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Paul Cohen replied to Paul Cohen's discussion Audacity in the group Home Recording"Not at all. I used it with the audio card that came in my 1990's PC with no problem except that I couldn't record in stereo.
Actually there is a small bug in Audacity when you use it as I do, with the installed audio card for sound output…"
Dale Dickerson replied to Paul Cohen's discussion Audacity in the group Home Recording"Dose this program require a usb interface I was thinking of a usb mixer ? WYT."
Paul Cohen replied to Paul Cohen's discussion Audacity in the group Home Recording"Applying Effects in Audacity
Whenever you apply an effect in Audacity there is the possibility (probability?) that you will overdo it, at least the first time. Of course, Audacity allows you to preview the effect and that helps, though each trial…"
Paul Cohen replied to Paul Cohen's discussion Recording on a Tight Budget in the group Home Recording"Guitar Pickup
The guitar that I've owned the longest is a Kamouraska 485 that I picked up used at a luthier's shop in San Jose. Someone had traded it in after having the shop install a microphone in it. Of course I had to hear what the…"
Paul Cohen left a comment for Randall Williams"I was just listening to the music I put on my home page here and was reminded of some of the pieces I did using partial capos; I wonder if I'll remember how to play them now.
I've gotten interested in other things recently and have not…"
Paul Cohen replied to Kevin Richard Nightingale's discussion changing steel strings to nylon on a guitar built for steel strings. in the group Fingerstyle players"I recall being told that nylon string guitars have different internal bridging than steel string guitars, so the tone may not be optimum. There is no such bridging in a banjo though, and I did this to a six-string banjo recently with very good…"
Paul Cohen joined hue's group
Collaborations
From concept to construction, vision to fruition. Let's work on a basis of structure in order to stimulate creativity. IE: Blues in the key of B flat 12/8 time, for my dearly departed dog wooffie. LOL. You get the picture.
Paul Cohen replied to David Rigby's discussion USB to 1/4" cords in the group Home Recording"I use such an interface with Audacity with no trouble at all. For the record what I use is an EDIROL UQ-1X. If my memory serves me I paid $29 for it and it gives me two channels, not just the one that my sound card allows.
By the way, this would…"
Paul Cohen replied to Paul Cohen's discussion Audacity in the group Home Recording"I'm afraid I can't be much help to you on this as my experience with Cakewalk has been limited to looking at the price sticker and getting scared away. That was quite a few years ago, but for now I'm pretty happy with Audacity.…"
Paul Cohen replied to Paul Cohen's discussion Audacity in the group Home Recording"It is possible to configure the working window of Audacity, moving adding and deleting buttons, toolbars, etc., but I thought it useful to show a typical screen that I use. I use a Editrol UA-1X interface to capture sound in stereo and for the…"
John Gundrum replied to Paul Cohen's discussion Audacity in the group Home Recording"Hi Paul,
Honestly, I have only ever used Cakewalk SONAR producer edition since version 3. I've upgraded about every other version except for 7 to 8. I am doing more with this product than I have in the past hence the reason for 7 to 8…"
Paul Cohen added a discussion to the group Home Recording
Audacity
Some time ago in this user group I wrote:I use Audacity, which is available for free download. That is completely free, it is not just a demo. The user interface is a bit odd and takes some learning, but for my purposes it does the…See More
Paul Cohen replied to Gil's discussion How I get Decent Audio with no real equipment and very little money spent (for PC) in the group Home Recording"Gil,
Thanks for your article. I was particularly interested in what you said about Audacity since I use it as well. Actually I started another discussion group similar to this one where I mentioned this, and I just noticed that there is yet a third…"
Paul Cohen replied to David Shade's discussion Pivotal Moments in the group Oldies, But Goodies"David,
As I said, I did spend quite a few years trying to learn to play the way other people did and I'm sure that background was a big help, but as we have both noted it's a lot of work and not as much fun as doing your own…"
Profile Information
- Which one of the following describes your involvement in music? (Check all that apply)
- Amateur or recreational musician
- How many years have you been playing guitar?
- More than 30 years
- Which of these instruments do you own or play?
- Nylon-string guitar
- The make and model of your guitar(s) and/or other instruments and gear.
- Kamuraska 485
Takamine 132S
- What type of music do you like to play?
- Fingerstyle
- Do you subscribe to or regularly read Acoustic Guitar?
- I subscribe
Recordings
The recordings that I uploaded are just songs that I recorded on simple equipment for the purpose of reviewing what I sound like. They are a good sample of the kind of thing I've been doing with the guitar recently, in case anyone is interested.
Added on 6/20/09:
I have been experimenting with various short capo's and some of the recordings depend on them. For example, Danny Boy and California Dreaming use a DADGAD capo. America the Beautiful, On Blue Bayou and Morgantown all use that same capo but upside down, as an open-A Capo. I just added a tune of my own, I Don't Know How that was motivated by cutting and filing a standard capo to fret strings 1-2-6 (at fret3) and a second capo to fret string 5 at fret 2. This gives me an open-G effect that sounds nice, but I found I Don't Know How to play anything using it. I also felt I Don't Know How to compose anything.
Added on 6/20/09:
I have been experimenting with various short capo's and some of the recordings depend on them. For example, Danny Boy and California Dreaming use a DADGAD capo. America the Beautiful, On Blue Bayou and Morgantown all use that same capo but upside down, as an open-A Capo. I just added a tune of my own, I Don't Know How that was motivated by cutting and filing a standard capo to fret strings 1-2-6 (at fret3) and a second capo to fret string 5 at fret 2. This gives me an open-G effect that sounds nice, but I found I Don't Know How to play anything using it. I also felt I Don't Know How to compose anything.
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 7:10pm on April 4, 2009,
Jeff Lustick said…
- Paul,
Nice music-I particulaly like your version f Norwegian Wood. Look forward to hearing more.
Jeff
- At 11:01am on March 31, 2009,
Greg O'Haver said… - Paul,
We didn't try them on or design them for nylon string guitars. If they sell well and there is a demand, we will look into making them for other guitars. Other than that, ask you local music store to get some in and then try them on your nylon string guitar and see if they work. Let me know how that goes. Thanks for the interest.
Greg
- At 10:29pm on March 24, 2009, Greg O'Haver said…
- Paul,
You might want to check the latest in Partial capos on my page.
Greg
- At 9:36am on March 24, 2009,
Edward Sparks said… - hey paul,
I just responded to your new discussion in the recording group! Nice to meet you...looking forward to sharing some ideas with you and the others that join the group! I am including my website address in case you get a chance to visit...if so, feel free to sign my Guestbook!
Thanks, Edward
http://mysite.verizon.net/emsparks/index.htm
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