be at the blue Ray range. So that's great. The quality is fantastic and I can go from pub to pub or community centers and record an event. When I get home, I plug the Zoom into my computer and copy all the files into my music folder. Then I run goldwave; double the volume, Maximise the volume and chop it up. I then delete the files I have chopped off, then using Nero, burn the recording onto a CD and Flash drive. This is all I'm wanting to do within my macbook pro. I think now that Pro tools is really for the professional musician as is Garage band, though Phil advised me to consider Amadeus pro and to get a hold of Jonathan Mosen'S tutorials called Amadeus maestro, as this was roughly similar to Goldwave. Jonathan is a great guy who knows what he is talking about, so for now, I'll follow phills advice and leave the more technical stuff to the guys who actually know what they are doing. Haha. Thanks very much for all your responses and if I was 20 years younger I'd follow your advice and become a professional, but alas? hahah. Very best wishes. Andy. >From Scotland with Love. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
