I've finally settled on the Dunlop 'Big Stubby' 2mm for acoustic and electric (gruesome purple!)- like everyone I must have tried all the makes..! For a long time I stuck with Fender - mediums then heavies but a friend passed me the Dunlop one eveni…
Don't it make my brown eyes blue - Crystal Gale,lovely song.Family reserve - Lyle Lovett,melody,humour,drama - perfect! The look of love - Burt Bacharach (Dusty Springfield) swings beautifully - a delight to play,wish I could sing like her too...La…
Yea, i think Live is pretty complicated, and more oriented towards DJ's and electronic music anyways. Cool if you can make it work for you, but i would not suggest it starting out.
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Hey Philip,
The Guitar Tracks Pro cakewalk software from my experience, it would be your best for the money. 100 bucks is a great deal! I use an older version pro 2 that I wish I could find a backup cd for. They have really good help files to refer…
Live! is a bugger to learn and it's way too steep of a learning curve for someone who is just learning. Audacity's VST support is not all that great. Pod Farm will probably make it crash. You could try Kristal Audio Engine which is also free but has…
I'm looking to record acoustic and electric,mandolin and bass.Way back in the '80s I had a Tascam 4 track which was great then so maybe I should go back down that road - they've brought out a new digital version.You're right of course its the softwa…
Philip,
The Line 6 is fine to start with. I have a POD X3 Pro which is a bit of a step above what you have but the basics are the same. Are you planning on recording just acoustic or electric guitar as well?
From the sounds it the software that is…
Its a Line Gx studio with1/4' input,USB connection.1/8' output which is connected to a separate amp and monitors.This part works fine thru Podfarm but I can't get podfarm to connect to Ableton.I'm sure there's something really simple that I'm missin…
Hi Philip, I was where you are yrs ago. What are you using for a soundcard? Is it only a 1/8' stereo jack input or do you at least have left and right rca inputs?
Here to help, Mark
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