Recording Vocals at Home

Recording vocals especially at home is not a veryinto your computer you need to make sure that
straight forward task.your sound card has the microphone input
There are a few basics you must understand andun-muted. To do this go to your computers
have in order to get a good home audio recording.control panel (on a PC / not Mac) and click the
Initial Setup for Home Vocal / Audio Recordingicon or link that says something like "Audio Sound
Lets start of with a checklist of must have itemsDevices". I say "something like" because it
for home recording.depends on what version of windows you are
* PC or Macintosh Microphonerunning as to what it says. Click again if the box
* Computer with sound card that has inputsbelow does not show up.
* Audio Recording Software (fruity loops, SoundWhen the box does appear click the Voice Tab.
Forge, Cubase, others)Now click the "Test Hardware" button and run
Assuming you have those 3 items you should bethrough the wizard. This will calibrate your
able to get the vocal into the computer.microphone to the premium level. Finish the
The first thing we need to do if you haven't donewizard. OK... so now the Microphone is plugged in
it yet is to plug your microphone into youan calibrated to optimum level. (Note: If while
computers sound card input.running the wizard you get no input or audio, then
If your microphone is to big to fit into one of theyou probably plugged your mic into the wrong
ports then you probably have a 1/4 or quartersound card port.)
inch jack on your mic.Record the Vocals / Audio
You can get a 1/4" Stereo Jack to 1/8" StereoNow its time to launch your audio recording
Plug Headphone Adapter at radio shack for aboutprogram
$6.00 US. Or just buy a new microphone, but itsIn this demo we will use Fruity Loops 7. If you
probably cheaper to buy the adapter if needed.are ready for this step click the link below to
Calibrate Microphonewatch the video on one click audio recording in
Assuming that your microphone is now pluggedFruity Loops.