I bought a usb interface so I could hook up a guitar and synth and record directly into my pc because I have hundreds of little snippets I’d like to try to do something with, and holy shit recording is hard
Not sure if this is just the diy nature of it all but yeah it’s actually pretty disconcerting because I have some friends who do it no problem 🫠 maybe it’s just another thing that will take practice to get good
Anyone have tips? I was thinking of maybe starting with a cover of something
Start with a cover, do a ton of takes. Don't be afraid to edit, but try to get a decent take of at least each section. Learn to splice your good takes together. If you don't have a backing track to play along with (midi versions of songs usually work great for this if googling "<song name> guitar backing track" doesn't work), then make sure you're recording to a metronome set to the same BPM as the song.
🙏🙏🙏🙏 super appreciate it! I think I’ve about rage it for now, but I’ll definitely try again after work tomorrow with something easier
I'd say it's mostly practice in order to be decent, and always use the software's metronome and some countdown beeps before it starts recording when you click play
I would say record a lot with the intention of getting to know your equipment well, it depends a lot what you're using to record and what kind of textures you're trying to get. Listen back to it in different settings, in the car on different headphones, if you can get monitors that is always a step up. Mic placement is a whole thing that I don't deal with much since I make electronic/sample based music but that might be worth watching some videos on if you're trying to record percussion or acoustic instruments.
I do and my secret is that I'm not good at it so I call it punk music
