Almost free recording? Can it be any good?

Thee Alex · 3rd July 2007, 09:23 AM

Check out Mattin - discography - he's a Spanish laptopper and performer who refuses to pay for or pirate software so limits himself to freeware off the web. He also uses a bog standard, very cheap, laptop (and treats is VERY badly)

His set up probably cost him no more than a couple of hundred quid and he's got records out all over the world and appears in magazines.

It's possible to maintain a recording career these days with a £10 mic, a £300 PC laptop and a harddrive full of freeware. Get a PC with a 'mic in' and you can even ditch the m-box!

Audacity, Kristal....both very good and both free. Look around and you'll find a wealth of free stuff out there for recording.

Ultimately, trust your ears. If it sounds right it IS right, whether it's recorded on five grands worth of gear or a hack for your iPod.

mrlizard · 3rd July 2007, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Thee Alex

Check out Mattin - discography - he's a Spanish laptopper and performer who refuses to pay for or pirate software so limits himself to freeware off the web. He also uses a bog standard, very cheap, laptop (and treats is VERY badly)

His set up probably cost him no more than a couple of hundred quid and he's got records out all over the world and appears in magazines.

It's possible to maintain a recording career these days with a £10 mic, a £300 PC laptop and a harddrive full of freeware. Get a PC with a 'mic in' and you can even ditch the m-box!

Audacity, Kristal....both very good and both free. Look around and you'll find a wealth of free stuff out there for recording.

Ultimately, trust your ears. If it sounds right it IS right, whether it's recorded on five grands worth of gear or a hack for your iPod.

Theres loads of amazing freeware plugins on the net, digitalfishphones.com - free audio vst plugins, the fish fillets plugins are amazing.
SIR impulse reverb is fantastic as well.

It's not possible to sustain a recording career with the equipment you mention, perhaps a career as a solo artist or electronic musician. Alot of very interesting recordings have been made in this way.

ubermensch · 3rd July 2007, 10:06 AM

To be fair, any plugin Robin's ever recommended to me has been freeware.

humndislocation · 3rd July 2007, 11:42 AM

Regardless of the motivation for starting the thread, it could be useful/interesting to those on a budget, so please don't shit it up.

If you want to argue with each other, do it in Bollocks

3rd July 2007, 09:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
Thee Alex UGS Assassin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 4,113 Band: Wülfstabber, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Wings & Claws, Señor Citizen, WRRRMS	Almost free recording? Can it be any good? Check out Mattin - discography - he's a Spanish laptopper and performer who refuses to pay for or pirate software so limits himself to freeware off the web. He also uses a bog standard, very cheap, laptop (and treats is VERY badly) His set up probably cost him no more than a couple of hundred quid and he's got records out all over the world and appears in magazines. It's possible to maintain a recording career these days with a £10 mic, a £300 PC laptop and a harddrive full of freeware. Get a PC with a 'mic in' and you can even ditch the m-box! Audacity, Kristal....both very good and both free. Look around and you'll find a wealth of free stuff out there for recording. Ultimately, trust your ears. If it sounds right it IS right, whether it's recorded on five grands worth of gear or a hack for your iPod.

3rd July 2007, 11:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
humndislocation Hardcore is serious guys Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 5,893 Band: Blasphemous Necrorapist	Regardless of the motivation for starting the thread, it could be useful/interesting to those on a budget, so please don't shit it up. If you want to argue with each other, do it in Bollocks Last edited by humndislocation : 5th July 2007 at 06:39 PM.

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ubermensch Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pat Sharp's basement. Posts: 654 Band: Juliet Kilo	To be fair, any plugin Robin's ever recommended to me has been freeware.