Does this DAW allow you to incorporate your own instruments?

And if so what do i need in order to do that?

Thanks ahead of time

Hey guys,

Hi,

I'm interested in playing around with recording my wife's audition CD's. we have already hired a professional to record her current CD and will be hiring another pro to record a full CD later in the summer.

I would like to get a few pieces of gear (minimal) and start to play around with recording.

well i've been playing music for about 4 years now (16 years old)

and I'm looking to start recording as I'm passionate about music and i want to be able to share and listen to my own music,

I just ran into this article which describes mixing while rehearsing with your band for beginners. It's a good place start. But still it doesn't solve the problem of each person in the band pushing up their levels cause 'they can't hear themselves'... :-? It's never loud enough!

SPAM FROM FRANCE

Hey... Here's an article I wrote once for beginners.
This is pretty much basic stuff, but I hope it helps people who are new to this. :roll:

Home Recording Studio for Beginners

Hi everyone,

I've been wanting to make a proper recording studio in my house for quite a while now, the problem is, I don't really know where to start! I would like to produce electronic based music (synths, drum machines etc) but once in a while, I would like to do some acoustic stuff (I play guitar and I'm a singer - I would also like to use sampling on my songs with singers).

i'm lookin to get a MIDI controller, to learn to play and record with. i'm going for cheap here, but something that's reliable. i'll prob start out using it to add a little something to my music, and then eventually learn to actually play.

I'm looking for an interface that'll allow me to record- lets say a drum track-
and be able to see each individual mic as a track on my computer screen (i'm using Ntrack) and be able to raise and lower the volume and pans of multiple tracks with this interface
Would that have to be a midi interface?

I have a budget of under 400

Thanks for anything help

are there any better forums or anywhere on the net for good information on starting off? i just have a lot of questions and i rarely get any replies, i'm not sure how else to go about learning all this stuff, books? any advice?