How to Record Your Own Music Onto a CD
Modern technology has made it possible for aspiring musicians and singers to record their own music and put it on a CD without having to go to a recording studio. A computer, microphone and cables to connect musical instruments and microphone to the computer are all that is needed to record and burn music onto a CD. To perform this task, a person does not have to be a professional musician or recording technician, just have a desire to record his or her own music.
Things You'll Need
- Recording software
- Microphone
- Cables to connect microphone or instrument to computer
- 1/4 inch to 1/8 converter
Instructions
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Install music-recording software on your computer. This software enables users to configure music once the music is recorded to the computer.
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Plug the microphone into the cable and plug other end of cable into the 1/4-inch to 1/8-converter jack. Plug the converter into the sound-input port.
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Enable the sound recorder on your computer.
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Perform a test of the recording system to get an idea of the best setting for the sound recorder and to ascertain the best microphone placement.
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Record music onto the computer through the microphone.
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Edit music with recording software to add final changes to recording. The better the recording software used, the better the finished recording.
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Insert blank recordable CD into CD drive on computer and burn music onto CD.
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Tips & Warnings
Use recording software that allows multi-tracking. Multi-tracking allows users to record elements of a recording at different times and then to combine into one finished product. For example, recording the vocals in one session and recording instrumentation in another session.
Monitor the loudness of the music through indicators on software to avoid clipping. Clipping is a distorted sound that occurs when the volume of the music is too loud.
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