| By the time you finish reading this article, you will | | | | for a home digital audio recording studio. The only |
| have a functioning multi-track digital audio | | | | other thing you need is software, which you can |
| recording studio without having to spend any | | | | go get right now...literally. The software, called |
| money. Interested? Read on! | | | | Audacity, is extraordinarily powerful, and best of |
| Have you ever wished you could record your a | | | | all...it is free! I don't mean free-for-30-days. And I |
| podcast, or a song, or create audio for the videos | | | | don't mean shareware. I'm talking "open-source" |
| you took at a wedding or graduation? Maybe you | | | | free...as in you pay no money for this software, |
| want to start a voice-over business or even your | | | | ever. |
| own record company. Then you come back to | | | | Just go to the Audacity website at |
| reality and resign yourself to paying a | | | | "audacity.sourceforge.net," download and install |
| "professional" to do all this stuff. Why is that? | | | | Audacity, and you'll have a home recording studio |
| I'm guessing you have been reading (and | | | | capable of multi-track recording (for adding music |
| believing;)) some of the "how to set up your | | | | behind your voice, singing harmony with yourself, |
| home studio" articles that talk about the | | | | being a 1-person-band, etc.) and audio editing. All |
| "minimum" amount of gear and/or software you | | | | you need now is a bit of guidance to show you |
| will need to buy BEFORE you even get started | | | | what to do. Luckily, there is a lot of free guidance |
| learning how to use it all. | | | | available as well. |
| Would it change your mind if you discovered that | | | | There are several tutorials on the interwebs |
| you didn't need to buy ANY gear? Or that if you | | | | these days to help you with Audacity, starting |
| did, it was going to be about $5.00? What if in | | | | with the ones on the Audacity website. If you're |
| addition to that great news, you also discover | | | | like me, you want short, to-the-point, fun, video |
| that it can be fun and easy to learn home | | | | tutorials that will teach you just what you need to |
| recording? Well guess what? It's all true. | | | | know, when you want to know it. If so, come |
| If you have a PC (or Mac) with a sound card, an | | | | take a look around at Home Brew Audio, and |
| mp3 player (for the headphones), and just about | | | | start using that home digital recording studio you |
| any kind of microphone, and an internet | | | | didn't even know you had! |
| connection, you already have the gear you need | | | | Now get busy! |