Author: Oboe Craig
Date: 2010-12-29 03:38
Robin,
If I understand what you are stating, your are recording yourself playing oboe and at the same time recording the accomp. played back on computer speakers.
So you end up with a slight stereo, mostly mono 2 channels combination and no ability to edit or mix oboe against the accomp.?
In that case, I'd place the recorder 12 feet or so, even more if possible away from your computer, stand near the computer and play oboe towards the recorder.
Play the oboe to balance against your speaker sound level and the rest will manage itself.
If your computer volume is as loud as you think, reduce it for playback and see if you can set recording levels on the little recording device.
Within the limits of that setup, a little experimentation should produce useful results.
A lot of small recorders have attenuators to prevent clipping (overloaded signals), and you want to keep the max sound levels below that threshold. Again, some experimentation should give you the feedback you need.
Better still, when you can afford it, get into better gear. These days, if you already have a good modern computer, Mac or PC, Pro Tools LE is really good. They offer many varieties from 2 channel inputs (mBox 2 Pro) to 8 ins (003 Rack Unit... I use that) and up to top end pro gear used in major studios.
The mBox 2 Pro and 003 Rack components plus Pro Tools LE 8.0 cost a couple thousand dollars. Figure in another 300 - 400 $ for a modest mic. $1,000 and up gets you really good stuff. And you need a remote hard drive specialized for audio. I use a Glyph drive with an iMac that ran about $400 for a terabyte drive. The better mics tend to be condensor mics Vs. dynamic mics and require phantom power. The mBox 2 Pro or 003 Rack units provide that for you as do any modern mixers.
Nice thing about Pro Tools re: Music Minus One... you can drag full-qualtiy wave files right into a project (they call it a session) or convert them to mp3 fils and put them in the project.
That is a lot of flexibility. And then, with the mixing and editing, and the use of a little compression and reverb... you get amazing results.
-Craig
Post Edited (2010-12-29 04:09)
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