I have been recording onto my laptop for a while and I have Sonar Foundary Acid 3.0. I use a Yamaha Motif 8 keyboard and a Shure 58 mic and I use a mixer before plugging it into the soundcard. My question is how you can get the keyboard and vocal parts to be separate on the computer. I know I can record one part and then the other, but I want to record both at the same time and be able to make different effects on each of them. Do I need to get another soundcard or another program to be able to record and have them on separate wav files. I hope this makes sense, I really need some help on this.
Thanks,
Austin
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You will either need to record them at different times, or you w
You will either need to record them at different times, or you will need a different soundcard, one with at least three inputs. Something like the M-Audio Delta 44 would be a good choice for this.
Pianoman86 wrote: Sonar Foundary Acid 3.0
You've kinda mentioned two different programs there. Sonar is a multitrack recorder/MIDI sequencer made by Twelve Tone Systems (formerly called Cakewalk) and Acid 3.0 was made by Sonic Foundry (now owned by Sony). I'm assuming that you have Sonic Foundry Acid 3.0. In either case, buying a new multi-input soundcard will allow you to accomplish your goals.
Get a 1/4" Stereo Y Cable and a female XLR to 1/4" adapter from
Get a 1/4" Stereo Y Cable and a female XLR to 1/4" adapter from Radioshack. Connect your mic cable to the XLR adapter and the adapter to one side of the Y cable and hook the keyboard up to the other side. Now you will have vocals left and keyboards right. Essentially two mono channels. Depending on your soundcard you may also need a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter. Set your software up for two tracks - one recording the left and one recording the right. Then you can pan them however you want since they will be just mono tracks.