Spend at least a few hours a day reading through the archives here at R.O. Once you find the people that give you the most info and value, you can search for their postings specificly. Use google to search for topics related to recording. There is enough good info out there to keep you busy for at least few years which is what your going to need before you get the hang of applying the basics.

David Miles Huber wrote a nice introductory book on recording called Modern Recording Techniques. It really hit the spot for me about nine years ago.

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not to take away from any of the valuable material on RO. but this is a great link that will help you decide what's good for you, then you can use this forum to tweak :)

hope it helps

SI

http://www.tweakheadz.com/rigs.htm

, maybe we could place this a link in a locked topic for newbies to look at ???? just a thought

just start recording any way you can- what you doing is fine- as you do more you will be bitten by the bug like the rest of us, and you will start researching things you don't understand... get the book david suggested and devour it- keep it around for reference- listen to your favorite artists CDs with an ear for what they are doing in their recordings...
the whole world is in front of you, man. It might seem (and it is!) a big an overwhelming place but when you start making your way is a lotta fun :mrgreen:

Thanks a lot for the replies everybody, very encouraging, I'll definatly check out the resources you all came up with and keep frequenting this site. thanks!

As others have said here - just record - onto anything - even an ailing tape deck. This will ensure that you never get the dreaded "red light" syndrome and enable you to critically look at what and how you are recording. A cheap 4 track maybe a good start because it will teach you about layering and multi track arrangements that you will find in everything from cakewalk to pro-tools.