"I hope that he connects to me and asi to be able to listen to musica father"

Hmmmm, still doesn't make any sense to me...;0)

Steve...R

... you need to make sure that you head high with your microphone purchase and audio card as this can make all the difference to the quality of a home recording. It's all very well spending tons of cash of computers and software but if you are going to plug a half baked mic and a hummy desk into it, you may as well have not bothered..

Here's my essential starter list for you then. It's a shame that you haven't spec'd how much money you are planning on spending (whether you have it all in one go or not).

1. Microphone for vocals and acoustics. This should be a decent 'Condensor' mic as they are soo much more affordable than they once were. RodeNt1 or Nt1 if you can get it. There are similar offerings from Audio Technica, AKG etc...

2. A mixing desk. This will power a condensor mic that requires 48vdc (phantom power) and allow you to mix other instruments at the same time to an output. You don't NEED a mixing desk in some ways as some of the audio cards available will accomadate phantom powering and sometimes direct pluging in of high Z inputs like guitars. You need to go to a decent music shop and see what is available.

3. DI box(s). Depending on the desk inputs, you will more than likely need a DI (direct injection) box or two. You can't plug a guitar into a line or mic level input (desk say) and expect even a half decent sound. You need an impedance matching device. They aren't too expensive although if you plan on playing with a bass player at the same time, you will require one for each intrument.

4. Audio card. There are audio cards and there are sound cards. Audio cards deal with inputting and outputting better as they are dedicated simple signal paths without synth sounds built in. Sound cards do the same but come with synth sounds and Fx built in. There are some great ones out there but I went for the Audio card as I wanted to spend my money on the audio connection rather than gaining more synth sounds. These are much cheaper than they were a couple of years ago although make sure you research the type you want observing "latency figures". The long and short of it is, if you use a cheap sound card and then plug the audio output into your amp and then the headphones (for monitoring) into the amp, you will hear a delay that may make playing impossible to get into. Do it right and buy a decent card.

5. Software. All you need to start is a simple multitrack application. The good news is, they usually come with the audio/sound card and it depends on what model you buy to what software is bundled. Some are better than others. Sometimes full applications come on the front of computer and music magazines so check the shelves.

Armed with the above, you can then record acoustic and electrcs instuments which gives a wide scope for creativity. You could do it cheap, or expensive... spend as much as you can afford and if it isn't much, then buy one bit at a time.. Do it cheap and you will forever kick yourself at other peoples audio quailty. Build with quality and reap the rewards...

Lastly, you should concentrate on your recording skills. Learn about mic placement and room acoustics. There is tons of information on the net. Recording next to the computer with a good mic will pick up the computer too. Think about the environment you will be recording in...

Phew... ;0)

Steve...R

You've more or less answered the question yourself. However, with home recording of accoustic instruments and vocals, backgroud noise is probably the one thing which can easily ruin everything. So, unless you intend to soundproof a room specially (or live in the middle of nowhere), expect recording to be problematical.

As for software, you need the electronic equivalent of a mulit-track tape recorder. I don't use them myself (I use a multi-track digital tape recorder), but I know they exist. Have a look in the software section. As for whether they're free...probably not.

There's a program called Transcribe! that does a spectral analysis so you can write down the notes by hand.

: Hi!, I'm just wondering if there is a software I can use to produce the music sheet or determine the notes played in audio file(mp3,wav,midi), thanks.

Only MID files contain data as to which notes are being played. Once it has been converted to a stereo mix (i.e. MP3, WAV etc.), there is no way to get this information (otherwise there wouldn't be any need to sell sheet music).

Andy

What is the mixdown project? is it an audio file? what type of files are on the CD? does it work on a normal CD player? why wouldn't it encode to Mp3, was it because of some sort of encoding error? what apps have you tried?

Sounds like the files are either encoded already, who knows with little information. Check the files on the disk to see what the extensions are and get back to us..

Steve...R

Get a life you cheep-a$$ ba$tard! After that, learn some manners and while you are at it, learn some English too! How about I come over to your shack and steal some of your stuff...

...that's not your real Email address? you couldn't be that stupid...

Steve..R

There is a demo for this software otherwise you have to pay for the full version, believe it or not...

Steve...R